KOLLAAYI KATHAKAL

[muhammed rijam]

KOLLAAYI KATHAKAL

Our bellowed ghat village of Kollayil has been a pure land of
innocent people. . We started to encounter the intricacies of modern
world only of late. So there are a lot of humorous stories born out of
those experiences of first encounter with outer world. There are many
fantastic and lovely characters of Kollayilites in those stories. All
are known to us..and some may be still among us. These
stories..anecdots make up our collective conscious of fancies about
Kollayil. These make our fondness so rigid with our mother land.
There are a lot to be recorded here. Scattered in our memories. Let us
enjoy our self and keep them for the future. .So all of you are
invited to post such earthly and interesting stories with you in this
series. Let us make it preferably in Malayalam to keep the true spirit…
by RIJAM. .

Namukku Kathakalil oru swantham payyane venam..peru
ariyathappozhum..adi pedichu peru parayanaavathapozhum..Njan avanu
ningalude anuvaadathathode KOLLAYIKKUTTAN ennu perittu kollatte.

Let me start with the story of the fist words of initiation..HARI SREE


HARI SREE…NELLINTE KUDAL..

Madathara school thudangiiya samayam..Aayirathi thollayirathinte
thudakkam..nammal kollayilites aadunika malayalavumayi
parichayappettittilla..Kaalayil appooppanum mattu sinkidikalumaanu
swantham daivangal..appolaanu madathara schoolil padippippu
thudangiyathu..Puram naattukaaranaya saaru padippuppu thudangi..HARI
SREEE…

Kollayikkuttan chaanaka tharayil irunnu avesathode ettu
vilichu..AREE CHREEE…

Saaru padicha pani nokki…parayeda ..Hari Sreee..

Kollayikuttanum padicha pani nokki.. Ari chree…Saarinu thripthi
varunnilla !

Avasaanam Saarinu Sangathi visadeekarichu thane paranjukodukkam ennu
Kollayikuttan theerumanichu…

Ponnu Saare …ARI…athayathu nammude Nellinte Kudal. Nammalu thinnunna
ari....

Saarinu appolanu manassilayathu Ari- yilaanu sangathikalellam
thudangunnathennu.

[muhammed rijam]

PONA..POKKU KANDILLE..AAKASATHOODE POVUMBO THEEPPETTHIKKAMBU
POLIRIKKUM

Eee Kathayil Kollayikkuttante peru Madal Vijayan ennanu..Kuttane
orikkal Aaryankavil Kurumulagu parikkan kondu poyi..Kolu polulla
kodikal..kuttan oru marathinte uchram chulliyil irikkukakayanu..ilam
veyil nalla sugam..aaswathichu mulaku parippu..appozhanu vallathoru
choolam vili..muzhakkam..pedicha kuttan kodiyil irukki
pidichirunnu...thazhe koode daa ponu
entharo.....neendu..neendu ..choolam vilichu alari...pathu muppathu
bassinte neelathil..

HUM..PONA..POKKU KANDILLE..AAKASATHOODE POVUMBO THEEPPETTHIKKAMBU
POLIRIKKUM

Kuttan elam chiriyode paranjupoyee..

This was the first encounter of Kollayikkuttan with a train..evan
aakasathoode povumbol plane ennum parayum.

[muhammed rijam]

SAARE EEE KILIYUDE ORU MUTTA THARUMO…

Ezhupathukal…Madatharayile rubber plantationil keeda naasini adikkan
Helicopter vannu. Nattilaake bahalam..athbutham !!!…janamellam
madatharayil othukoodi. Kollayikkuttan swabhavikmayum helicopter
groundinaduthu sthira thaamasamaakki.

Helicopter- inte oru saarine aduthu kittiyappo Kollayikkuttan valere
bhavyathayode chodichu:

“SAARE EEE KILIYUDE ORU MUTTA THARUMO…’

Oru mutta kittiyirunnengil athu adavechu ithupoloru kiliye
valarthiyedukkamaayirunnu.

Alkkkaar chirichu….

Kollaayikkuttan Kiliye chodichillallo.. muttayalle chodichullu.

ENNEYUM KOCHUNARAYANEYUM ADIKKAAN AARUNDEDAA ?

Oru Kaalathu ‘Vasam’ Kollayile ariyappedunna kudiyanum kediyum
aayirunnu. Annokke Junctionil pramukha Kudikkaar veeravaadam
muzhakkum.

Oru divasam Vasam parasyamaayi veeravaadam muzhakki: Enne adikkanayi
ivied aarundedaa..

Vazhiye poya Kochu Naaraayanan Keri paranju: Njaanundedaa..

Udan Vasam Velluvilichu:

ENNEYUM KOCHUNARAYANEYUM ADIKKAAN AARUNDEDAA….

Ithinaanu Vasam ennu parayunnathu !..

THALLACHUM VENDA..PULLACHUM VENDA…

Ithile Kollayikkuttan aalu Kaanikkaraanu. Oru thallayum (bhaarya) oru
pullayum koodeyundu.

Pazhaya Kaalammanu…. Athil kaakkaare kadayile godambu gundaanu
kollayile ettavum viseshappetta palahaaram.

Kollaayi kuttan valare naalaayi kaathirunnu Athil kaakkare kadayil
vannu godambu gundu vaangi thinnu. Randennam pothinjum vaangi. Onnu
Thallachum..onnu pullachum..

Gundu podiyumaayi angane kuttan aaswadichu paattumpaadi veettilekku
povukayaanu.

Poke poke kothiyum koodi vannu; Oru gundu koodi thinnaalo..Thallachu
venda, Pullachu mathi…..Angane oru gundu koodi akathaayi.

Onnu koodi thinnappol ruchi pinneyum koodi: Gundu pole jeevithathil
ruchiyeriya vere enthundu.

Kutan dridamaaya oru theerumaanam eduthu:

THALLACHUM VENDA..PULLACHUM VENDA..

Kollaayikkuttanu than gundu pon gundu.

[Biju R Das]

Rijam,

          That was a good one, I have not heard of. Kalatil reminds me of a very faint memory going there with Manichi chechy (Febin's mother) to get Kappa (tapioca) It was beutiful with a small waterfall and we could see many rabbits on the way. I am wondering how the place look like now. Must have changed to a small "rubber forest' by now. Speaking of 'tapioca', one of the Malayalees here haven't heard the humorous origin ("Thappi Nokka, Sayippe" the answer by a local farmer to a British). It is called "Yucca root' in US. I recently saw "chakka" in farmer's market. It is called "Jack fruit" here also. One of my friends said the similar story. One day one Britsh asked what it was to a local farmer. And he replied, "ithanu Chakka, Sayippe"; Chakk fruit then became Jack fruit for Sayippu. 

Some other vegetable variations in US...."ladies finger" is called "okra" and Brinjal is called "Egg plant"

 

Hoping to read more Kollayil stories...

 

Biju