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Chief EditorRajan George

EditorsBiju Parayil

Sabu YunnusSanjay Mohandas

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Message

I am glad to know that Greater Carolina Kerala Association (GCKA) would be publishing its annual souvenir as part of 2013 Onam celebration in September.

Onam brings with it hope, happiness and the feeling of togetherness. I hope that the 2013 Onam celebrations of GCKA would trun out as a memorable occasion for its members. I also hope that the activities of GCKA would continue to benefit its members and scale greater heights in the future.

Wishing a very Happy and Prosperous Onam 2013 to all associated with GCKA.

Biju ParayilPresident,Greater Carolina Kerala Association,USA.


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GCKA Board of Directors 2 0 1 2 - 1 3

MONICA AUGUSTINE

RAJAN GEORGE GEORGE JOSEPH BABY SAMUEL

PRASAD MANI Vice President

SANJAY MOHANDAS T r e a s u r e r

BIJU PARAYIL President

SABU YUNNUSSecretary

Greater Carolina Kerala Association 2013

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A group of disparate individuals from various backgrounds, age groups, points of view and with no prior connections whatsoever?? Sounds like a recipe for disaster?? Not really. The current GCKA BOD were formed and structured for a yearlong journey in the fall of 2012. Yes, there were missteps, yes, there were challenges, yes, there were movements of indecision and moments of tough decisions, but we talked, we brainstormed, we challenged ourselves and most of all, we supported each other during the moment of truth.

We had an untimely resignation of the GCKA Vice President and Youth Co-coordinator, who had to relocate due to personal reasons, the Galaxy Theater Cary, our regular venue for Malayalam movies shutdown operationally and the economy had run a rough patch resulting in tighter sponsorship inflows. In spite of all these hurdles, we are proud and glad to say that we believe we have had a successful run over 2012-2013, all due to the unrelenting support of volunteers, performers, and sponsors and the wonderful community members.

Festival TimeXmas 2012This was the first major event for the current BOD and rushing headlong into a major event, immediately after formation of the BOD, was a tough, but important learning curve for the team.Various cultural events such as Fusion Dances, Oppana, Skit, Solo songs, Album release, and a grand opening and closing ceremony marked the event. The program started with American National Anthem followed by Indian National Anthem lead by Malayalam Class students. Around 700 people attended the event that was hosted in Green Hope High School, in Cary. Delicious Indian fare was in keeping with the past tradition of the event. The Annual Malayalam GCKA calendar for 2013 was also distributed to all of its members. The Christmas program was also a time to meet and greet friends, and to forge new bonds.

The event was a huge success with tremendous support from members, volunteers, and sponsors. We had some


Annual Report 2012-2013

The Silver Jubilee Year

Biju Parayil President, GCKA Board of Directors.

A Bird’s eye view of GCKA activities – FOCUS 2013"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress.

Working together is success." - Henry Ford


great positive feedback, as well as some feedback on improving the program. We used the feedback to bring improvements to the table for the subsequent programs in the year. The GCKA Xmas 2012 program was telecast on MCN Television on March 17th, 2013.

OnamOnam program is scheduled for Saturday, September 14, 2013 at Green Hope High School Cary. The program will begin with ‘Pookkala Malsaram’ followed by a delicious ‘Onasadya’ and end with the cultural programs by our talented performers.

GCKA Silver Jubilee Celebrations & SocialGCKA celebrated year 2012-2013 as the Silver Jubilee year and hosted Grand celebrations on Saturday, June 1st 2013 at Green Hope High School, Cary to celebrate 25th year of the vibrant organization. Mr. Krishna Kishore of, Asianet News USA was the Chief Guest and the Keynote speaker of the day. GCKA also inaugurated a senior forum on this day to create a connection between seniors within the community, and all other generations, and to bring them to the forefront of the organization. The Silver Jubilee Celebration was marked by a melodious musical performance by G-Razz, and a fun filled comedy show by Asianet Comedy Star fame Susheelan& Reni Team. The new 2012-2013 GCKA youth forum members took the helm during the event with a new vision and goal. There was no better way to end the Silver Jubilee celebration, which full of colorful performances, melodies, with a delicious dinner.

Annual PicnicThattukada, Grilling, Games, Tug of War, Face painting, Food Drive, Piñata game, Lemon and Spoon, Card game, and a cracking Volleyball competition between GCKA Annual Volleyball Champions and Rest of GCKA were the highlights of the enthusiastic and fun filled afternoon. The event was held in Apex Community Park on Saturday, July 27th 2013. Hundreds of GCKA family members enjoyed the delicious Dosa cooked by the volunteers, Rasa vada, Grilled Chicken, Burgers, and Fruits etc. on the evening. Golden melodies from Malayalam played during the program took us to the ‘down memory Lane’.

SportsBadminton ChampionshipFor the first time ever in the history of GCKA, the 2012-2013 Board introduced Annual Badminton Championship with singles, and doubles tournament. There was a sizable and active Badminton enthusiast group at GCKA and the resultant clamor for a sporting event was too much to overlook. The Tournament was conducted on two Saturdays at Sycamore Indoor Court in Bond Park Community Center, Cary. It was sponsored by Babu Thomas of Evershine Properties. We had 12 players in Singles tournament and 16 players in Doubles. New Talents were identified, and recognized and many new friendships formed during the entire tournament. After numerous high-octane matches, Shabu Chenampally was crowned the singles champion and the duo of Anoop Nair and Abraham Joseph claimed the doubles crown.Trophies will be distributed during 2013 Onam Celebrations.

Volleyball ChampionshipThe Second Annual Volleyball Championship was a tremendous success with overwhelming support from sponsors, volunteers, players and from the entire community. One Sponsor, Eight teams, Seven Referees, several line umpires, hundreds of spectators made the event a huge success. Joe Matthew, of Real Triangle sponsored the three day sporting event which was conducted on May 18, June 8th, and June 22nd, 2013. An increased number of teams over the past year show the increasing popularity of the game within the GCKA community. The event was also a membership drive for the GCKA board members. A lot of new families joined GCKA during the event and supported us from the event onwards.A cohesive and polished performance from “Padayallikal” lead by Shreedev Nair claimed the coveted championship trophy.

Mission ‘Malayalam’Malayalam ClassThe weekly Malayalam Classes organized by the GCKA, led by a motivated group of teachers is a testimony to the drive that all the parents and teachers possess, to ensure that their children retain touch with their roots and also set them up to connect with their culture a lot more easily.The ability to read, write and speak out Mother tongue will help genNext


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to communicate with parents, grandparents and relatives on travels back to India. Studies also shows that learning an additional language could help student to perform much better in other subject areas like Math, and Science. The fantastic support provided by Mr.George Joseph, Mrs.Regimol George who put aside a lot of their personal time for this effort, as well as able assistance by Mr.AjmelKottai and Mr.Binny Joseph cannot be stressed enough. They are who make this happen.The GCKA launched a new Malayalam Class in summer 2013 in association with Malayalam Mission of Kerala Government. Kanikonna is the new certification course and all those who successfully complete the program will be given a certificate at the end of the program

Malayalam MovieFinding a theater to host Malayalam movies in regular GCKA format was one of the biggest challenges we faced immediately after the new Board took over the charge. Aftermath of Galaxy Cinema closure was disappearance of Malayalam Movies from Triangle. Despite all the hurdles, the GCKA managed to bring a Malayalam movie, Kammath & Kammath in Carmike 14, Raleigh with great sponsorship support from C.J Tax Accounting.

Malayalam movies in the triangle general feature a vet average response. The GCKA has always incurred losses on movie showing in the past, but has always been something we consider as essential to promote access to Malayalam entertainment in the triangle and increase the viewership among the younger generation. With the highly discounted pricing provided by GCKA to its members, the shift to the newer more expensive infrastructure of Carmike and the tepid response to Malayalam movies, the GCKA has acknowledged that the losses incurred and the effort spent in organizing this event are beyond acceptable.We decided to spend the time more fruitfully to add varieties of activities to GCKA calendar.

LibraryMore books are added to Malayalam Library and the list of books in GCKA Library grown to 70 books. Library check out/check in facility is now available at the Malayalam Class venue, 1400 Vision Drive, Apex on Saturdays between 2pm to 3pm. Malayalam class schedule is at GCKA website.

Youth & SeniorsYouth forum GCKA youth continued perform a pivotal role in the day-to-day activities of GCKA. This year, youth forum members have done various fundraising events during Cary Springs Daze, during GCKA Picnic and during other events such as Xmas and Social. Youth forum members had done a Food Drive Food Drive for NC Food Bank for the first time in Youth Forum history during GCKA Annual picnic on July 27th, 2013.Youth forum members also served dinner at Ronald McDonald’s house Durham on Saturday, August 3rd 2013. The volunteer works they have done during various events are to be applauded wholeheartedly.

Senior forumThe senior forum was inaugurated formally during the Silver Jubilee social celebrations.This was the result of months of deliberations between the BOD members and numerous senior citizens of our community. A number of our seniors who had once been cornerstones of the Association were not actively engaged in any of the numerous events run by the GCKA or part of the day to day dynamics of the community, for reasons of health, unawareness, time etc.

We decided upon ourselves to set a platform, where we can enable the seniors to bring their experience to the table, to assist them in easier interacting with the larger community and also attending the various GCKA events. The activities are coordinated by Mr.Baby Samuel and Mrs.Monica Augustine on behalf of the BOD.

By the time you receive the souvenir hot off the printing press, the current team will be on its final stretch of the journey. We have personally put in our time and energy for an organization, cause and people we wholeheartedly believe in. We hope that we have lived up to your expectations and we wish the incoming Board of Directors all the success in what will surely be yet another glorious year for the GCKA.


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B[p-\oI Ime-L-«-¯nÂ tcJ-s¸-Sp-¯p¶ Bß-lXym \nc-¡nsâ hkvXp-Xbv¡v CXpw Hcp Imc-W-atÃ?

C{]-Imcw temIw ap-gp-h\pw {Iam-Xo-X-ambn ]SÀ¶p ]nSn¨ Bß-lXym {]h-W-X-bpsS B[nIyw I≠p `b¶pt]mb sUtdm¯n ]mÀ¡-sd- t]msebpÅ ip`m]vXnhnizm-k-¯nsâ Ihn-IÄ¡v Xami cqt]W Imcy-am-bn-¯s¶ C{]-Imcw Ipdn-¨n-tS≠n h¶-Xv. I¯n-IÄ thZ-\n-¸n¡pw\Zn-IÄ¡v XWp¸vtXm¡p-IÄ \nb-am-\p-km-cn-bÃKymkv hÃmsX \mdpwIpcp-¡p-IÄ Agnªv t]mIpwBknUv ]mSp-≠m¡pwkplrs¯ \n§Ä Pohn-¡p-¶-XmWv \ÃXv

]mÝmXy kwkv¡m-c-¯nsâ Ah-Øbmbn am{Xw CXns\ hymJm-\n-¨n-cp- s¶-¦nepw Ignª Zi-I-§fnÂ `mc-X-¯nepw C¯cw hyI-Xn-Isf \ap¡v kpe-`-ambn ImWmw. A§s\ t\m¡p-t¼mÄ C¯cw A]-Iz-amb hyàn-I-fpsS Hcp kaq-l-¯nÂ Hcp {]Øm-\s¯ hnP-bn-¸ns¨Sp¡m³ BÀ¡mWv Ign-bpI ?

C\n P\m-[n -] -Xy -¯nâ ASn -Øm\ \yq\-X-I-fmbn ]cn-K-Wn-¡-s¸«pt]m cp¶ NneXv \½psS P\m-[n-]-Xy-¯nÂ F{X-am{Xw A´Àeo-\-am-bn-cn-¡p¶p F¶p t\m¡mw.

{Ko¡p XXz-Nn-´-I-\mb Acn-tÌm-«nÂ kqNn-¸n-¨-t]mse "" `c-W-L-S-\m-\p-kr-X- amb `c-W-L-S-\-I-fnÂ h¨v Gähpw Xe-Xn-cn-ªXpw Xcw Xmgv¯p-¶-Xp-amWv P\m-[n-]-Xyw. "" D¯-c-hm-Zn-Xz-lo-\-cmb P\-k-©-b-amWv ]e-t¸m-gpw P\m-[n-]-Xy-¯nÂ `cWw \S-¯p-¶-sX¶pw At±lw ]dªp h¨p.

Cu A`n-{]m-b-§Ä Cý³ P\m-[n-]-Xy- ¯nÂ F{X-am{Xw icn-bm-sW¶v cmjv{So-b-s¯bpw P\m-[n-]-Xy-t¯bpw \njv]-£-ambn \nco£n-¡p¶ GsXmcmÄ¡pw t_m²y-s¸-Spw F¶ Imcy-¯nÂ XÀ¡-an-Ã. cmjv{So-b-sa-s´-¶-dn-bm¯ sken-t{_-än-I-fp-sSbpw Iem-Im-c-·m-cp-tSbpw {Inan-\-ep-I-fpsS hnlm -c-`q-an-bmbn Cu {]kvYm\w amdn-bn«v Ime-ta-sd-bm-bn.

C\n `qcn-]-£-¯nsâ òI-c-hm-gvN-bv¡pÅ km²y-X-bmWv FSp-¯p-]-d-tb≠ asämcp \q\y-X. P\m-[n-]-Xy-¯nÂ {]m[m\yw IÂ¸n-¡p-¶Xv ]d-bp-¶Xv icn-bmtWm F¶-Xn-\-Ã. adn¨v ]d-bp-¶Xv `qcn-]-£-amtWm F¶-Xn-\m-Wv. Cusbm-c-h-Ø-bnÂ {]tXyI ]cn-io-e-\tam ]cn-N-btam hnth-I-]qÀ®-amb Hcp \nK-a-\tam P\m-[n-]-Xy-¯nÂ ]men-¡-s¸-Sm-dn-Ã.

\ap-¡-dn-bm-hp-¶-Xp-t]mse `qcn-]-£-¯nsâ òI-c-hmgvN F¶ ]c-a-{]-[m-\-amb \yq\-X-bpsS tZmj-§Ä- Cým alm-cmPyw A\p-̀ -hn-̈ n-«p-Å-Xn-s\-¡mÄ aäm-cm-Wv A\p-̀ -hn-̈ n-«p-Å-Xv. Cµncm KmÔn-bpsS ASn-b-́ n-cm-hØ HmÀ¡p-I.ASp¯ \yq\-X-bmbn Nq≠n-¡m-Wn-¡-s¸-«n-«p-ÅXv Hmtcm a\p-jy\pw A]-c\v ka-\mWv F¶ XXzs¯ ASn-Øm-\-am-¡n-bmWv CXv ]Sp-¯p-bÀ¯-s¸-«n-cn-¡p-¶-Xv. êtam Xe-bv¡-I¯v F´m-sW¶v t\m¡msX Xe-sb®n Xocp-am-\-§Ä FSp-t¡-≠n-h-cp¶p.

Cýsb kw_-Ôn¨v F{Xtbm Xh-W-bmWv A£-cm-`ym-k-an-Ãm-¯-hÀt]mepw FIvkn-Iyq-«o-hnsâ D¶-X-t{i-Wn-bn-te¡v F¯-s¸-«Xpw AXnsâ Xnà-^-e-§Ä \½Ä A\p-`-hn-¨-Xpw.

