KALAK AD THOTHATHRI VADHYAR ( 5 )

                          KALAKAD THOTHATHRI VADHYAR ( 5 )

                                                    As a young man in his twenties and thirties K TV had become popular as a renowned  astrologer and in many otherways  in and around Thirunelveli District.His predictions based on reading of horoscopes  were accurate in   fixing of marriages of boys and girls,.Even today many people whom I happen to meet say that because of  him they are well  settled in life.Many people happily share with me  their experiences with him.He did not know what is called fear and  could speak with great ease with anybody,may be he is a government official or a Head of Instituition,He always saw that people come and meet him in his house and he rarely went to  other houses except some of his bosom friends.He kept himsef always actively engaged in helping others in various ways which practically made him to have dearth of time to look into his own family.He had no time to spend with us ,with minimum speaking with  us children.This rather developed a sort of a sense of fear for us  towards him.We used to envy our friends and others whose fathers spent a lot of time with their wards! It is definitely a great loss to us .Only  at a very late stage we could understand that he had actually no time for us but he had in fact abundant affection  towards us. But a great solace for the great loss was our kind Mother who more than compensated this loss.We will be always chatting with her at the kitchen,some times helping and most often disturbing her work ,clinging to her shoulders.  There was hardly any family in the brahmin community of Kalakad  that had not enjoyed his help in some way or otheer..He  was involved also in a lot of public activities . with a mojor role.His mettle for planning made him       create some thing new and taking leading roles. Srirama navami  ,Sankarajayanthi, Gokulaashtami Vaikkathashtami , Aekadasi Bhajan  ,are some of the activities people of the village cherished and proper committees for administering them in such things KTV was there. In addition ,a Graama committee was set up to look into the welfare  of the people. I hope it is worth mentioning the following incident as mentioned  by my friend ,almost of my age ora bit older. and whose house was very close to ours in the same row.(The matters in the following  paragraph are strictly as told by him very recently say a few months back )

                                          Actually his father died on the eighth day of his birth This has made her mother totally shaken and in a state of very pitiable condition.Very poor also with nobody to support  made her losing her balance day by day.This has continued for some months and the timid lady has also not informed anybody of her situation.  Because of this she had also forgotten to  even brestfeed her new born child Slowly it  came to the knowledge of our parents. .Sympethetic father suggested to our mother to  take care of the child in all the ways including breastfeeding.I had been born at that time./At that time a person in the village had entrusted  with him the job of selling some lands .KTV asked the lady through my mother if she had gold  in her possession and if so get them sold in favour of buying some wet lands registered in her  name which would secure  hers and the children's    future.With the assisstence of her brother KTV saw that the lands were registered in her name .My friend says that he is possessing the lands even tday .He further says that in his puja room he has the portraits of both of our parents and daily he is worshipping  them alongwith other deities.

                                                          ( to be continued )