Malathi Teacher Full Pdf 15
Maryalice Cutcher
Like a missing tooth, sometimes, an absence is more noticeable than the presence. The great Thiruvathirakali artist Smt.Malathi. G Menon left us to be one of the sparkling celestials. Our own dear Malathi teacher, the tharavaattamma or matriarch of ancient folk art, by leaving her earthly abode, has become more conspicuous by her absence than by her vivid & vibrant presence.
While teaching Thiruvathirakali, she was shaping them in not only their body movements and footwork but also shaping their rhythm (Thal) of Life, & the emotions(Bhava) in their relationship with society. The students who were serious about the art were able to tune their Life Raga as per the cadences & melodies that floated from the soul of their teacher.
Dear Malathi teacher, in the brief encounters that I have had with you, a lot of hope could be inspired, and a lot of imagination could be ignited in me regarding the qualities of a teacher, be it art/science/language. You have held my hand with your hand that handled the edakka ever so rhythmically, opened my mind to an art that would not have blossomed without you, and touched my heart with your simplicity.
Thiruvathirakali the ancient folk art that was & is the most democratic dance form has reached faraway shores due to stalwarts like her, the medium being her students many of whom are exponents now in countries far & wide. I pull down the curtains of this eulogy with mixed feelings:
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Well, I haven't received as many notes as I have today since my first play. Congratulations, everyone. And although Lord Peter Hain isn't here, an extraordinary honoris causa. You know, he started really pushing his activism in the '70s. And I'm guessing a lot of you are too young to know what the '70s was like. But I had the dubious privilege of growing up in the '70s. And you couldn't help be drawn into the politics of the time. So many a time I remember as a child, my parents having to paint over swastikas and slogans on their front door, trying to protect me and my sister as children from it. And you couldn't avoid it. And recently I was doing an interview, I was doing a podcast, and they were asking me about racism in the '70s. And I said something like, "Well, you know, the people were pretty liberal with their kind of racist insults and their racist opinions." And someone said, "When you were at school?" I said, "Yeah, when I was at school." And they said, "Well, children are like that." I said, "I'm not talking about the children. I'm talking about the adults." I was talking about some of the teachers. I remember bus drivers and all the rest of it. So the fact that Peter was doing it in that particular cauldron and seeing where the impact of those very targeted and very smart actions and protests he did and where it took us through, I think is a huge lesson. Anyway, I digress. Well done, family and friends. Gosh, some of you were truly embarrassing. Respect. So students, as your time here at Sussex draws to a close, we hope that you will keep us in your hearts and thoughts and remain connected to us as alumni. There are a number of graduate and postgraduate schemes that may be of interest. And, of course, you could be a fantastic resource for current and future students coming to Sussex. So it would be great if some of you would consider becoming mentors on the mentoring scheme. Whether your next step is gainful employment, the search for it, further academic study, or some time out, I wish you the very best. At the closing of these ceremonies, the Chancellor is supposed to leave you with some words of wisdom. Good luck with that. But here are some thoughts that I've had which you can ponder or ignore or improve, hopefully. It struck me that as your Sussex chapter ends, the future begins again. And it's imperative that you get to write it, that you have some say in your story, because if you don't, someone else will. And I believe the ultimate way to control your narrative is to consistently, improvingly, and unconditionally be you. I often hear, I'm sure you've heard people say things like, "Well, if they're nice to me, I'll be nice to them. "I'll listen to them if they listen to me. "If they show me respect, absolutely, I will show them respect." All of these are conditional. What it says to me is that you'll act based on the way that someone else acts. So who's controlling the narrative there, then? Be nice, listen, respect, because simply that's just who you are, irrespective of someone else. That traditional phrase, "Treat others as you wish to be treated," it's pretty simple, but it's exactly that. Otherwise, the phrase would have been, "Treat others after you've waited to see how they're treating you, "and making sure there wasn't a misunderstanding "or that you hadn't misheard, "and made sure it was you they were talking to, "and not some other random person, and then do the same as them," which, let's face it, isn't as catchy. I do believe that emotional intelligence is the essential component of wisdom, incorporating empathy, compassion, and kindness. And those attributes, better than any others, I feel, are going to see you through the good times and the challenging ones. I would add a sense of humour, not just because it's fun, which is kind of important, but because irony can give you perspective. When we get overwhelmed by something, whether it's tragic, scary, anxious, beautiful, emotional, whatever, even momentarily, we can lose perspective. And if we then have to make a decision, we're trying to find solutions from the same head that is overwhelmed. The quickest way, I think, to get perspective is to talk to someone. Get another viewpoint. Or get a sense of humour about it. Because if you can find that that scary or tragic, anxious thing is also, can be funny, silly, or ridiculous, it doesn't make it less scary or less tragic, but it also doesn't make it just one thing anymore. And that's perspective. I think I'm hardwired about finding a solution. I really don't care if I come up with it, or someone else does, as long as we find it. And also, I think about finding common ground. Disagreeing after agreeing feels very different to agreeing