C\n FSp-¯p-]-d-tb≠ asämcp tZmjw {]Xy-£-ambn Xs¶ km[m-c-W-¡m-c- \p-t]mepw a\-Ên-em-Ip¶ I£n cmjv{So-b-¯nsâ AXn-{]-k-c-am-Wv. I£n cmjv{Sobw P\m-[n-]-Xy¯nsâ \ne-\nÂ ]n\v AXy-´m-t]-£n-X-amWv F¶ Imcyw a\-Ên-em-¡n-sIm-≠p-X-s¶, AXnsâ Zqjy-h-i-§Ä am{X-amWv Cý³ P\m-[n-]Xy {]{In-b-bnÂ B[n-]Xyw t\Sn-b-sX¶v ]d-bmsX h¿. Ata-cn-¡-bnÂ \n¶pw hyXy-Ø-ambn Cý-bpsS P\m-[n-]-Xy-{I-a-¯nÂ \½psS cmjv{Sob I£n-Isf F®n XoÀ¡p-hm³ \ap-¡m-Iptam?

CXnsâ Gähpw {][m\ tZmjw A[n-Im-c-¯nsâ KpW-^-e-§Ä I£n-IÄ ]¦n-s«-Sp-¡p¶ kvt]mbnÂ knÌw (Spoil System) F¶ k{¼-Zm-b-¯n\v hgn-sX-fn¡pw F¶-XmWv. Npcp-¡n- ]-d-ªmÂ H¶pw Xmtg-bv¡n-S-bn-epÅ km[m-cW ]uc-\n-te¡v F¯-s¸- Sp-¶n-Ã.

GXm-bmepw taÂ]-dª \yq\-X-bpsS {]iv\-§Ä \½psS sIm¨p tIcfw A\p-`-hn-¨- t]mse aämcpw A\p-`-hn-¨n-«-Ã F¶p ]d-tb≠n hcpw. eoKv, tIcfm tIm¬{Kkv, F³.-F-kv.-Fkv, Fkv.F³.-Un.]n t]mepÅ cmjv{Sob I£n-IÄ A[n-Im-chpw AXnsâ KpW-§fpw ]s¦-Sp-¯p-sIm-≠n-cn-¡p¶ ImgvN-bpsS A\-´-c-êw am{X-ambn tIcfw cmjv{Sobw Npcp-§n-t]mtbm F¶p-t]mepw kwi-bn-t¡-≠n-h-cpw.C\n-bpÅ t]mcm-bva-bmbn hnti-jn-¸n-¡-s¸-Sp-¶Xv hnthI cmln-Xyw, s]s«-¶p-≠m-Ip¶ `mh-amäw F¶nh ImcWw P\m-[n-]Xyw F¶pw A\n-Ýn-X-Xz-hpw, AØn-c-X-bpw, _e-lo-\-Xbpw \nd-ª-Xm-Wv. AXp-sIm≠v Cu `c-W-{I-a-¯n³


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IognÂ Pohn-¡p¶hÀ ]e-t¸mgpw B«n³Ip -« n -bp - tSbpw ,a\p -jy -¡p -c -§nâbpw sN¶m-¿p-sSbpw a\-Øn-Xn-bp-Å-h-cm-bn-cn¡pw F¶v s{]m^. amIvkn Be-¦m-cn-I-ambn ]d-ª-Xv. GXm-bmepw Cý³ cmjv{Sobs¯ {]tXy-In¨pw tIcf cmjv{So-bs¯ ASp¯p \n¶p ho£n-¡p¶ GsXm-cmfpw CXn-\Iw Xs¶ Kh¬saânÂ, {]Xn-]-£-¯v, _yqtdm-{I-knbnÂ FÃmw {]hÀ¯n-¡p¶ B«n³Ip-«n-tbbpw a\p-jy-Ip-c-§n-s\bpw sN¶m-tbbpw Is≠-¯n-¡-gn-ªn«p≠m-hp-a-tÃm. AXpw H«pw {ia-I-c-a-ÃmsX Xs¶.

ASp-¯-Xmbn P\m-[n-]-Xy¯nÂ `qcn-]£w `cWw \S-¯p¶p F¶p ]d-bp-¶Xv F{X-am{Xw icn-bmWv F¶XmWv. ChnsS `qcn-]£w F¶-Xp-sIm≠v hnh-£n-¡p-¶-Xv. k½-Xn-Zm-bI kwL-¯nsâ `qcn-]-£w am{X-am-Wv. Cýsbt]mepÅ Hcp hnI-kzc cmjv{S-¯nÂ ]e-t¸mgpw \mÂ]-Xp iX-am-\-¯nepw Xmsg\nÂ ¡p¶ t]mfnwKv iX-am\w kqNn-¸n-¡p-¶Xv. `qcn-]-£-¯nsâ `cWw F¶ P\m-[n-]Xy¯nsâ ASn-¯d Hcn-¡epw kw`-hn-¡-s¸-Sp-¶nÃ F¶p Xs¶-bm-Wv. asämcp \yq\-X-bmbn ]cn-K-Wn-¡-s¸-Sp-¶Xv Nne-th-dn-bXpw [qÀ¯hpamb Hcp `c-W-{I-a-amWv P\m-[n-]Xyw F¶-Xm-Wv.

P\m-`n-{]mb kwLm-S-\w, Xnc-sª-Sp¸v {]Nm- c-Ww-, Xnc-sª-Sp-¸p-IÄ XpS-§n-b-h-bpsS \S-¯n-¸n\v `mcn¨ XpI-bmWv Nne-h-gn-t¡- ≠n-h-cnI. Cu \yq\-X-bpsS ]nSn-bnÂ \n¶pw Cý³ P\m-[n-]Xyw tamNn-X-b-Ã F¶pam-{X-aÃ aäp P\m-[n]Xy cmjv{S-§-fnÂ \n¶pw hy-XykvX-ambn C¯cw sNehv A[n-I-am-sW¶v ]d-tb-≠n-h-cpw. A©p-hÀj-¯n-sem-cn-¡Â s]mXp sXc-sª-Sp¸v F¶v s]mXpsh ]d-b-s¸-Sp-sa-¦nepw kzmX{ý e_v[n¡p tijw hnhn[ Imc-W-§-fm-Â \mw F{Xtbm A[nIw Xnc-sª-Sp-¸p-I-sf-bmWv A`n-ap-Jo-I-cn-t¡≠n h¶n-«p-Å-Xv.

ASp-¯-Xmbn tZiob XmXv]-cy-§Ä¡p-]-cn-bmbn {]mtZ-inI XmXv]-cy-§Ä¡v {]mapJyw IÂ¸n¨v cmjv{S-¯nsâ bqWn-än-¡pXs¶ P\m-[n-]Xy kwhn-[m-\-¯nÂ £X-taÂ¡m-dp-≠v F¶-Xm-Wv.temI-cm-jv{S-§Ä¡n-S-bnÂ CXnsâ B[nIyw Gsd-bmWv CýbnÂ. ChnsS Hcp kwhn-[m-\-¯n-sâbpw s]sc-Sp¯p ]d-bp-¶nÃ F¦nepw {]mtZinI ]mÀ«n-IÄ tZi-Xm-Xv]-cy-¯n-s\-Xn-cmbn D≠m-¡nb s]mÃm-¸p-IÄ F®n-XoÀ¡p-hm³ Ign-bm¯ hn[w hep-Xm-Wv. asämcp \yq\-X-bmbn FSp¯p ]d-tb-≠Xv, P\m-[n-]-Xy-¯n\p IognÂ bYmÀ° \oXn ]e-t¸mgpw \ntj-[n-¡s¸Sp¶p F¶pÅ-Xm-Wv. CXp-sIm≠v AÀ°-am-¡p-¶Xv \nb-a-hmgvN (Rule of Law) F¶ P\m-[n-]-Xy-¯nsâ ASn-Øm\w ]e-t¸m-gpw ]men-¡-s¸-SmsX AXv s]mcp-¯-s¸-S-ep-I-fp-sS-bpw, A\p-c-RvP-\-¯n-sâbpw hmgvN-bmbn amdn-t]m- Ip¶p F¶-Xm-Wv. CXn-\p ImcWw `c-Wm-[n-Im-cn-IÄ bYmÀ° \oXn \S-¸m-¡p-¶-Xn\p ]Icw Bscbpw shdp-¸n-¡m¯ Hcp coXnsb B{i-bn-¡p¶p F¶-Xm-Wv. CXn\v Imc-Wtam ASp¯ sXc-sª-Sp-¸nse thm«p-I-fpw.

C\n \ap-t¡m-tcmÀ¯À¡pw Adn-bp-¶Xpw A\p-`-hn-¨n-«p-Å-Xp-amb Agn-aXn F¶ {]Xn-`m-k-am-Wv. temIw D≠mb Imew apX-ep-Å-sX-¦nepw GsXmcp {]Xyb imkv{X-¯n-sâbpw `mK-sa-¦nepw, Hcp cmjv{Shpw CXnÂ \n¶p tamNn-X-c-sÃ-¦nepw Cý-bnÂ kw`-hn-¨p-sIm-≠n-cn-¡p-¶Xv Bscbpw IS¯n sh«m\pw \mWn-¸n-¡m\pw t]m¶-Xm-Wv. ]qPy-¯nsâ B[nIyw sIm≠v F®n XoÀ¡m-\m-hm¯ henb kwJy-IfpsS IY-I-fmWv \mw Hmtcm Znhkhpw ImWp-¶-Xv. DSp-Xp-Wn-bp-ambn cmjv{Sob-¯n-se¯n iX-tIm-Sn-I-fpsS BkvXnbpambn \nÂ ¡p¶ F{X- F{X cmjv{So-b-¡m-sc-bpw, _yqtdm-{I-mäpItfbpw Is≠-¯p-hm³ \ap¡v Hcp hnj-a-hp-an-Ã.

F´pw GXpw A[n-Im-c-¯nsâ ]n³_-e-¯nÂ sh«n-¸n-Sn-¡m-\pÅ BÀ¯nbpw Bth-ihpw


ImWp-t¼mÄ lmhve¡v FÃnk-kn-sâ hcn-I-fmWv \ap-t¡mÀ½ hcp-¶-Xv.

“ The sun, the moon, and the starts would have disappeared long ago had they happened to be within reach of predatory human hands.”

""AsX, GXpw Al-]-cn-¡p¶ a\p-jysâ Ic-§Ä¡v F¯m-hp¶ Zqc-¯n-emWv kqcy-\pw, N{µ\pw \£-{X-§fpw \n¶n-cp-¶-sX-¦nÂ Ah Ft¶ A{]-Xy-£-§-fm-tb-t\.'' F{X kXyamb {]kvXmh\.

GXm-bmepw Agn-a-Xn-bpw, kzP-\-]-£-]m-Xhpw F¶p-th≠ s]¬hm-Wn`w hsc \S-¯m³ X¿m-dmbn AÃ \S¯n Ignhp sXfn-bn¨v kÀÆ-{]-Xm-]n-bmbn \nÂ¡p¶t\Xm-¡-fpsS \nc-sIm≠v k¼p-jvS-amWv `mc-Xw.

taÂ kqNn-¸n-¡-s¸-«-sXÃmw Hcp kXy-ambn \½psS ap¶nÂ \ne-\nÂ¡p-t¼mÄ CsXÃmw C´y³ P\m-[n-]-Xy-¯nÂ A´Àeo-\-am-bn-cn-¡p¶p F¶v sXfnhp klnXw \mw a\-Ên-em-¡p-t¼mÄ \nÝ-b-ambpw C´y³ P\m-[n-]Xy kwhn-[m\w AXnsâ ]qÀW-amb AÀ°-¯nÂ hnPbw I≠nÃ þ AYhm

Amulya Jomy

AXn\v e`n-¨ CSw Is≠-¯n-bnÃ F¶p Xs¶ ]d-tb≠n hcpw. Ah-km-\-ambn sNdn-sbmcp Imcyw Nq≠n-¡m-Wn-¡msX t]mIp-¶Xv icn-b-Ã.

taÂ]-dª \yq\-X-IÄ FÃmw \ne-\nÂ¡p-t¼mÄ Xs¶ Cu kwhn-[m\w \ncÀ°-Ihpw D]-tbmK iq\y-hp-am-sW¶ \nK-a-\-¯nÂ F¯n-t¨À¶mÂ AXv hnUvVn-¯-am-Ipw. \nÝ-b-ambpw P\m-[n-]Xyw kÀÆw XnIª Hcp `c-W-{I-a-a-Ã. F¶mÂ CXn\v ]Icw hbv¡m³ asämcp `c-W-{I-a-apt≠m? Cu tNmZy-¯n-\-DÅ D¯cw Ph-lÀemÂ s\lvdp-hnsâ hm¡p-I-fn-eqsS \ÂIn-sIm≠v CXv Ah-km-\n-¸n-¡pI-bm-Wv.

""P\m-[n-]Xyw Gsd \yq\-X-I-fpw Xn-·-I-fpw DÅ-sX¶v k½-Xn-¡m³ Rm³ X¿m-dm-Wv. F¶mÂ atäXp Xn·-sb-¡m-fpw P\-§Ä¡v D]-Im-c-{]-Z-amb Xn·-bmWv P\m-[n-]Xyw F¶-Xp-sIm≠v B Xn·sb Rm³ kÀÆm-ß\m kzoI-cn-¡p-¶p.''

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Parvathy Jidesh

kqcy-\mbn \o DZn-¨n-cp-s¶-¦nÂ

\n³ hebw hbv¡pw `qan-bmbn Rm³ amdn-tb-s\

Hcp ]q¡m-e-ambn \o h¶n-cp-s¶-¦nÂ

tX³ \pIcpw h≠mbn Rm³ amdn-tbs\

Hcp s]cp-a-g-bmbn \o s]bvXn-cp-s¶-¦nÂ

Im¯ncn¡pw thgm-¼-embn Rm³ amdn-tbs\

Hcp I¬a-Wn-bmbn \o ]nd-¶n-cp-s¶-¦nÂ

hmÕeyaqdpw \n¶-½-bmbn Rm³ amdn-tbs\

Hcp kz]v\-ambn \osb³ \n{Z-bnÂ h¶n-cp-s¶-¦nÂ

F¶p-sa¶pw \nsâ-Xmbn Rm³ amdn-tb-s\...


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Baby Samuel

A³]-¯n-aq¶v hÀj-§Ä¡p-ap¼v ZrIvkm-£n-bmb Hcp kw`hw

shfn-¨-t¯bv¡v sIm≠p-h-cm³ {ian-¡p-I-bmWv !

