Ammini's Grand daughter!

it is really encouraging to know that ammini's grand daughter not only is persuing 12+ but is a topper... this is real progress and I really hope she out shines all around here... as she is NEXT GEN INDIAN... hats off to Ammini and her daughter who achieved this..
K

 

is that a nattupura song (folk song) and was it in tamil? im very fond of tamil folk song. not sure if u know this song:

Aararo arirao araaro ariraroa,
Yar adichu nee azharaey un anjana kan mayi karaya….
Aararo arirao ariraro ararooo….
Athai adichalo arali poochendaley,
Chithi adichalo shanbhagapoo chendaley,
Mama adichano malligapoo chendaley
Thatha adicharo thamarapoo chendaley
Patti adichalo paal pottum kayiyaley,
Anda paatiyaaa aduchalo unai pathuviralaley
Kovalachivakkazhuda kunnado yen nabhi
Kannam chivakkaazhuda karayado yen manasu,
Yaaradichu nee azharey kanney nee kannurangu
Yaradicha kanneeru aarai perugiradu
Aararo ariraro araaro ariraro…

its in tamil. not sure if u're tamilian though. anyway it was very soothing when i read your song above. thanks for sharing

 

Dear Seetha,

What a lovely snippet! I am so thankful to be connected to Indusladies. There is always something new to learn. I must be only from the neighboring state, yet while in India, we just mind our own business and life and never got to look beyond the borders! Now, thanks to internet, I am able to cross that ignorance boundary at least in tiny steps!!

'Thampiratti' is from Kerala region I guess although such customs and titles exist in almost every state of India unique to each. In visiting your native village and meeting Ammani and her granddaughter, you have not only breathed in fresh air, but got to see the fresh awareness in its people. I too wish the little girl a bright future and glad things turned out this way. But when I see some depictions of life in many parts of India and read about the atrocities still existing, I think we have a very very long and tiresome way to go. But go we must, of that I am sure.

The folk song is simply too precious. You are right in saying that we can learn about their lives and what existed through such ballads. I hope these songs are preserved and documented for we can learn a lot about our past through such songs that has been sung through ages.

Enjoyed Shantana's lullaby song though it is more familiar.

Congratulations on being nominated to FP by Bhavnam!

L, Kamla

 

Is Ammini a common name in Kerala?

In TN it is a generic name used to address a woman(Not used in current generations).