after disagreeing. A couple of thoughts about the future. I think we're brought up socially to fear the unknown future. It's why we plan. What's your plan? Have you got a plan? Got to have a plan. You haven't got a plan? Where's your plan? Planning is good. It's kind of important. It allows you to see and build small steps towards an ultimate goal. But planning is linear, right? I mean, it has to be. One rung of the ladder leads to the next. But life is anything but linear. It bounces you around all over the place. It's full of curveballs and the unexpected and weird coincidences and the WTFs, World Tennis Federation, in case you were wondering. And recently, I was thinking about the phrase, "Better the devil you know." And breaking that down, it means, "I'll accept this horrible thing now because there may be an even more horrible thing out there in the future which hasn't happened yet." So what happens when you get to that unwritten future and the even more horrible thing isn't there and it doesn't transpire? You're then stuck with the thing that you knew was horrible from the beginning. So what would happen instead of seeing that future, the one that hasn't happened yet, filled with unimagined worse things? You see it as a world of possibilities. Some worse, of course, but maybe some better. And you're suddenly making a decision that's not based on fear. You're making it based on hope. And when life throws you the curveball, it's not unexpected. And I think you can adjust to it quicker. I've got two lived experiences of this, which I'll tell you very briefly. You may be aware that Sussex was my first choice when I applied to universities many years ago. I didn't get in. Apparently, my grades weren't good enough. So I waited 25 years until all those who had prevented me from getting in had either moved on, retired, been deported, were in prison, or just became dead. And I got in as Chancellor. So my point is, "Hey, hey, hey!" [Audience Laughing] I know that's childish. I know. The point is, take that linear planning. I could have planned that. And also, I wanted to act and write since I was five years old. And I know this because when I was five, an uncle came to our house and said to me, "Well, young man, what do you want to be when you grow up?" And I said, "Actor." And my dad said, "It's pronounced doctor." [Audience Laughing] It's true. And I didn't go to drama school. I didn't even do GCSE drama. But the dream was still sitting there, pushed behind a sea of fear and impossibilities. At the age of 30, I found myself in litigation, suing the last company I worked for breach of contract. Couldn't get any kind of job for two years while that rattled through the legal process. And I could not have foreseen that within two years of that ending, that I would be on television in a successful show and have been lucky enough to have a sustained career in something I absolutely love. And take that, again, linear planning. You know, you just have to bounce around and adapt to it. I do believe that through those experiences, I've discovered one really important thing about myself that I urge you to please adopt and find, which is I cannot fail. Sorry. I can't. The word no longer applies to me. Every experience I have, I've decided that I either enjoy it or I learn from it. That's it. Or both, obviously, which is better. It means that that self-sabotaging kind of inner monologue that we have, that's not trying to get me down. There may be plenty of other things in society that are, but it's not going to be the inside of my head saying, "You failed." It'll be saying, "What have you learned?" So I think that also allows me to adapt and change my plan, either the steps or the goal. We've all got so obsessed, society's got so obsessed with winning and losing that we've overlooked improving as being the most valuable marker. That's nuts. I do believe that who we are is always, always what we do next. What just happened to us may have been down to us, may have been down to circumstances beyond our control. Our response to it is us all the time. Process, learn, move on. I leave you with some proper wise words from some proper wise people. Mahatma Gandhi said, "Freedom is not worth having "if it doesn't include the freedom to make mistakes." He also said, "Be the change you want to see in the world." If you believe in equality, you have to start expressing it yourself first. If you feel you have a voice worth listening to, and I believe every one of you does, then you have to listen first. Martin Luther King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Maya Angelou, the great American poet, said, "People may forget what you said. "People may forget what you did. "People will never forget the way you made them feel," which I think is very true. I read kind of not that long ago a really lovely little fable about a Native American who was chatting to his grandson about a debate that goes on inside people. He said, "The battle between two wolves is inside all of us. "One is evil. "It is anger, envy, jealousy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, "guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, and ego. "The other wolf inside us is good. "It's joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy, generosity, "truth, compassion, and faith." The grandson thought for a minute and then asked, "Well, which one wins?" And the grandfather replied, "The one you feed." And finally, the ancient Sanskrit proverb, "Too many cooks still won't make enough food for an Asian wedding." [Audience Laughing] That's personal experience. At the end of the day, what we do, I think, need from each other is compassion, acknowledgement, the space to make mistakes and evolve, and that means being kind towards ourselves too. So write your life stories with kindness and grace, with compassion and humour, adapting to the unpredictable, filling each page with a better you, an unconditional you, the best you. May all your stories contain one simple thread that you added to the love and compassion for and on this planet in small ways every day, and I look forward to reading them. I officially declare this ceremony closed.
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