Cu IY-bpsS kw`hkvYew ITv\n-bm-Wv. a[y-{]-tZ-inÂ P_Â

]q-cnÂ \n¶v GI-tZiw Adp-]¯nA©p- ssaÂ hS¡v t_mws_þlud

sdbnÂ dq«nÂ kvYnXn sN¿p¶ Hcp sNdnb ]«-W-amWv ITv\n. Hcp e£-

t¯mfw hcp¶ P\-kw-Jytb A¶v AhnsSbpÅp. Cu Fgp-Xp¶ BÄ

F§s\ ITv\n-bnÂ F¯nsb¶ tNmZy-¯n\v D¯cw ]d-bmw. P_Â]q-

cnÂ tPmen¡v tNÀ¶ F\ncn¡v ITv\n Ce-Iv{Sn¡v k_v Unhn-j-\n-emWv

t]mÌnwKv In«n-bXv. bmsXmcp ]cn-N-b-an-Ãm¯ kvYew sdbnÂth tÌj-\nÂ

Cd-§n-bmÂ ASp-¯p -X-s¶-bpÅ temUvPnÂ X§m-sa¶ Adn-hp-≠m-bn-cp-

¶p. sshIn«v GXm≠v A©p-a-Wn-tbmsS Rm³ ITv\n sdbnÂth tÌj-\nÂ

Cd-§n. lnµpkvYm³ temUvPn-te¡v t]mIm³ s]«n-bp-sa-Sp-¸n¨v Iqen-bpsS

]ndsI \S-¶p.

Aev]w \S-¶-t¸mÄ ]pd-InÂ \n¶pw Hcp hnfn. \m«nÂ Hma-\-t¸cp

hnfn-¡p¶ hnfn-. Rm³ sR«n¯ncnªp t\m¡n.- AXv`pXw Ft¶ ]d-tb-≠p!

]pd-InÂ Fsâ Bß kplr¯pw, AbÂhm-kn-bpw, ¢mÊvtaäpw Bbncp¶

cma-N-{µ³ ! Fs´-¶n-Ãm¯ kt´mjw tXm¶n. "'\o F´mSm ChnsS ''?

Fsâ tPmen-bpsS hnhcw tI«n«v cma-N-{µ³ ]d-ªp, FSm ChnsS \n¶v

20 ssaÂ AIsebmWv Fsâ Hmô-kv, _kpw SmIvknbpw H¶pw CÃ.

Cu ImWp¶ Sm¦hmem am{X-amWv B{i-bw. ASp-s¯-§pw Xmak kuI-

cyw H¶p-an-Ã. SuWnÂ Xma-kn¨v t]mbv hcms\ H¡p. AXp-sIm≠v Rm³

Xma-kn-¡p-¶n-S¯v \n\¡pw Xma-kn-¡mw. Blmcw ]mIw sNbvXp Xcm³

Hcp kv{Xo D≠v. sdbnÂth-bnÂ tPmen-¡m-c-\mb Hcp ae-bm-fn-IqSn Fsâ

IqsS Xma-kn-¡p-¶p-≠v. cma-N-{µ³ ]d-ªp-\nÀ¯n. At¸mÄXs¶ s]«n

Hcp Sm¦m-bnÂ h¨v Rm³ AXnÂ NS-ªp-Iq-Sn. cma-N-{µ³ Hcp ssI

Sm¦-bpsS I¼n-bnepw asä ssI ssk¡n-fnepw Bbn R§Ä bm{X XpS-

§n. Hcp-ap-¡mÂ aWn-¡qÀ Ign-ª-t¸mÄ R§Ä _Ko-¨-bn-se-¯n. s]«n

Sm¦m-hme AIs¯-Sp¯p h¨p. cma-N-{µ³ AbmÄ¡v Iqen sImSp-̄ p.

F¶n-«v Ft¶mSv ]d-ªp. \o Ipfn v̈ Blmcw Ignªv InS-t¶m, \msf \ap¡v

Hcp ssk¡nÄ hm§mw. \ns¶ Hmô-knÂ hn«n«v Rm³ tPmen¡v t]mIpw.-

""a-S-§n-sb¯m³ hgn a\-Ên-em-¡n-t¡m-Ww.''

Aev]w \S-¶-t¸mÄ ]pd-InÂ \n¶pw Hcp hnfn. \m«nÂ Hma-\-t¸cp hnfn-¡p¶ hnfn-.Rm³ sR«n¯ncnªp t\m¡n.- AXv`pXw Ft¶ ]d-tb-≠p! ]pd-InÂ Fsâ Bß kplr¯pw, AbÂhm-kn-bpw, ¢mÊvtaäpw Bbncp¶ cma-N-{µ³ ! Fs´-¶n-Ãm¯ kt´mjw tXm¶n. "'\o F´mSm ChnsS ?'' Fsâ tPmen-bpsS hnhcw tI«n«v cma-N-{µ³ ]d-ªp, FSm ChnsS \n¶v 20 ssaÂ AIsebmWv Fsâ Hmô-kv, _kpw SmIvknbpw H¶pw CÃ. Cu ImWp¶ Sm¦hmem am{X-amWv B{i-bw.


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_Ko¨ F´m-sW-¶p-IqSn ]dªv IY-

bn-te¡v t]mImw. D¯À{]-tZ-inepw

]©m-_nepw DÅ [\n-I-cm-b Bfp-IÄ

a[y-{]-tZ-inse an¡ {Kma-§-fnepw [mcmfw

kve-§Ä hm§n Ah FtÌäpIfpw Irjn

kvYe-§-fp-am¡n hne-Êp¶ Ime-amWv

60IÄ. _Ko¨ F¶mÂ DZym-\-sa-¶mWv

AÀ°w. sdbnÂth tÌjsâ sXm«p ]nd-In-

embn sdbnÂth-bpsS kvYew IgnªmÂ

Cu _Ko¨ Bbn henb tKän-\p-f-fnÂ Hcp

c≠p-\ne sI«n-Sw. c≠m-as¯ \ne apgp-

h³ DS-akvYtâXm-Wv. AhnsS I¡qkpw

Ipfn-ap-dnbpw shÅhpw FÃmw DÅnÂ

Xs¶ D≠v. H¶mw \ne-bnÂ c≠p-apdn ASp-

¡f AS¡w H¼Xv apdn-I-fm-Wp-Å-Xv.

{][m\ tKänsâ ASp-¯mbn tPmen-¡mÀ¡p

Xma-kn-¡m³ th≠n D≠m-¡nb Hcp Izmt«-

gvkv D≠v. AhnsS Xma-kn-¡p¶Xpw Hcp

ae-bmfn IpSpw-_-am-Wv. H¶mw \nebnÂ Xma-

kn-¡p-¶-hÀ¡v I¡qkqw Ipfn-ap-dnbpw

FÃmw ]pd-¯mWv. CsXm¶pw CÃm¯

\m«nÂ \n¶pw h¶n-cn-¡p-¶-Xn-\mÂ A¶v

AsXm¶pw Hcp Aku-I-cy-ambn tXm¶n-

bn-Ã. GXm≠v ]Xn-\©v G¡À kvYe-

t¯mfw t]c, Hmd-©v, apk-¼n, amXf \mcIw

I¼nfn \mc-Iw, sNdp-\m-c-Iw, sNdn,]e-Xcw

amhp-IÄ apcn§ F¶p-th-≠ FÃm-¯cw

ê-aq-em-Zn-Ifpw \nd-ªp-\nÂ¡p-¶p.

I¨-h-S-¯n-\p-th-≠n \«p-h-fÀ¯p¶ FÃm

C\w ]q¡fpw \n-dªp-\nÂ¡p¶ henb

]qt´m«w. Chn-Sps¯ auÆm ]q¡Ä

hmän FSp-¡p¶ aZy-¯n\v \ndsb Bh-iy-

¡mcm-Wv. amen ]¶m-emÂ BWv IpXn-c-

h≠n HmSnbv¡p¶Xpw kwc-£n-¡p-¶-Xpw.

AbmÄ IpXn-c-h-≠n-¸p-c-bnÂ sdm«nbpw

]cn¸pw D≠m¡n Ign-bv¡pw. Ahn-sS-Xs¶

InS-¶p-d-§p-I-bpw, ChnSw Ign-ªmÂ

Irjn kvYe-amWv. tKmX¼v,.... s\Ãv Ch-

sbÃmw Irjn sN¿p-¶p. IrjnkvYe-¯nsâ

Hc-Xncv \À½Zm \Zn-bpsS t]mjI \Zn-bpsS

Xoc-am-Wv. ê-^q-jvSn-bpÅ kvYeam-sW¶v

{]tXyIw FSp¯v ]d-tb≠Xn-Ã-tÃm.

kvYew DS-akvY³ Hcp {_mÒ-W-\mWv.

Inghn t\cs¯ IqSn. \½fpw {_mÒ-W-

\m-sW¶p ]d-ªmWv ChnsS IS¶pIqSn-

bn-cn-¡p-¶-Xv. AXp-sIm≠v t\m¬shPv

Ign-bv¡m³ shfn-bnÂ t]mI-Ww. Blm-

c-¡m-cy-¯n\v Hcp _p²n-ap-«p-an-Ã. \mep-

t\cw NqSv `£Ww tai-¸pd¯v In«pw.

sshIn-«s¯ ]mIw sNbvXv tai-¸p-d¯v

AS¨p h¨n«v Iae Ah-cpsS ho«nÂ t]mIpw.

]ntä¶v cmhnse ]mepw-]m-{Xhpw sIm≠v

h¶v Nmbbp-≠m¡n "_m_pPn, Nmb'

F¶p ]dªp hnfn-¡p-t¼m-gmWv \½Ä

DW-cp-¶-Xv. Id-¡p¶ [mcmfw Fcp-a-bp≠v

aq¸n-em-\v.

sdbnÂth tÌjsâ ASp-¯pÅ temt¡m

sjUnÂ \n¶mWv Bhn F©n³ temUv

sN¿p-¶-Xv. AXm-bXv IÂ¡cn \nd-bv¡Â,

hm«À Sm¦v \nd-bv¡Â, Aä-Ip-ä-]WnIÄ

FÃmw-. ITv\n apJmdm sdbnÂth-bmÀUv

F¶p ]d-ªmÂ \yq ITv\n PwKvj³

hsc sk³{SÂ sdbnÂth-bn-eqsS {][m\

Nc¡p bmÀUv F¶mWv AÀ°w. ImcWw

ITv\n t_mIvkäv Izmdn-I-fpsS hn]-W\

tI{µw BWv. t_mIvsskäv \oän-bmÂ

I¡-bm-Wv. AtX Izmdn-bnÂ Xs¶ {_u¬

tÌm¬ D≠v. AXv Xd-bn-en-Sp¶ ssSÂkv,

koenwKv ssSÂkv F¶nh D≠m-¡m³

D]-tbm-Kn-¡pw. t_mIvssk-änsâ a®pw

s]mSn-bp-saÃmw In¦³ ]uUÀ F¶mWv

Adn-b-s¸-Sp-¶-Xv. Ch ^mIvS-dn-bpsS

tdmsaäo-cn-bÂkv BWv. CXmWv Nc¡v

KXm-K-X-¯nsâ {][m\ tkmgvkv. t_mIv

sskäv IzmdnIsf JXm³ F¶mWv

]d-bp-I. Adp-]-Xp-I-fnÂ Adp-]-¯n-sb«v

sse³ apdp-hmd bmÀUv D≠m-bn-cp-¶p.

temt¡m-bnse kv{Im¸v sse\p-I-fpsS

CSbv¡v XÅn-bn-Sp-¶-Xn-\mÂ knáÂ

sse³ Hgn-hm¡n ssk¡nÄ bm{X-¡m-

scÃmw sdbnÂth sse³ apdn¨v IS-¶mWv

t]mIp-¶-Xv. hml\ KXm-K-X-apÅ tdmUn

eqsS t]mc-W-sa-¦nÂ SuWnsâ XpS-¡-

¯n-se-¯m³ GI-tZiw ]¯p-ssaÂ Zqcw

IqSp-XÂ t]mI-Ww. Hcp ssaÂ Zqc-¯nÂ

asämcp _Ko¨ D≠v. AsXmcp ]©m-_n-

bp-tS-Xm-Wv. AXp-sIm≠v t\m¬ þ shPn-

tä-dn-b³ `£-W-¯n\v bmtXmcp ]ª-hp-

an-Ã. AhnsS Hcp ae-bmfn IpSpw-_-ap-≠v.

c≠p-t]cpw Htc ]n.-U_vfyp. Un Unhn-j\v

Hmô-knÂ tPmen sN¿p-¶p. hÀ¤okv

sÌt\m BWv. B\n ssS¸n-Ìpw. Un.Pn

Ft¸mgpw Hmô-knÂ CÃm-¯XpImcWw

hÀ¤okn\v em¯n-b-Sn¨v \S¡mw. aq¶p-

amkw {]mb-apÅ Hcp Ipªp≠v AhÀ¡v.

{]k-hm-h[n Ignªv B\n tPmen¡v

t]mbnXpS-§n-bn-Ã. tPmen XpS-§p-t¼mÄ

the-¡msc \m«nÂ \n¶pw sIm≠p-

h-c-Ww. ImcWw c≠p-t]-cp-sSbpw ho«nÂ

\n¶pw henb kl-I-c-W-an-Ã. cwK-\m-

Ysâ `mcy X¦½ lukv ssh^v BWv.

AhÀ XÂ¡m-ew Ipªns\ t\m¡m-sa¶v

k½-Xn-Nn-«p-≠v.

A¶v hÀKokv a«³ hm§n ssk¡n-fnÂ

sdbnÂth {Sm¡v apdn¨v IS-¡p-I-bm-

bn-cp-¶p. \nÀ¯n-bn-«n-cp¶ Hcp Nc¡p

Xoh≠n ]Xps¡ \o§n-¯p-S-§n-bXv

hÀ¤o-knsâ {i²-bnÂs]-«nÃ. B

Xoh-≠n- hÀKokns\bpw ssk¡n-fn-

s\bpw c≠v `mK-§-fm¡n IS-¶p-t]m-bn.

hcp¶ hgn Rm\pw Cu kw -̀h-̄ n\v ZrIvkm-

£n-bm-bn. Aev]-k-a-b-̄ n-\p-ÅnÂ sdbnÂth-

bnÂ tPmen sN¿p¶ Nmt¡mbpw cwK-\m-

Y\pw cma-N-{µ\pw h¶ptNÀ¶p. sdbnÂth

t]meokv F^v. sF. BÀ. FgpXn Hu]-

Nm-cn-I-X-I-sfÃmw Ignªv hÀ¤o-knsâ

icocw tem¡Â t]meo-kn\v ssIam-dn.

k_v C³kvs]-IvSÀ KuXw knwKns\

Fsâ tPmen-bp-ambn _Ô-s¸«v F\n¡v

]cn-N-b-ap-≠m-bn-cp-¶p. Ahn-sS-bpÅ ae-

bm-fn-IÄ Hcp-an-¡p-¶Xv A¶m-bn-cp-¶p.

s\tämbpw `mcy Fen-bäv s\tämbpw


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sImÃ-¯p-Im-cm-Wv. (Bwt¥m Cý³kv).

F.-kn.kn knaâvknse A¸p-¡p-«³,

am¯³ F¶n-§s\ BsI H¼Xv t]À.

