Raja raja cholan...

Topic paarthuttu naan etho history pathi solla varennu nenachikaatheenga...
Today , while i was leaving from office (nambathaan office porathe oru post podra maathiri ayiduche) , one of my collegue (actually retired thathaa...enga office actually extremes, either they would be retired or freshers....or with kids so my aathukarar would jokingly say next namba muthiyor illamum, creche um aarambichudalaamnu) asked me a question...

I heard only the question and not the crux " how is ........... going?" Namba thaan eppavume etho oru olagathula iruppome, so seriyaa kooda kaathula vaangikkama , i said ,"yaa, all are going well". "So, is he comfortable singing, appothaan throat infection ellam varaathu...." Appothaan it struck my mind that, he was enquiring about P's paattu class nnu..... Odane samalichu, i said yess he enjoys it, bt a bit lazy to go on sunday. All the time he wants the company of chotta bheem, hanuman nna nadakkumaaannu.....sollittu i started home..

All the while, during the journey back to office i was thinking about my singing expedition....
Enakku literal ah keech keech voice...And whenever i call my friend , only her sister would pick up the call. (during my 6th std and appothaan telephone enga veettukku vantha puthusu, so phone suththa karanamaa venum). And she is elder by 7-8 yrs. She used to always tell me that my voice was sweet and i would like to see you...(avangalukku appo otta yaarum kedaikkalaiyo ennavo, enna bayangaramaa ethi ethi vittutaanga, nambathaan oru appaviyaache yaar enna sonnalum nambiduvome). And believing that i went to her house one-day.

Her father was actually serving in the temple as priest , and her mother is a very good cook u know. Athuvum avangaathu pulikaachal kaagave naan thayir saatham thaan eduthindu poven (erkanave oru thayir saatha payithiyam, ithula nalla combination kedacha kekkavaa venum). Seri when i actually went to her home , her brother and sister constantly were admiring and avanga akka oru padi mela poi, called her friend too to introduce me .
And we all went to the evening show to udayam theatre that day (appathaan thalapathi and mmkr vanthirunthu, bt engaloda time ticket kedaikkathanaala we were forced to watch brahmaa)

Whenever i used to narrate that incident, my aathukarar used to say, hey they would have made fun and teased you and atha nambi nee ippadi yellam oru aagasa kotta katti irukkakoodaathunnu. And what the next step , oru music teacher thedarthuthaan.....So oru vazhiyaaa, got a music teacher in the opposite street.
My music lessons also started, naanum enna oru chithra and swarnalatha aava ellam karpana panna aarambichachu...(sorry appo sudha ragunathan, sowmya pathi ellam theriyaathu)
Sarali varisa mudichu janda varisai thaaan arambichaa antha maami, and athukkulla antha maamavukku transfer aayiduchu.......... So ennoda music kanavu ithoda mudinjathu.....
Apparam next class , appathiya craze hindi private examinations and athu madhyama voda mudinjuthunnu naan thaniya vera sollanumaaa ennaa.....

Okie, now P is going to music class and trust me he is really good at it. And when you observe him in close quarters while he is busy with something, always he would be murmuring some song... And it ranges from vettaikkaran doi to kanne kalaimaane ... (hehehee...ellam yours truly and aathukarars influence only, lullaby paada theriyaathathunaala we solely depended on IRs melodies and courtesy late night FM) Ippo in his class they teach bhajan songs as well carnatic lessons - half-an-hour session this and that. First few classes i stayed with him and yessss i learnt close to around 20 songs. And believe me, all age-group of people come there. And even i thought of going there and renewing my interest, even my aathukarar said yess, bt the pblm is sunday 12-1 class and that is when u go advanced stage (they think kids would take time and elders would learn fast....enna oru wrong calculation ;) ) the timings would be different and cannot afford to spend 1 hr there.........

We took P to planetorium when he was 2.5 yrs and in order to prepare himself for the atmosphere, we started educating him about the experience.. P , anga ulla stars, moon, sun ellame kaattuvaanga. And it would be dark inside but dont worry , appa and amma would be there with you. You can actually enjoy and they would tell you a story ....- ippadi yellam avana pepare panni ulla poi utkaarnthom.....
He stubbornly refused to sit on our lap and sat seperately. As soon as the lights went off, we thought he would scream or cry...But, we heard a voice singing........
"raja raja chozhan naan enai aalum kaathal desam neethaan
poove kaathal theeve "
Avvalavuthaan the whole room broke into a loud applause.........