ChnsS ]Ån-bn-Ã, ]mXn-cn-bn-Ã, A¼-e-an-Ã,

]qPm-cn-bn-Ã, akvPnZpw samÃm-¡-bp-an-Ã

]c-tZ-in-bv¡v. Xt±i hmkn-IÄ¡v Ah-c-h-

cp-tS-Xmb FÃm kuI-cy-§fp-ap≠v. ap³kn-

¸m-en-än-bp-tS-Xmb Hcp ivaim\ap≠v AhnsS

Hcp aXnÂs¡«pw t]cn\v Hcp tKäpw. adhv

sN¿m³ c≠v tPmen-¡m-cp-ap-≠v. AhÀ¡v

ssI¡qen sImSp-¯mÂ am{Xw Bg-¯nÂ

Ipgn-sb-Sp¯v ihw adhp sN¿pw. AsÃ-

¦nÂ hfsc sNdnb Ipgn-bnÂ icocw

sh¨n-«pt]mIpw. AXv \mbv¡fpw Igp-I-\p-

saÃmw Xn¶n«v t]mIpw. aXnÂ ]e ̀ mK¯pw

CSnªv s]mfnªp InS-¡p-¶-Xn-\mÂ

Ipdp-¡am-cpsS ieyhpw [mc-f-ap-≠v.

R§Ä Hcp s]«nbpw Ipcnipw kwLSn-¸n¨v

AXnÂ hÀ¤o-knsâ t]sc-gpXn AS¡w

sNbvXp. Xe-bv¡Â Ipcn-ipw h¨p.

kÔy-bm-b-t¸m-tg¡pw FÃmw Ign-ªp.

cwK-\m-Ysâ ho«nÂ B\n-tbbpw Ipªn-

s\bpw Xma-kn-¸n-¨p. AhÀ ]n¶oSv Hcp

Izmt«-gvknte¡p amdn.

GI-tZiw aq¶pamkw Ign-ªp. As¶mcp

shÅn-bm-gvN-bm-Wv. D¨-bmb-t¸mÄ B\n

X¦-½-bpsS ASp-¯p-h-¶p. B\n ]d-ªp.

""tNö, C¶v hÀ¤o-knsâ ]nd-¶m-fm-Wv.

Cu ]q¡Ä Rm³ Ipgn-am-S-¯nÂ sh¨v

{]mÀ°n¨v hcmw'' DuWp Ignªv cwK-

\m-Y³ t]m-bmÂ Rm\pw hcmw. B\n

]d-ªp. \Ã ]IÂ ka-b-atÃ tNö,

Rm³ X\n¨p s]mbvt¡m-fmw. F{Xbpw

s]s«¶v Ahn-sS-sb ¯mªn«v Fsâ

{]mW³ ]n-S-bp-I-bm-Wv F¶p ]dªv B\n

\S-¶p. \nÀ_-Ôn-¨n«v Imcy-anÃm F¶-dn-bm-

hp¶ X¦½ Xncn¨p hcp-t¼mÄ CXnse

h¶v DuWpw Ign¨v t]mImw F¶pw ]dªv

B\nsb bm{X-bm-¡n.

GtI-tZiw c≠p aWn-¡qÀ Ign-ªp-

Im-Wpw. tImhÀI-gp-X-¸p-d¯v HcmÄ h¶n-

d-§n. tImhÀ Igp-Xsb tKän\p ]pd¯v

sI«n- DÅn-te¡v h¶v AbmÄ X¦-½-

bpsS hmXnÂ ap«n. X¦½ Cd-§n-h-¶p.

]cn-N-b-an-Ãm¯ HcmÄ, a²y-h-b-kvI³.

Idp¯ t[m¯nbmWv thjw. "" tb a{Zmkn

_m_p¡m LÀtl''? (CXv a{Zmkn _m_p-

hnsâ hoSmtWm) AsX-sb¶v X¦½

adp-]Sn ]d-ªp. "" Xpamcm a{Zmkn eUv¡n

Hm aÀL«vta ]Smtl'' (\n§-fpsS a{Zmkn

s]¬ Ip«n ivaim-\-¯nÂ hoWp

InS¡p¶p). ""PÂZn tImbn Pmt¡m DkvtIm

anentb'' (Bsc-¦nepw thKw t]mbn

Ahsf t\m¡q) AbmÄ tImhÀ Igp-Xsb

Agn¨v hml-\-§Ä t]mIp¶ tdmUns\

e£y-am¡n AXn-thKw ]mªp-t]m-bn.

D¨-DuWv Ignªv Rm³ an¡-hmdpw Hmô-

knÂ t]mIm-dn-Ã. cma-N-{µ³ hcp-t¼mÄ

GXm≠v aq¶p-a-Wn-bm-Ipw. Rm³ sNdnb

ab-¡-¯n-em-Wv. X¦½ _lfw hbv¡p-

¶-Xp-tI«v hnh-c-§Ä Xnc-¡n. thKw

þ hkv{Xw amdn R§Ä aÀL-«n-te¡v

IpXn-¨p. `mKy-¯n\v hgnbv¡p h¨v

cma-N-{µ-t\bpw I≠p. R§Ä ivaim-\-¯n-

se-¯n. Ipªv B\n-bpsS ASp-¯n-cp¶v

hmhn-«p-I-c-bp-I-bm-Wv. B\n At_m-

[m-hkvYbnÂ ]n¨n-No-ńb hkv{X-§-

fp-ambn Hcp-hiw Ncn-ªp-In-S-¡p-¶p.-

cm-a-N-{µ³ AXn-thKw Ipªn-s\-bp-sa-Sp¯v

X¦-½sb GÂ]n-¡m³ HmSn. Rm³ shfn-

bnÂ h¶v Hcp Sm¦m hnfn¨p. Sm¦m-hm-ebpw

Rm\pw-IqSn B\nsb FSp¯v Sm¦m-bnÂ

InS-¯n. Hcp ssIsIm≠v Sm¦-bnepw asä-

ssI-sIm≠v ssk¡n-fnepw ]nSn¨v ap³kn-

¸Â Bip-]-{Xn-bn-se-¯n. At¸m-tg¡pw

cma-N-{µ\pw AhnsS F¯n-t¨À¶p. `mKy-

¯n\v AXym-lnX hn`m-K-¯nÂ tUmIvSÀ

D≠m-bn-cp-¶p. Aev]-k-abw Ignªv

tUmIvSÀ ]cn-tim-[\ Ignªv ¾m\-ap-J-

\mbn Cd-§n-h-¶p. "" Hm tXmKbm '' (AhÄ

t]mbn) "" Xebv¡pap-dn-hp-≠v. am\-`w-K-

s¸-Sp-¯n-bn-«p-≠v. ]cn-tim-[-\-bv¡p-th≠n

kmw]n-fp-I-sfÃmw FSp-¯n-«p≠v. \n§Ä

D¯-c-hm-ZnXzw Gsä-Sp-¡p-I-bm-sW-¦nÂ

t]meo-kns\ hnfn¨v dnt¸mÀ«v X¿m-dm¡n

Ignªv t]men-knsâ k½-X-t¯msS

\n§Ä¡v arX-i-cocw sIm≠p-t]m-Imw.

ChnsS icocw kq£n-¡m³ bmtXmcp

kwhn-[m-\-hp-an-Ã. '' Aev]-k-a-b-¯n-\p-ÅnÂ

k_v C³kvs]-IvSÀ KuXw-knwKv h¶p.

dnt¸mÀ«v FgpXn Hcp slUvtIm¬Ì-_n-

fn-t\bpw c≠p t]meo-kp-Im-t-cbpw At\z-

jW Npa-X-e-tbÂ¸n¨v hn«p. cwK-\m-Y\pw

`mcy X¦-½bpw s\tämbpw `mcy Fen-bäv s\

tämbpw Rm\pw cma-N-{µ\pw tNÀ¶v arX-i-co-

c-hp-ambn ivaim-\-¯n-te¡v bm{X Xncn-¨p.

F.-kn.kn A¸p-¡p-«³, Z¯me am¯³,

B\n-bpsS Hmô-knse Nne Bfp-IÄ,

Ipd¨v Xangv \mSv kztZ-in-IÄ F¶n-§s\

Ipd-¨p-t]cpw AhnsSsb¯n-t¨À¶p.

At¸m-tgbv¡pw Ipgn X¿m-dm-bn. s]«n

sIm≠p-h-¶p. ]g-b-Xp-t]mse asämcp Ipcn-

ip-h≠n AXnÂ B\n hÀ¤okv Fs¶-gpXn

Xe-bv¡Â sh¨p. ihw adhv sNbvXp.

Fen-bäv s\täm Bwt¥m C-ý³ {]mÀ°\

\S¯n. Hcp sNdnb BÄ¡q«w CXn\v

km£n-bm-bn.

ASp¯ Znhkw Rm\pw cma-N-{µ\pw

t]meokv tÌj-\nÂ sN¶p. Hcp kÀ«n-

^n-t¡äv D≠m¡n X¶mÂ Ipªnsâ

D¯-c-hm-ZnXzw R§Ä¡v Gsä-Sp-¡m-

sa¶v AhÀ ]d-ªp. Iu≠n Hmô-knepw

sdt¡mÀUv sN¿n-¸n-¨p. Ipªnsâ KmÀUn-

bsâ kvYm\¯v cma-N-{µsâ H¸n-«p. ]IÂ

apgp-h³ Iae Ipªns\ t\m¡pw. cm{Xn

cma-N-{µsâ IqsS. BZy-sams¡ C¯ncn {]

bmkw tXm¶n-sb-¦nepw ]n¶oSv Ahsf Im-

WmsX hs¿-¶m-bn. R§Ä AhÄ¡n« t]

cmWv " `mKy-e£van'. aµ-a-cp-Xn-bmWv hÀ¤o-

knsâ \mSv. ]qh-·-e-bmWv B\n-bp-tS-Xv.

B\n-bpsS Hmô-knÂ \n¶pw taÂhn-em-kw-

ta-Sn¨v R§Ä c≠p-ho-«n-te¡pw

Is¯-gp-Xn. Hcp adp]-Snbpw h¶n-Ã.

Ipªns\ Xnc¡n Bcpw h¶pan-Ã.

{ItaW cma-N-{µsâ ho«nÂ hnh-

c-a-dn-ªp. F´p {`m´mWn ImWn-

¡p-¶-Xv. \{km-Wn-sIm-¨ns\ hfÀ¯p-¶Xv

{`m´tÃ Fs¶Ãmw ImWn¨v I¯p-IÄ

]eXpw h¶p. Ah-km\w cma-N-{µsâ AÑ³


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hfsc ià-amb `mj-bnÂ Hcp Is¯-gpXn. Npcp¡w C§-s\-bm-

Wv. a{Zm-kn-epÅ Hcp A\m-Ym-e-b-¯nÂ Ipªns\ GÂ¸n-¡p-I.

GXm-bmepw AsXm¶pw \S-¶n-Ã. ]¯p-amkw {]mb-am-b-t¸m-

tg¡pw AhÄ \S¶p XpS-§n. Aev]-sams¡ kwkm-cn¨p

XpS§n. A§s\ B Ipsªmcp `mKy-e£van Xs¶-bm-bn.

cma-N-{µsâ A½m-h³ `mkv¡c Imc-W-hÀ FbÀt^m-gvknÂ

t]mbn saUn-¡Â UnkvNmÀÖpw hm§n \m«nÂ h¶v tdmbÂ

F³ôÂUv 350 _pÅ-änÂ Id§n \S-¡p¶ Hcp [\m-Vy-\m-Wv.

At±-l-¯nsâ aI-fmWv btim-Z. AhÄ _n F, _n. FUv Ign-ªv

tZhkzw kvIqfnÂ A²ym-]n-I-bm-Wv. cma-N-{µ³ hfÀ¶ tijw

btim-Z-tbm-S-ÃmsX aäm-tcmSpw ImWm\pw an≠m\pw A½m-h³ k½-

Xn-bv¡n-Ã. Cu ]«mf Nn«-bnÂ s]mdp-Xn-ap-«n-bmWv cma-N-{µ³ _n.-

F. Ignª-t¸mÄ a²y-{]-tZ-inÂ tPmen kvYncoIcn-¨Xpw \mSp-hn-

«-Xpw. F¶mÂ btim-Zsb cma-N-{µ\v CjvS-am-Wv. henb AI-e-anÃ

c≠v hoSp-Ifpw X½nÂ. cma-N-{µsâ AÑ³ henb `qkz-¯nsâ

DS-a-bm-Wv. c≠v aq¶v B\-IÄ ho«n-ep-≠v. temdn-I-fpw Po¸p-ambn

asä-Ãm-ap-≠v. tee-¯nÂ Iq¸nÂ \n¶pw XSn sh«n-bn-d¡n Unt¸m-

bnÂ F¯n-¡p¶XmWv At±-l-¯nsâ tPmen. Dcp-¸Sn B¡n

hnÂ¡p-¶Xv aäv ]mÀSvtW-gvkm-Wv.

`mkv¡c Imc-W-hÀ btim-Zsb hnhmlw Ign-¸n-¡m³ XnSp-

¡-s¸«p XpS-§n. Ipªns\ A\m-Ym-e-b-¯nÂ sImSp-¡p-hm-

\mbn \nÀ_-Ôn-¨p-sIm-≠n-cp-¶p. HSp-hnÂ \o Ipªn-s\bpw

sIm≠v hcn-I, F¶n«v \nsâ CjvSw t]mse F´p-th-W-sa-¦nepw

sNbvtXm F¶-dn-bn-¨p. A§s\ cma-N-{µ³ Ipªp-ambn F¯n.

A½bpw A½m-h\pw ¹m³ sNbvXXv Ipªns\ Ipf-¯nÂ

Xmgv¯n sIm¶p-I-fmbm-\m-bn-cp-¶p.

]c-a³ Ahn-Sps¯ ASp-¡-f-¡mcn \mWn-bpsS aI-\m-Wv.

t]m¡ncn ]c-a³ F¶mWv Ahs\ \m«p-ImÀ hnfn-¡p-¶-Xv. \Ã

Ccp-«pÅ Hcp cm{Xn, GXm≠v ]¯p-aWn Ignªv btimZ P\m-

e-bv¡Â h¶p X«n. ""G«m IXIp Xpd-¡p, Rm³ btim-Z-bm-Wv.

cma-N-{µ³ IXIp Xpd-¶p."" \o F´m Cu ka-b¯v ? "" G«m Rm³

Hcp cl-ky-a-dn-ªp. AhÀ Ipªns\ sImÃm³ ¹m³ sNbvXn-

cn-¡p-I-bm-Wv. AÑ³ ]c-a\v ]Ww sImSp¯p Ign-ªp. G«³

Ipªp-ambn thKw aS-§n-t]m-Im³ t\m¡v.

cma-N-{µ³ ]dRp \o \msf eosh-Sp¯v Ipªns\ t\m¡Ww.

Rm³ ss{UhÀ _m_p-hn-s\ -I≠v Sn¡äv dnkÀÆv sN¿mw. ]ntä¶v

sshIn«v cma-N-{µ³ Xsâ ho«nse Po¸nsâ ss{UhÀ cmPp-hns\

hnfn¨v ]d-ªp. ""\o cm{Xn H¼-Xp-a-Wn-bm-Ip-t¼mÄ Po¸v ]pd-InÂ

sIm≠p-h-¶n«v Fsâ s]«nbpw _mKpw FÃmw AXnÂ shbv

¡-Ww. Fs¶ Fd-Wm-Ipfw sdbnÂth tÌj-\nÂ cm{Xn Xs¶

sIm≠p-t]mbn hnS-Ww. \obpw Rm\p-¾msX aämcpw CX-dn-bm³

]mSn-Ã. \nsâ A½ tNmZn-¨mÂ Hm«-ap-s≠¶p am{Xw ]d-ªmÂ

aXn. A§s\ cma-N-{µ³ Ipªn-s\bpw sIm≠v Xncn¨v ITv\n-

bnÂ F¯n. ]²Xn s]mfnª ho«p-ImÀ asämcp A²ym-]-I-s\-

s¡m≠v btim-Zsb hnhmlw Ign-¸n-¨p.

IY ChnsS XoÀ¶n-Ã. iyma-N-c¬ iÀ½ F¶ iÀ½mPn ITv\n,

InÂhmdm Gcn-bm-bnse c≠p ^mIvS-dn-I-fpsS DSa BWv.

iÀ½mPnbpsS Htc Hcp aI-fmWv KncnPm iÀ½. Kncn-Pbv¡v

cma-N-{µs\ CjvS-am-Wv. AhÀ cma-N-{µs\ Ah-cpsS ^mIvSdnI-

fpsS P\dÂ amt\-P-cmbn \nb-an-¨p. s{Sbn-\nw-Kn-\mbn P¸m-\nÂ

Ab-¨p. P¸m-\nÂ \n¶pw h¶ DSs\ cma-N-{µ³ P\-dÂ amt\-

P-cmbn kvYm\w Gsä-Sp-¯p. H«pw Xma-kn-¡msX Kncn-P-bp-ambn

cma-N-{µsâ hnhm-lhpw \S-¶p. A§s\ cma-N{µ Imc-W-hÀ, cma-

N{µ iÀ½-bm-bn. Ct¸mÄ InÂhm-d-bnÂ Adn-b-s¸-Sp¶ iÀ½mPn

\½psS cma-N-{µ-\m-Wv. AYhm "InÂhmdm' cmPm-km-ln_v!

a{Zmkv au≠v tdmUn-epfv Fh-dÌv ]©-\-£{X tlm«-ensâ

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kaÀ°-amb kÀÆo-kp-Ifpw NSp-e-amb aqhvsaâpw ià-amb kvam-jp-Ifpw ]än-¡p¶ t{Um]v tjm«p-Ifpambn Ifn-bnse tIa-·m-cmb Øncw Ifn-¡mÀ Ifn \nb-{´n-¡p-¶Xv H¶p ImtW≠ Hcp ImgvN Xs¶-bmbncp-¶p. knwKnÄkv {]mY-anI aÕ-c-§Ä Ign-ª-t¸mÄ A\q]v \mbÀ, tP¡ºv F{_-lmw, _n\p ]p¶q-kv, jm_p tN¶w- ]Ån F¶n-hÀ Hmtcm {Kq¸nÂ \n¶pw IqSp-XÂ t]mbnâp-IÄ t\Sn skan ss^\-enÂ Ifn-¡m³ tbmKyX t\Sn.

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Gayatri Surendranathan

He peers into the looking glasssponge drip-greendabs his facethen the painthis faceagain.

Kohl-drawn jasmine eyesround scarlet lips, fingerscrown like an upside-down vaseskirt full like the moontonight.His movements marrow-deepKathakali dancerslow steps god storiesinto temple earthstories we all knowlike our home-smellswant to knowagain.

Stories of despairof rage and war and passionwith a glance

astompthree slender fingers raisedjust soas Carnatic vibratodribbles slow like honeysticky-sweet.

He would dance a tapestryhours folding over themselvestodayhis storyhis lover child selfis amputatedhis audience whisperswhere are we going for dinnerwhose turn to drivehow much longer.

Tonight he weepsbefore a granite Shivabegs forgiveness forbecomingLocal Flavorlike coconut milktapioca and cardamomginger.

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Silver Jubilee year

GCKAGreater Carolina Kerala Association

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Sanjay MohandasTreasurer

is a drop in the history of time, but a significant milestone for the organization, we all have come to love and cherish, the GCKA.

25 years ago, NASA took the first big steps towards their “Space Station Program”, the world population hit 5 billion people, the European Union established a common Foreign and Security policy and for all the audiophiles out there, Michael Jackson released yet another blockbuster album “Bad”. In the midst of all this, unknown to the world a group of motivated individuals, lead by Dr.P.K George formally setup the Greater Carolina Kerala Association.

The GCKA’s history dates back to the early seventies when informal gathering of 9 Malayalee families, then settled in the Triangle area, would occur. The families comprising Dr.Abraham Phillip and Mrs. Ramani Phillip, Prof K.V Mani and Mrs.Annakutty Mani, Dr.Suchindran and Mrs. Hamsa Suchindran, Mr. Ravi Mathew and Mrs. Mary Mathew and a few others took the effort and initiative to organize and celebrate all Major Keralite festivals in their homes, amongst themselves. The next big step, in formally recognizing the needs of a professionally run outfit to enable wider participation and cater to the Malayalee influx into the triangle area, was only logical.

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The mission and vision of the Organization was very simple, organize and promote, the Malayalam Language, Malayalee unity and growth, all as a responsible member of the larger Indian community and as a responsible community citizen of the USA.

This was done by organizing and celebrating key cultural events like Onam,Christmas, key social occasions like the Social night, the Annual picnic, the various sporting occasions the Badminton, Volleyball tournament and last but not least they key community volunteer activities performed by our talented youth organization for those less fortunate than us.

Over the years, the membership of the GCKA has grown tremendously. In spite of this fast-paced growth, the GCKA as an organization has managed to streamline the growth very effectively, with all GCKA events still being organized and executed in a disciplined fashion, all thanks to the dedicated efforts of the Board of Directors, the fantastic team of volunteers and the unstinting support of the sponsors and members.

To pay tribute to this truly momentous feat of reaching a sparkling milestone, all while retaining a single voice, a single identity and a single determination of purpose; the Silver Jubilee Celebrations were conceived.

The mandate was very simple, provide a night of unfettered entertainment, a round of sumptuous eats, all while recognizing the roots of the GCKA



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and the original individuals and families responsible for planting the seeds of the organization as we currently know.

Every occasion of purpose has a chief guest. When the current GCKA Board of Directors werebrainstorming for a suitable Chief Guest for the occasion, we looked at multiple options. Do we need to bring in an entertainer, a sports star, a local dignitary?? After an extensive search, we chanced upon Dr.Krishna Kishore. Here was a person, who was a well-known media personality, highly educated, a go getter in the corporate world and most of all a staunch believer in thinking and living the Malayalee life, all while living the American dream. We knew immediate that the guest would resonate best with what the GCKA stood for, the best of both the Indian and western worlds.

The proceedings of the night began with lighting the lamp as per custom, by Dr.Kishore, the felicitation of the senior members of the GCKA and the official inauguration of the Senior forum. We felt it was absolutely essential to recognize the elder members of our community, who stood up the platform for the current GCKA infrastructure, as well as enabling them with a special forum for socializing, communicating and getting together. The dual intent


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of the forum was also to bring more of our elders with their vast amounts of experience and ideas, actively back into the mainstream.For the entertainment, our searches first came up with Kalabhavan Suseelan and Reni Thomas, who were a small but talented team making waves on the West Coast with their decidedly Malayalee flavor of mimicry and comedy. “Nagavalli” and “Michael Jackson”, along with PremNazir, Madhu, Mohanlal and dinosaurs from the Jurassic Park all made their presence felt for the evening.They were ably supported by our local talents who displayed a tremendous sense of energy talent unknown before.

The musical extravaganza of the night was provided by the well-known Local troupe the G-Razz and was well appreciated.The night segued into a varied buffet provided by our ever-dependable catering team.

This was a members only event and the packed crowd in the auditorium only confirmed what most of us knew all along. The GCKA in the triangle area is truly alive and kicking.

It is often stated in jest that it there are 2 Malayalees, there are 3 associations. As a lot of us can attest, there is never a truer word said in jest. All of us at GCKA can proudly standup and take a bow to the fact that we as a team and very unified one at that have worked hard, in harmony and selflessly to reach where we are.

The organization is well poised for another 25 years of cultured growth.


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Photo CurtseyDr. T.V. Oommen, Jay Vadakkeveedu, Johny Mathew


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ssZhs¯ Xs¶bpw Ipä-s¸-Sp-¯p-¶p. F¦nepw AÇo-etam

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\nb-{´Ww Bh-iy-am-Wv. \o≠- \m-¡pÅhcpw, \m¡n-s\

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The 2013 GCKA Volleyball Tournament is one such kind that stood out for a Vibrant atmosphere, more players, more audience, multiple rain showers, Samosas, Vada & of course Pazhampori. The BOD team sincerely thanks the GCKA family and the sponsor Mr. Joe Matthews of Real Triangle for making the Volleyball Sports event a grand success.

Goals:Our primary goal at the outset when we decided to organize the 2nd Annual GCKA Volleyball tournament was very simple - To use it as an opportunity to bring more people together and offer it as another socializing platform , Organize matches that brings a blend of competitiveness and fun element so that it offers a vibrant atmosphere to the players and GCKA audience.

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How we did it:Though initially looked easy, thinking that we can piggyback on the processes created by our last year organizers, our new goals this year presented multitude of new challenges. To accomplish what we have set for ourselves we realized that need more teams, more players, a bigger facility to conduct matches in parallel, more Referee/Line Judge volunteers, significant planning & setup work and of course a sponsor. Also, we have to bring in more GCKA family members to watch these matches thus offering a friendly social ambience.

Though our initial target was 6 teams, we worked very hard to make it to 8 teams. If you look at the team formation, it was a very interesting mix. We had teams from the last year either merged or rebuilt as Malayali Padayalikal, Malayali Payyans, Kera Yodhas. A very interesting development is we had youth representation in a new team entirely represented by youngsters as Adipoli Spikers. Cary Kerala Soccer Club formed two teams as Kuzhiyanakal and Thappanakal. A brand new team with new players many recently moved to NC named as Theeppori became the seventh team. While we were excited by the response, we went on a mission to encourage other remaining GCKA members to form a team eight. That's how team Thattikoottu was

formed by bringing many individuals players who have expressed interest in playing Volleyball. After the consolidation into total 8 teams and looking at the size and scope of this event, our BOD team was more encouraged and enthusiastic in making this a grand success.

Our plan was to divide the eight teams randomly into two pools of four teams each and conduct round robin matches within the league. The top two teams based on points from each pool will move on to semifinals and finals in a knockout fashion. We finalized a new venue Green Hope elementary school park in Cary as it offered the best ambience, security and many other sports facilities within the same park which in a way motivates parents and kids to come along and stay for longer time. The players are encouraged to come and practice at the venue of the matches and supported them by making the venue available for practice as well. Enrolled a few new members to the association during the practice matches. We made all the arrangements by the day before the first match, including adjusting the court size, net height, and levelling sand in the courts for the matches. Our shopping list included plenty of water bottles, juice and snacks for kids in addition to Indian snacks.

Day 1 - May 18:A beautiful spring day, with gentle breeze and pleasant sun promised a smooth flow of events on the first day of the tournament on May 18th. The coordinators and the volunteers reached early and made all the setups for the matches to start on time. We introduced the sponsor to the team members of the first match and the sponsor Joe Matthews made the first serve to inaugurate the tournament. Soon the first round of league matches progressed midst the

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cheer of spectators and the whistles of referees. Malayali Padayalikal, Kuzhiyanakal, Thappanakal, and Yodhas registered victory after first round. After a short drinks break the teams went on to play the second round of league matches. Malayali Padayalikal, Kuzhiyanakal, and Kera Yodhas went onto register their second victories while Malayali Payyans registered their first. The fun filled, high octane matches came to an end, an hour before scheduled time leaving ample time for the families and players to relax and enjoy the hors d'oeuvre on the house.

Day 2 - June 8:Contrast to the first day of events, an overcast humid day was predicted for the second day of the tournament. On the wet sand the third round of league matches started on schedule to determine the last semi finalist and the semi lineup. It quickly revealed that there won’t be any surprises from the current standings, the four teams Malayali Padayalikal, Malayali

Payyans, KeraYodhas, and Kuzhiyanakal were the semi finalists. MalayaliPayyans won their last league match on a wide margin to qualify for the semifinals. Theeppori defeated Thattikoottu; Thattikoottu along with AdipoliSpikers couldn’t register any wins, we hope those players come back more stronger next time around.

We could see the clouds moving in our direction while the preparations for semi finals is going on but we decided to take the chances and

start the semifinals Malayali Padayalikal vs Malayali Payyans and Kera Yodhas vs Kuzhiyanakal on schedule. In a few minutes the rain drops started cooling down the players, soon it gained strength and made the volleyball wet and slippery for the players. Referees stopped the semifinal matches for the rain to stop. Soon the shelter became a Shangumugham beach or Marine Drive whichever you know, with street vendors. The food items lasted the huge crowd. After an hours delay the semi finals restarted from where it was left. Padayalikal went onto defeat Payyans at the score 26-24, 25-15 in a spirited match. Kuzhiyanakal tested Yodhas very hard but Yodhas fought very hard to win the match, the score was 25-21, 25-23.

Day 3 - June 22:The last day of the tournament promised Kerala snacks to everyone came for the Volleyball finals. The referees are awarded with mementos, the sponsor got introduced to the players. The two stronger teams of the tournament, Malayali Padayalikal and Kera Yodhas got ready for action. They entertained the crowd amid the cheers, fought hard for


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each points, smashes, blocks, passes, saves; a fantastic show of teamwork from both teams. In the end the technical prowess of Padayalikal enabled them to serve and spike their way to the Championship over a very determined Yodhas, score 25-18, 25-16. The crowd got their deserving entertainment during the one hour plus powerhouse show.

KERALA SOCCER KUZHIYANAKALDeepu Pappachan (Captain)

Rohit PeterAnoop Nair

Saju KallolickalJose Nedumchira

ShamseerBiju Chukananickal

Ajith AbrahamAjith Rudran

Vipin Panickar

KERALA SOCCER THAPPANAKALSudheer Naik (Captain)Madhu Ramachandran

Sibi VargheseKevin Joy

Regi MathewLoid John

Joice KurianBenoy Puthuparambil

Jayaraj SivadasanSteve Alexander

MALAYALI PAYYANSBino Punnoose (Captain)

Tomcy ThomasSamuel N.I

Binu ThomasBabu ThomasFrancis JosephAjith ZachariasJohny MathewJoshi Sebastian

KERA YODHASAbraham Jacob (Captain)

Josh MathewVicky Philip

Sandeep YohannanSandeep MohanManu E ThomasCaroll George

Vinny Philip

THEEPPORISaraj Pillai (Captain)

Jim VarghesePrasoon Ramadasan

Rajeev RRakesh Krishna

Rithesh NarayananSandeep Vinod

Rashmi NairSabari Giri

THATTIKOOTTUSony Zacharias (Captain)

Santosh VargheseThomas Pulickal

Jomy JoseHari Haran Nair

Sathish JohnJose Perrappadan

Wilson Parayil

ADIPOLI SPIKERSNicole Thomas (Captain)

Joel RejiJoseph George Kuttikkal

Irin FrancisAnson Melakayil

Anand JoseAkash Jose

Sandra GeorgeGeorge Vellaringattu

Jyothi George

REFEREESJay Vadakkeveedu

Jeyakumar VsJoy VishwanathMithun Oorath

Emmanuel VargheseShabu Chennampally

Mathew Idiculla

MALAYALI PADAYALIKAL Shreedev Nair (Captain)

Sonny MenonVinodh Mathew

Bejoy KochuparambilNitin Pai

Rajnish PovathingalHari Gopalakrishna

Subhash Kumar

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Remember Me?My name is RumorI am not always trueI make people hurtThe more I’m repeated,The more devastating I becomeEveryone spreads meIt’s hard to find my sourceI am created everywhere, every day and every minuteI am like a hurricaneI suck my victims away from their normal livesAnd spin them aroundWhen they’re free of me, when they landThey’re hurt and confused, still markedInstead of tearing down houses,I tear hearts apartI burn a hole in people’s soulsNobody can avoid me foreverAt some point, they meet meFace to faceEveryone gets at least one turnSo if you haven’t met me yetWatch out!

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GCKA Youth Forum Executive Board

GCKA YOUTH FORUMANNUAL REPORT 2012-13

This past year, the Youth Forum was engaged in a number of fun, cultural and service-oriented projects. The Youth Forum kicked in high gear to try to benefit the GCKA community along with those in the local community.

Kick off GCKA Picnic – 2012

A fun filled evening with games, amazing food, volleyball tournament, T-shirt sales,and the GCKA community together as one. GCKA picnic was the perfect place for the new executive board to kick off their new positions. During this event, the Youth Forum planned out games and activities while also holding many fundraisers. The many games included: lemon and spoon race, water balloon fight, the classic tug of war race etc. The Youth Forum had most of their focus built on

the new idea they had planned: Tie-Dye for the GCKA T-shirts. It was a great idea that helped to boost GCKA T-shirt sales by a huge percent. The Youth also held two other booths as additional fundraisers which were: face painting and a game of knock the cans. The Youth Forum was able to raise a good amount from this event. This helped give the new executive board and all the youth renewed encouragement for the great year to come.


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KramdenKramden was a place the GCKA youth had visited previously, so this was a volunteering event that the youth seemed to enjoy and wanted to have again another year. The focus at Kramden was to help students who exemplified excellence in their school and local environment. Therefore these students were awarded a home computer to accomplish their many goals. The Youth Forum helped the organization by cleaning, repairing,

and assembling computers before actually handing them out. Some of our youth even got to work side by side with some of the students, to help them learn how to use and take care of their new equipment. This experience was highly rewarding because this helped to express the group’s potential as a whole and demonstrate that the youth was capable of doing many things. Overall, this was another huge success by the GCKA Youth Forum.

Embracing our culture OnamOnam is a very colorful and huge celebration in terms of GCKA Youth Forum. Every year for Onam either the youth does a skit or dance or they take part in volunteering. This year with the help of the BOD the Youth Forum thought a way to embrace the roots of our culture. As we all are from Kerala, how much do each one of us know about Kerala. So this year the Youth Forum proposed the Kerala Quiz as the Youth event. The Kerala Quiz was a way for the Youth to learn more about the culture they are from

and dig deeper into their own cultural roots. The quiz was to be with teams of two and with a cash prize of 200 dollars. The executive board held an elimination round to see which teams would go on stage and take part in the real competition. Although this was the main event by the Youth Forum, we were still responsible for volunteering and working on the food line, front table and stage. Without the great team effort of the Youth Group the great success of Onam 2012 would have been a hard task.

Christmas hit the Youth Forum as soon as Onam ended. The Youth had to get in gear with the new BOD and get ready to put on a show for Christmas. The youth had a skit connecting the cultural differences between an American malayalee vs. an Indian malayalee. The amount of effort put into writing, recording, practicing, and perfecting the skit is an excellent example of the amazing team work of the Youth Forum. In addition, the youth served as volunteers, upholding the service component of the group.

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After an eventful and fun year, it was time to bid farewell from our positions as GCKA youth executive board. The GCKA social marks the transition from the existing executive board to the next. This year’s social was a special one for the entire GCKA family; it was the Silver Jubilee of GCKA. The Youth Forum did not focus on cultural activities; instead we focused on volunteering and doing our best to make the program a huge success. With the energetic youth and great team-work this was also another huge success for the GKCA Youth Forum. The Youth Forum Executive Board would like to thank the BOD and the entire community for their unconditional support and effort in all activities. We also wish the new Executive Board a year full of progress and success.

Fund Raising is what we do Spring Daze Festival

Volleyball

Final Goodbyes GCKA social

Every year GCKA takes part in the Spring Daze Festival in Bond Park Cary. This is a major fundraiser for the youth group which helps them come together as a group and plan a huge service event. The Youth Forum set up a food stall to combine Cary’s unique nature with the tastes and smells of Kerala. With the help of Sitar India Cuisine, the

youth sold Indian food to the public and helped to enrich others in the culture of Kerala. The project helped the youth develop organizations and management skills through the successful

administration of the stall. The project was a huge fundraising success, resulting in a huge profit for the GCKA Youth Forum. The event was a great way for the entire GCKA community to show support for youth activities.

GCKA Youth forum members formed a volleyball team and participated in the Second Annual Volleyball championship. It was a fun time and we got many opportunities to play against many veteran players. Though most of us were beginners we played pretty well to given a tough fight.


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Moving into a new and developing town as a thirteen year old teenage girl, you don't know what to expect at all. Having a fresh start in a new town, I was hoping to meet people and get involved around the community as soon as I could, so I wouldn't be the awkward, new girl that stood out to everyone. The only problem; I didn't even know where to start.Greater Carolina Kerala Association is an organization that I never knew existed until I moved to Cary. I remember attending my first GCKA event in 2008 for Onam. I was the person that sat in the audience and watched every program, had lunch and would not go anywhere without my parents until it was time to go home. Five years later and I'm currently the girl who doesn’t have time to watch a single program, helps to serve food, makes sure everything runs smooth with the youth group, always backstage getting ready to perform and continuously changing costumes and having final practices.

Over the past five years, GCKA has done enormous amounts of activities. Eventually, we formed a youth group and started doing many volunteer activities to help around the community and did various fundraising events to help our youth group to become successful. Some of the events we did included volunteering at the picnic, setting up a booth at Spring Daze each year to fundraise and cooking dinner for families at the Ronald McDonald House.

At the annual GCKA picnic, the youth group participates a lot by organizing activities for the kids. Some of the activities include face painting, water balloon fights and tug-a-war. It’s really productive because of everyone getting involved and helping out to make sure it’s fun. Spring daze, however, is

an annual festival at Bond Park where many booths are set up to sell things along with various events. To fundraise for our youth group, we set up a booth to sell Indian food and nonetheless, it is always a huge success. We have many volunteers sign up to help out, set up and sell the food along with adult volunteers and coordinators who make sure everything is runs smoothly. It’s definitely an exciting event because everyone gets together to help with the food and also has a good time exploring the whole area together. On the other hand, Ronald McDonald House is an event where we volunteer to cook dinner for families in need at the Ronald McDonald shelter. Usually, all of us gather around at one house, set up, cook the food and head over to the shelter as a group to cook the remaining food and serve it to the families. It has always been a huge success due to the amount of helping hands and support we receive in various forms.

Throughout these years of being active in GCKA, I found out a lot of new things about myself. I was asked in various occasions to do programs such as dances, skits, songs, etc. By deciding to join or not to join such activities, I've found out what I truly enjoy doing and what I don't enjoy doing. The best part about all of this, which makes it much more enjoyable and exciting each time, is that I get to do all of this while hanging out with my friends and others who I enjoy being around. Within the past five years, I've experienced more things than I ever thought I would when I first stepped foot into this town. Being a part of GCKA and its youth team for the past five years has changed me a lot. What I loved the most is that it taught me more than I needed to know about my culture; there were a lot of interesting things I didn’t know beforehand. GCKA and its youth group is an amazing opportunity to help get involved around the community, learn about your culture and traditions, discover who you are and most importantly, meet new people. Starting off from being the new girl in town who didn’t know anything about her community, today I’m a proud leader of the GCKA Youth Group 2013-2014 along with three other active, hardworking youth leaders. I can definitely say that I am proud to be a part of and involved in GCKA so well. Furthermore, I hope to inspire the new youth to follow all of our footsteps and make GCKA even better than it already is!

Sandra George17 years oldCary, NC, Senior at Green Hope High School

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cp-I-bpw, Xmgp-Ibpw h©n-bn-ep-c-kp-Ibpw sN¿p-t¼m-

gpÅ i_vZhpw {]Xn-[z-\n-bp-a-ÃmsX asämcp i_vZhpw

tIÄ¡m-\n-Ãm-bn-cp-¶p. \ni-_vZ-X-bpsS AkzmØyw Ah-

km-\n-¸n-¡ms\t¶mWw Btcm tNmZn-¨p. ""\½-sf-t§m«m

t]mIp-¶-sX¶p hÃ-hn-h-c-hp-ap-t≠m-tSbv.. '' ""\msf t\cw

shfp-¯n«v ]d-bmw.'' Peo-ensâ adp-]Sn DsS\ h¶p. Ah-c-h-

cpsS DÅnse A¦-em¸p amdp-hm-s\-t¶m-Ww- Hmtcm tNmZy-§Ä

tNmZn-¨p-sIm-≠n-cp-¶p. AXn-s\Ãmw Dcp-f-bv¡p-t¸cn F¶-

t]mse k`yhpw Ak-`y-hp-amb adp-]-Sn-IÄ BcnÂ\n-s¶m-

s¡tbm h¶p-sIm-≠n-cp-¶p. Rm\pw Peoeqw aWÂ Xn«-I-fnÂ

X«msX h©n- sh-Å-Nm-enÂ HXp¡n \nÀ¯n ap³t]m«p

t]mIm³ InWªp {ian-¨psIm≠n-cp-¶p. Hcp aq¶paWn-

¡q-dp-t\-cs¯ Xpg-¨n-en\p tijw R§Ä hn{i-an-¡p-hm³

Xocp-am-\n-¨p. ASp-s¯-hn-sS-sb-¦nepw Hcp aWÂXn-«-

bpt≠m F¶p ]cXn \nem-sh-fn-¨¯p t\ms¡-¯p¶

Zqc-s¯§pw Hcp Xn«-bp-Å-Xmbn tXm¶n-bn-Ã. Npäpw ]pg-sh-

Å-a-ÃmsX asämcp {]X-ehpw B \nem-sh-fn-¨-¯nÂ sXfn-

ªn-Ã. h©n R§Ä t\sc Xpg-bp-¶-Xn\p ]Icw hiw

Xncn¨p Xp-g-ªp-t\m¡n ASp-s¯-§pw Hcp Xn«tbm Ictbm

ImWm³ km[n-¨n-Ã. \nem-sh-fn-¨-¯nÂ Zqsc-ImgvN Ipd-hm-

b-Xn-\mÂ dm´Â shfn-¨-¯nÂ R§sf At\ym-\y-a-ÃmsX

asäm¶pw ImWp-hm³ Ign-bp-am-bn-cp-¶n-Ã. ]pg-bpsS B

`mKs¯ hnkvXm-c-sa-s´t¶m GXp \m«n-em-sWt¶m H¶padn-

bm³ \nhÀ¯n-bn-ÃmsX, Npäpw Ccp-≠p-Iq-Sn-b I«n-]n-Sn¨

Ccp-«n-te¡v t\m¡n F´p-sN-¿-W-sa-¶-dn-bmsX Ipd-¨p-t\cw

R§Ä ]I-¨n-cp-¶p. FÃm-hcpw \t¶ £oWn-¨n-cp-¶-Xn-\mÂ

C\nbpw apt¶m«v k©n-¡p-h³ km[n-¡nÃ F¶dnbm-

am-bncp-¶p. Rm\pw Peoepw Ah-km\w Xocp-am\w ]dªp.

""\ap¡v h©n Igp-t¡m-enÂ sI«n-bn«v h©n-bnÂ Xs¶ C¶v

cm{Xn-bp-d-§mw, F´m?'' Aev]-k-a-b-t¯¡v Bcpw H¶pw

]d-ªn-Ã. Du¶p-I-gp-t¡m-ep-IÄ c≠pancp-h-i¯p-ambn

Dd-¸n¨p. h©n-bn-en-cp¶ Ib-dp-IÄsIm≠v R§Ä h©n

Igp-t¡m-ep-I-fnÂ _e-ambn sI«n Dd-¸n-¨p. dm´Â shfn-

¨-¯nÂ Hmtcm-cp-¯-cmbn h©n-bpsS ASn-¯-«nÂ Øm\w

]nSn-¨p. ssIhiw Icp-Xn-bn-cp¶ `£-W-s¸m-Xn-IÄ FSp¯p

aSn-bnÂ h¨p. dm´Â hnf-¡nsâ Ac≠ shfn-¨-¯nÂ

s]mXn-t¨m-dp-IÄ \nc¯n R§Ä `£Ww Ign-¨p. C{Xbpw

cpNn-bmbn Pohn-X-¯nÂ `£Ww Ign-¨n-«p-≠mhnÃ R§Ä.

Rm\pw Peoepw \s¶ £oWn-¨n-cp-¶p. `£-W-¯n\p tijw

bm{X-bpsS ASp¯ L«-¯ns\-¡p-dn¨v Btem-Nn-¨p. t]mfnsâ

IW-¡p-Iq-«-enÂ \½Ä ]IpXn hgn-sb-¯n-¡-gn-ªn-cp-¶p.

(Cu Iq«-ense IW¡v F´m-bn-cp-¶p-F¶v C¶p-hsc

t]mÄ hni-Zo-I-cn-¨n-«nÃ.) \s¶ £oWn¨n-cp-¶-Xn-\mÂ NÀ¨-

IÄ A[nIw \o≠n-Ã. FÃm-hcpw ssI¿n-ep-≠m-bn-cp¶ _mKp-

IÄ Xe-bn-W-bm¡n Dd-§m³ InS-¶p. Ic-bnÂ \n¶pw ]pg-bn-

te-¡n-d§n \ocm-Snb Imänsâ IpfnÀatbm F¶-dn-bn-Ã. R§Ä

kpJ-kpjp-]vXn-bn-te¡v B≠n-d-§m³ A[n-I-t\-c-sa-Sp-¯n-Ã.

NohoSp-I-fpw aWvVq-]-¡q-«-§fpsamcp-¡nb kwKo-X el-cn-

bnÂ apgpIn R§Ä im´-ambn Dd-§n.

t\cw ]c-]-cm-sh-fp-¯-t¸mÄ Btcm X«n-bp-WÀ¯n-b-Xp-

t]mse Rm\p-WÀ¶p. ]peÀ¨-bpsS XWp-¸ns\ sNdp-¡m³

Ah-t_m[a\-Ênsâ {]Xn-I-c-W-am-bn-cn-¡-Ww. DSp-¯n-cp¶

ssIenap≠psIm≠v Xe-aqSn ]pX¨p. _m¡n F«pw kpJ-ambn

Dd-§p-I-bm-bn-cp-¶p. InS-¶n-S¯p Xs¶ Fgp-t¶-än-cp¶p Rm³

Npäpw t\m¡n. kqcy³ Ing-¡p-Zn-¨n-cp-s¶-¦nepw Xsâ apJs¯

Npa¸p IgpInamän-bn-cp-¶n-Ã. Npäpw im´-amb s]cn-bmÀ am{Xw.

t\ms¡¯m Zqc¯v Ic-bpsS \ngÂ Iptd-sÈ-bmbn sXfnªp

hcp¶p. Rm³ Fgpt¶äv h©n-bpsS Hc-ä-t¯-¡p-amdn ]pg-

bn-te¡v apJw Ip\n-¨p apJw Igp-In. ]pg-bnse {]`m-X-¯n\v

Ic-bnse {]`m-Xt¯-¡mÄ \\-hp-≠v, Ipfn-cp-ap-≠v. aªp-I-

eÀ¶ hmbp kqcysâ NqSnse sXfn-bq.- kq-cy³ sXfnªp

XpS-§n-b-t¸m-tg¡pw FÃm-h-tcbpw hnfn¨v DWÀ¯n. s]cn-bm-

dnsâ hoXn-tb-dnb GtXm `mK-¯mWv R§Ä cm{Xn Ign¨Xv.

GXp \mSmWv B Ccp Ic-I-fn-ep-sa-¶-dn-bm³ Hcp amÀ¤-hp-an-

Ãm-bn-cp-¶p. FÃm-hcpw Fgp-t¶äp AXym-hiyw {]`m-X-{In-b-IÄ

Ign¨v ho≠pw bm{X-bvs¡m-cp-§n. ImeSn C\nsb{X Zqc-ap-≠m-

hp-sa¶p tNmZn-¨-Xn\v C\n-b-[nI Zqc-ap-≠m-hnÃ F¶m-bn-cp¶p

ho≠pw t]mfnsâ adp-]-Sn.- Rm\pw Peoeqw ho≠pw Du¶p

Igp-t¡m-ep-I-sf-Sp¯v h©n R§Ä k©-cn-¨n-cp¶ Nmen-te-

¡n-d¡n bm{X XpSÀ¶p. ]IÂ shfn-¨-¯n-emWv R§Ä-¡v

\Zn-bpsS Km`ocyw icn-bmbn a\-Ên-em-b-Xv. ]pdsa im´--bm-

bn-cp-s¶-¦nepw R§Ä Cd-§nb `mK-¯v \Ã ASn-sbm-gp-

¡p-Å-Xmbn A\p-`-h-s¸-Sp-¶p-≠m-bn-cp-¶p. HcpaWn-¡q-

tdmfw apt¼m«v k©-cn-¨t¸mÄ shÅ-¯nsâ XÅÂ Xs¶

A\p-`-h-s¸-Sp-hm³ XpS-§n. Hgp-¡nsâ iàn hÀ²n--

¡p-¶-Xmbn tXm¶n. R§Ä h©n Hgp-¡pÅ NmenÂ

\n¶p-amän asämcp Nmen-te¡v IS¡p-hm³ {ian-¨p-sIm-

≠n-cp-¶p. A[nIw Zqsc-b-ÃmsX Hcp aWÂXn« I≠v

At§m«Sp¸n-¨p. FÃm-h-tcmSpw Cd§n h©n XÅp-hm³ Bh-

iy-s¸-«p. FÃm-hcpw tNÀ¶v h©n XÅn Xn«-bpsS Hgp¡p

Ipdª hi-t¯-¡p-am-än. Xn«-bnÂ Cd-§n-b-XtÃ, Aev]w

hn{i-an¨v t]mIm-sa-¶m-bn. FÃm-hcpw {]`m-X-{In-b-IÄ apgp-

an-¡m³ km[n-¡m-ª-Xn-\mÂ AsXmcp \Ã Ah-k-c-ambn

R§Ä Icp-Xn AhnsS Aev]w hn{i-an-¨p.

Hg-¡p-Ip-dª NmenÂ h©n Ipd-¨p-Zqcw apt¶m«p sN¶-

t¸mÄ C{X ià-amb Hgp-¡nsâ Imc-Ww t_m²y-s¸«p R§Ä


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AÔm-fn¨p t]mbn. GXm≠v BªqdSn-bnÂ Xmsg AI-se-

bmbn \Zn-bnse Pew hr¯m-Ir-Xn-bnÂ Id-§n-sIm-≠n-cn-¡p-¶p.

R§Ä -H-gp¡nÂ s]SmsX h©n-¡p ImgvN \¶mbn ImWm³

]mI-¯nÂ h©n B hi-t¯¡v ASp-¸n-¨p. `qan-bpsS

ASn-bnÂ \n¶pw Ft´m ià-ambn Cu Pe-k-aq-l-s¯ DÅn-

te¡p hen-¡p-¶-Xp-t]mse B Npgn¡v Npäp-apÅ Pew Id§n

Id§n Ft§mt«m ad-bp¶ `bm-\-I-amb ImgvN-bmWv R§Ä

I≠-Xv. \Zn-bnse Bg-ta-dnb B Npgn-bpsS BIÀjWw

aqew AXn\v Npäp-apÅ Pew ià-ambn Hgp-In-s¡m-≠n-cn-

¡p¶Xnsâ XÅ-em-bn-cp¶p R§Ä¡v A\p-`-h-s¸-«-Xv.

Ipd¨v \nanj-§-fn-e¡v R§-fpsS CS-bnÂ \ni-_vZX ]c-¶p.

At\ym\yw I®nÂ I®nÂ t\m¡n, Ah-c-h-cpsS ssZhs¯

hnfn-¨pt]mbn. cm{Xn-bnÂ R§Ä bm{X XpSÀs¶-¦n-es¯

Ah-Ø-sb-¡p-dn¨v Btem-Nn-¨-t¸mÄ s\©n-semcp shÅnSn

sh«n-b-Xp-t]mse tXm¶n. Imcyw sNdp-¸-¯n-sâ {XnÃn-\p-th-

≠n-bn-d§n ]pd-s¸-«-Xm-sW-¦nepw R§-fpsS e£yw ae-bm-

äqÀ ap¯-¸-\n-jvS-s¸«p Fs¶-\n¡p tXm¶n. Xmsg \n¶v

Xs¶-Im-Wm³ hcp¶ Cu I¶n-I-gp-X-Isf Im¡Ww F¶p

ap¯-¸\ptXm¶n-b-tÃm F¶p \µn-tbmsS Rm³ a\-ÊnÂ

Ipdn-¨p. R§Ä h©n-bn-en-cp¶v Ipd-¨p-t\cw B ImgvN I≠p.

{]Ir-Xn-bp-sS NXn-¡p-gn-I-≠-Ôm-fn-¨p-t]mb R§Ä¡v ka-\ne

hos≠-Sp-¡m³ Aev]w kabw th≠n-h-¶p. GXm-bmepw ]IÂ

shfn-¨-ap-≠tÃm F¶ Bizm-k-¯nÂ F{Xbpw thKw Ime-Sn-

bn-se-¯m-\pÅ {ia-ambn h©n-hn-«p. Ign-hXpw Bgw Ipdª

Nmep-I-fnÂ h©n-sbm-Xp¡n apt¶m«p \o§n. D¨-bm-bn«pw Ime-

bn-SpsS e£-W-sam¶pw I≠n-Ã. ImeSn i¦-c-aTw Bbn-cp¶p

R§-fpsS AS-bm-fw. BZy \qäm-≠p-I-fnse kmwkv¡m-cnI

{]hm-k-¯nsâ D¨-tImSn F-t¶-m-Ww, tIcf kaq-l-s¯

am{X-aÃ `mc-X-sam-«p¡pw sslµh kwkv¡m-cs¯ ZmÀi-

\n-I-X-bpsS Xo¨qf-bnÂ IS-sª-Sp-¡m³ {ian-¨, ssZhoI

k¦Â¸-§Ä¡v AssZz-X-amb Hcp am\w I≠, `mcXw

I≠ Gähpw {]`m-h-\mb kmaqly ]cn-jv¡À¯m-hmb

al-Àjn-h-cysâ Krl-¯nsâ ]Sn-¸p-c-bm-bn-cp¶p R§-fpsS

e-£yw. B IShpw Xncn-¨-dn-bm³ Ffp-¸-am-bn-cp-¶p. CjvSn-

Ibpw sN¦Ãpw sIm≠v XoÀ¯ \S-IÄ ]pg-bn-te¡nd-¡n-

sI-«n-bn-cp-¶p. GXm≠v A©p-a-Wn-tbm-S-Sp¯v ImeSn {ioi¦c

kvXq]-̄ nâ cq]w R§Ä¡p sXfnªp XpS-§n. e£yw AIse

I≠-Xnsâ kt´m-j-¯nÂ FÃm-hcpw IqSn Xpgbm³ XpS-§n.

h©n \nb-{´n-¡m³ Peoepw Rm\pw Aev]w ]mSps]s«¦nepw

A[nIw Xma-kn-bmsX h©n R§Ä¡v {ioi-¦-caT-¯nsâ

]mÀiz¯n-epÅ IS-hn-e-Sp-¸n-¨p.

A§ns\ Dt±-in-¨-Xnepw GI-tZiw ]{X≠p aWn-¡qÀ sshIn

R§Ä Ime-Sn-bn-se-¯n. Ime-Sn-bm-bn-cp¶p R§-fpsS Zni-

t_m-[n\n (\m-hn-tK-äÀ) t]mf-¨sâ hoSv, A¶s¯ Iymw]v

t]mfn-sâ ho«n-em-bn-cp¶p ¹m³ sNbvXn-cp-¶-Xv. R§Ä h©n

IShnÂ sI«n-bn«v t]mfnâ ho«n-te¡p Xncn-¨p. ""\n§sf

cmhnse apXÂ t\m¡n-bn-cn-¡p-Ibm, Ft´ C{Xbpw

sshIn-bXv?'' ho«n-se¯n \S-I-b-dn-b-t¸mtg t]mfnsâ A½¨n

R§sf hmXn-enÂ Im¯v \nev]p-≠m-bn-cp-¶p. ""]pg-bnÂ

\Ã Hgp-¡p-≠m-bn-cp-¶½''F¶p Hgp-¡·«n³ t]mÄ adp-]Sn

]d-ªp. IqSp-XÂ hni-Zo-I-cn-¨mÂ icn-bm-hnÃ F¶p

R§Ä¡-dn-bm-ambncp¶p. A½ FÃm-hÀ¡pw `£-W-hp-ambn

t\m¡n-bn-cn¸p XpS-§n-bn«v Ipd-¨p-t\-c-am-b-Xn\mÂ R§sf

t\sc `£-W-¯n\v £Wn-¨p. Hcp aetb hngp-§m-\pÅ hni-

¸p-≠m-bn-cp-¶-Xn-\mÂ FÃm-hcpw Xo³ta-i-bpsS ASp-t¯¡p

]mªp.- `-£Ww Ign-ªXpw R§Ä c≠mw \ne-bn-epÅ

t]mfnsâ apdn-bnÂ Hcp-¡n-bn-cp¶ InS-¡-I-fn-te¡v Nmªp.

\£-{X-§Ä Iq«n-Ãm-sX, kz]v\-§Ä ImWm-sX, cmh-[n-I-am-Ip-

¶-Xn\v apt¼ R§Ä kpJ-\n-{Z-bn-em-≠p.

]peÀs¨ Fgp-t¶-ä-t¸mÄ ]pg-bn-emtWm Ic-bn-emtWm F¶p

\nÝ-bn-¡m³ Aev]w \nan-j-§-sf-Sp-s¯-¦nepw Fgp-t¶äp

Øe-Ime \nÝbw hcp-¯n. t]mfnsâ A½ X¿m-dm-¡nb ]p«pw-

I-S-e-bp-sSbpw cpNn-bnÂ B bm{X-bpsS ASp¯ L«¯ns\¡p-

dn-¨pÅ Btem-N-\-bn-em-≠p. C\nbpw ae-ap-I-fn-te-¡pÅ bm{X

h©n-bnÂ {ian-¡-≠ F¶p Xocp-am-\n-¡m³ A[nIw Xma-

k-ap-≠m-bn-Ã. ASp¯ L«-¯nse bm{X km[m-cW a\p-jyÀ

sN¿p-¶-Xp-t]mse _knepw \S-¶p-ambn XoÀ¡m³ Xocp-am\w

s]s«-¶m-bn-cp-¶p. Ime-Sn-bnÂ \n¶pw ae-bm-äqÀ ASn-hm-

cw hsc _kn\v. AhnsS \n¶v ae-ap-I-fn-te-¡pÅ ]Z-bm-

{X-bv¡ev]w t`Z-KXn hcp-¯pw. XoÀ°m-S-I-]m-X-bn-eqsS

t]mImsX AhnsS Øe-hm-kn-I-fpsS klm-b-t¯msS Im«p-

]m-X-bn-eqsS apI-fn-te¡v t]mIp-hm\pw Xocp-am-\-am-bn.

XoÀ°m-SI ]mX-bn-eqsS t]mbmÂ R§-fpsS If-£³ \S-¡p

Ibn-Ã. GXm≠p¨tbm-Sp-IqSn Ime-Sn-bnÂ \n¶pw _Ên\v ae-bm-

äqÀ¡vXncn¨p. GItZiw c ≠p aWntbmSv IqSn ae-bm-äqÀ F¯n.

ASn-hm-cs¯ _Êv Ìmânse Nmb-¡-S-bnÂ Ibdn Im«p-]m-X-bn-

eqsS apI-fn-te¡p R§sf sIm≠p-t]m-Im³ hgn-b-dn-bm-hp¶

Hcmsf In«ptam F¶p IS-bp-S-a-tbm-Sm-cm-ªp. AXns\´m

Xc-s¸-Sp-¯m-sa¶p IS-bp-Sa k½-Xn-¨p. IS-bp-Sa Npa-X-e-s¸-Sp-

¯nb hgn-Im-«n-tbbpw Iq«n R§Ä Im«p-]m-X-bneqsS ae-ap-I-

fn-te¡v Xncn-¨p-. ImSn-\p-Ån-eqsSbpÅ bm{X-bpsS kuµ-cyhpw

A\p-`q-Xnbpw A\p-`-hn-¨-dn-b-Ww. Npäp-apÅ Cu´-¡m-Sp-I-fnÂ

B\-bmtWm, ]pen-bmtWm F¶ t]Sn-bnÂ ]m¼n-t\bpw, Im«p-

]-¶n-tbbpw GXp \nan-jhpw {]Xo-£n¨v sIm≠v ImSv sh«n-

s¯-fn-¨p, \m«p-ImÀ Im«p-tX³ tiJ-cn-¡m³ D]-tbm-Kn-¡p¶

Hä-b-Sn-]m-X-bn-eqsS R§Ä kky-K-th-jW Xev]-cc-mbn kky-

k-am-l-c-W-am-cw-`n-¨p. IrjvW Xpf-kn-ap-XÂ arX-k-RvPo-h\n

hsc e`n-¡-sW-sa¶ hmin-bnÂ, kky imkv{Xw CXp-hsc


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I≠n-«n-Ãm¯ ]pXnb kky-§Ä temI-¯n\p hnh-cn-¨p-sIm-

Sp-¡-W-sa¶ kz]v\-t¯msS R§Ä R§-fpsS bm{X-bpsS

{][m\ kwc-`-amb slÀs_-dnbw I-f-£³ Bcw-`n-¨p. c≠p-

aq¶p aWn-¡qÀ R§Ä Im«n-eqsS k©-cn¨p Ipsd-tbsd

sNSn-IÄ kam-l-cn-¨p. \m«nÂ ImWmsX ]e sNSn-Ifpw

I≠-Xn\mÂ kt´m-j-¯nÂ, In«nb kky-§Ä slÀt_-

dnbw t_mIvknÂ `{Z-ambn kq£n-¡W-w. sNSn-I-fpsS Ce-

I-fpw, ]qhp-Ifpw hnSÀ¯n Icp-Xn-bn-cp¶ ]{X-¡-S-em-Êp-I-

fnÂ hnSÀ¯n-h¨v H¶n\ptaÂ H¶mbn ASp¡n t_mIvknsâ

apI-fn-es¯ ]eI h¨v hcnªv apdp¡n h¨p Ign-ªmÂ

R§Ä XncnsI F¯p-t¼m-tg¡pw Ah-sbÃmw \¶mbn

DW§n ]¨ \ndw \jvS-am-ImsX `{Z-am-bn-cn-¡pw. AXn\p

]änb Hcp Øew At\z-jn¨v ImSnsâ AXn-cp-I-fn-te¡v R§Ä

Xncn-¨p. kqcy-In-c-W-§-fpsS iàn-Ip-d-ª-X-dnªp kÔy-tbm-

Sn-sb-¯p-sa-¶-dn-bm-am-bn-cp-¶-Xp-sIm≠v cm{Xn X§m³ Hcn-Shpw

I≠p-]n-Sn-¡-W-am-bn-cp-¶p. h\-¯n-eqsSbpÅ ]mX sNs¶-

¯n-bXv Irjn `qan-sb¶p tXm¶n-¡p¶ Ipän-¡mSp \ndª

Hcp ta«n-te-¡m-bn-cp-¶p. kao-]-hm-kn-IÄ Imen-Isf tabv¡m³

D]-tbmKn¡p¶ Øe-am-bn-cn-¡-Ww. Ahn-S-hn-sS-bmbn

GXm\pw ]ip-¡fpw, BSp-Ifpw tabp-¶p-≠m-bn-cp-¶p. hn{i-an-

¡m³ ]änb Øew In«n-b-Xnsâ kt´m-j-¯nÂ R§Ä ssI¿n-

ep-≠m-bn-cp¶ _mKp-Ifpw aäpw Hcp ac-¯nsâ XW-enÂ h¨v

Aev]-t\cw Ccp-¶p. Npäpw BÄXm-akw Dt≠m F¶pw I¶p-

Im-en-I-fpsS DSaIfm-sc-¦nepw ASp-¯p-t≠m-sb¶pw R§Ä

]c-Xn. Bcpw DÅ-Xmbn tXm¶n-bn-Ã. kabw sshIp-t¶cw

Bb-Xn-\mÂ Aev]w Im¸n IpSn-¨mtem F¶m-tem-Nn-¨p. ssI-

hiw Icp-Xn-bn-cp¶ ]e-hy-Ú\ km[-\-§fn-Â Im¸n-s¸m-

Snbpw ]©-km-cbpw DÅ Imcyw Btcm HmÀ¸n-¨p. DSs\ Hcp

ASp¸p Iq«p-hm³ R§-fpsS hgn-Im-«nsb GÂ]n-¨p. hgn-Im-«n-

bmbv h¶ hr²³ t]mfnsâ A½ X¶p-hn« ]m{Xhpw shÅhpw

FSp¯v Im¸n Iq«p-hm³ Bcw-`n-¨p.

Im¸n Xnf¨v X¿m-dm-b-t¸mÄ R§-fn-emtcm ]d-ªp ""]men-Ãm-

sX »m¡v tIm^n Rm³ IpSn-¡m-dn-Ã.'' AXp \K-c-hm-kn-bmb

tPmÀÖm-bn-cp-¶p. ""F¶mÂ \o sN¶p ]mep-sIm-≠p-hm-tSbv ''

F¶p Aev]w ipWvTn-tbmsS t]mÄ Ahs\ t\m¡n

I®p-cp-«n. AXp-tI-«-t¸mÄ Fsâ I®p t]mbXv A[n-I-a-I-se-b-

ÃmsX tabm³ hn«n-cp¶ BSp-I-fn-te-¡m-Wv. "" a¡sf hgn-bp≠v ''

Rm³ ]Xps¡ FÃm-h-tcm-Sp-ambn ]d-ªp. "" \n§-sfsâ IqsS

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CelebrationsOnam 2012

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It is amazing that Greater Carolina Kerala Association has completed 25 years of being an integral part of our community. I feel privileged to be associated with GCKA during the 18 of those 25 years. Though I totally resent being prematurely called a senior from an age perspective, I cannot complain if I am called a senior in the GCKA context as I am part of more than 70% of its existence!

REFLECTIONS

Jayasankar Vadakkeveedu

GCKA’s 25 years’ history has been days of growth and transformation. The transformation saw the association changing from an informal gathering of a few Keralite families who were early settlers in the Triangle area of North Carolina to first a formally registered non-profit organization and then to the current state of a well established organization with the member roster including second generation Keralites of the Triangle area.

This transformation saw the membership growing to 300 paid members and the participation at GCKA events growing to 600. We saw the funding for association activities moving from solely depending on member contributions to business sponsorship and support from local vendors. We moved from members-cooked potluck meals to brought-in lunches and dinners catered by leading restaurants of the region. We have seen our sphere of influence expanding from just the Keralite community to broader Indian community by participating at events such as Indian Independence Day celebrations and then to a much larger outreach with our members, especially the youth team, helping with events such as Kramden Institute’s Geek-A-Thon and Town of Cary’s Spring Daze festival. There was a time when volunteers like me begged and pleaded with members of the community to participate in cultural events in connection with Onam and Christmas celebrations, so that we have at least a 60-minute performance. Now, the association has to reject applications, even after extending the cultural events to four hours or more and despite the quality of the performance reaching a near professional level. We have been outgrowing many facilities we had used in the past for the association events and constantly looking for larger ones!

As Dr. Krishna Kishore observed during his speech at the annual social event early this year, the most important aspect of GCKA’s growth is that we still stand united as a single organization. This growth, transformation and strong unity didn’t happen just by


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chance and were not without any pain. Like any other organization of similar nature, we also went through and still are going through growing pains. Where we distinguish ourselves from others is the fact that each time we overcome a major issue, we emerge stronger than before.

The unity among the GCKA community cannot be construed as a fact that there is an automatic consensus on everything the association decides to do. There were always different opinions and view points on all the topics the association encountered in its day-to-day operations. What makes us unique is the fact that we discuss and debate different options constructively and objectively, and once a decision is made, all members accept it as a majority decision and support it whole-heartedly.

I still can remember the heated debate we had a few years back to decide whether we should formally register the association or not. We discussed the merits and de-merits of registration in the context of member demography of that time as well as in the future. Once we decided to register GCKA as a non-profit corporation, even those who were opposed to registering the association were working hard to make the registration process smooth by helping whatever way they could.

The contributions made by GCKA to the community members, especially to the children, to expose us to the Kerala culture are priceless. There was a time when GCKA activities were the only options for us to get a first hand introduction to Kerala culture. The internet was not this ubiquitous and there were no Malayalam TV channels available. We couldn’t afford to bring visiting Kerala artists to perform in this part of the country unlike our community members in New York or New Jersey. Despite us having all these media options now, GCKA still plays an important role for us. I won’t be exaggerating by stating that the first artistic performance of almost all of the second generation Keralites in this area happens on a GCKA stage.

There was a day when something, which we take for granted today, happened for the first time. Membership fees, the GCKA bank account, the post office box, various celebration events such as Christmas, Onam, Picnic and Social, campaigning for financial support from sponsors, member directory which evolved to this souvenir, Malayalam Classes, Malayalam Library, professionally catered feasts, distribution of Malayalam Calendars, GCKA Youth Forum, Web presence, and most recently the Volleyball and Badminton Tournaments are all good examples. These are all part of our 25 years of evolution and all these happened thanks to some great leaders the Kerala community in GCKA footprint is blessed to have, who worked selflessly contributing to the growth and unity of the organization. The trend of new leaders emerging to take over the mantle and run with it continues in the current days as well.

There are many people in our community whose services stand out in our 25 years of evolution. It will be an unfair attempt from me to name them as I don’t want to hurt anyone by leaving their name out! Nonetheless, I want to call out the services of Mrs. Lillykutty Alex. During the early days of the association, Lillykutty was instrumental in many of us, including my family, getting actively involved with the association. Her efforts to bridge the gaps among various diversities of the community demography whether it is age, profession, religion or the Kerala district they are originally from deserve accolades.

Reflecting on the most recent activities of the association, I can unequivocally state that the association is in strong hands of the new generation of leaders. Going forward, there will still be challenges as well as opportunities. I am sure that collectively we will overcome those challenges to prevail and exploit the opportunities to the benefit of our community members. As members of this great organization, let’s continue to support GCKA and enjoy the priceless benefits the association renders on us.


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Baby Samuel

Senior ForumGCKA

GCKA is steadily growing in the past decade and naturally we have a large number of senior citizens in the community. Many of these seniors contributed to the growth of our community in the initial years, some of them are recent addition to the community and actively participating in the community activities, and then there is a few visiting their family in North Carolina. This time around the GCKA board decided to put together a platform for our senior citizens to collaborate and engage proactively in the community.

On Saturday, 6th April 2013 a group of seniors gathered at Cary Senior Center at Bond Park and decided to move ahead with the plan to form a Senior forum. We worked towards a governing body for the GCKA seniors and decided to inaugurate the GCKA Senior Forum during our Silver Jubilee Celebrations. This forum can bring in more participation from seniors in the GCKA activities and providing support to the community from their experience.


Sheila Blake

Ciya Feju

and the Mystery

Eaters #1

9 year old Sheila Blake was in the middle of

packing for her sleep-over. She was in the last stage

when someone knocked at the door. She dashed to the

door and opened it. “DENISE!” Denis Brown was Sheila's

best friend. Denise did not look happy.

YOU MEAN YOU LOST MY BRACELET! “ Sheila yelled.

Denise was very frustrated. Denise said, "You know Larry,

my brother. He likes to steal everything from my hand!”

Sheila knew Larry. She took Denise and marched to

Denise' house. Larry was waiting. Larry said, "I know why

you are here. After Denise hit me on the eye with a

block and I got a black eye, I dared not to steal anymore.

But I think I know who stole it."

No way! Sheila's #2 best friend, Claire Baiss

couldn't have stole it. But Larry had good proof.

There were footprints. And one time, they looked

up and saw Claire running with a dangling

bracelet. Sheila ran after her. Finally, she caught

up and blocked Claire.

Claire told Sheila that she did do it and she

is very sorry. She was jealous that Denise and

Sheila spent more time together. Sheila was sorry

too. Denise told Sheila, "She is only trying to

get attention! Leave her alone here!” Sheila told

Denise to quit. She took Claire by the hand and

they walked together. Which left DENISE behind!

But a week later, Denise became friends with

Claire too. So Sheila had the best sleep-over

everrrrrr! You will only be happy at a party if your

friends are all right!

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GCKA and its world

of FINANCE“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”

-Oscar Wilde

Sanjay MohandasTreasurer

Well, we at GCKA try to live within our means and utilize the same to put together an imaginative roster of activities, event and memories for the year and work on stretching your dollar to the maximum.

GCKA as the key cornerstone of Keralites in the triangle, run many events and activities throughout financial year. As every year passes by, the membership count in the association,the number of members participating in the events and just the range of events itself has increased, placing even more demand for working capital outlay and cost of running the events.

The association has reached a tipping point, where the infrastructure that was suitable to run some of the events for the previous years is just not enough to make it happen for the current year. The above graph should give you an idea of what the income vs expense ratios are for key events this year.

All is well in the world when the Red and Green bars match, but as can be seen there is potentially a substantial deviation from the income vs the funds generated for certain key events. There are multiple reasons for this:

(1)The past year has been a tough one financially for many businesses and hence some of the sponsors from the previous

years were either unable to support requests from GCKA or could not support at levels as done in the past.This is the sad reality of the cyclical nature of the economy.

(2)There are numerous associations in the triangle who are vying for the same sponsorship pie, with an even more increased level of competition and hence the allotments to the different associations have become even more fragmented. The GCKA as one of the smaller albeit very organized associations, has to concede some ground to other associations in this regard.

(3) Even though there has been an increase in the membership base, the membership pricing of the GCKA


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at $30 per family remain one of the lowest in the triangle and considering the unit cost incurred for each member in the family, the current income from membership does not provide substantial coverage for the cost incurred for all the activities.

As has been reiterated by BOD’s in the past, the 3 key income avenues for the GCKA are:

(a) Sponsorship- Our supportive groups of sponsors deserve our kudos and appreciation, as it is their unbridled support, which enables us to achieve many of the goals our organization sets to achieve. All of us at GCKA can assist both our sponsors and as a result ourselves by supporting their businesses locally.

(b) Membership Fees- The price all the GCKA’ins currently pay to access the resources of a fantastic social organization like the GCKA is very nominal to say the least. GCKA has intruded into every sphere of our lives and we partake as one and come together to celebrate all sacred Malayalee festivals and induct our gen Next into a very dynamic microcosm of Kerala. This fee structure though is unsustainable in the medium and long term. The fixed costs of infrastructure, along with variable costs of food components has been rising year upon year and the stagnant membership costs only accentuate the gap between income and expense.

It is definitely recommended to review our current membership for a nominal increase as also the possibility of optionally introducing a small charge for any of our free events.

(c) Food coupons- The sumptuous food, which graces any GCKA event, is a substantial avenue of expense. This is definitely an expense, which can be controlled quite accurately, provided a precise RSVP count is available of all the members and their families, who would be attending the occasion. Key events in 2012-2013 have seen a substantial number of RSVP’s being registered and members not subsequently attending the event, resulting in wastage of food and indirectly in unwanted expenses.

We would like to request all members to co-operate transparently with the BOD in assisting them to come up with food counts numbers, which are as accurate as possible. After all these are your dollars at work and what better way to earn a dollar, than by saving it...

A financially healthy GCKA is an absolute necessity to keep the beacon of Malayalee culture in the triangle shining bright. Let us all play our part in ensuring that this is enabled, so that the current and future generations of triangle Keralites can enjoy the community bond that GCKA has strengthened over the years.


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Abraham Pulikaparambil 424*Achamma Abraham 12*Ajay Nair 366*Akhila Santhakumar 109*Ala Lazar 201*Aleyamma Mani 194*Ally Saju 406*Ambika Nair 61Ammu Francis 341*Amrita Nair 333*Ancy Kurian 553Aney Abraham 7Angela James 37*Anil Pathiary 65Anil Kakkad 376Anita Jagath 177Anita Pisharody 305*Anitha Kurian 380Anitha Pillai 479Anjali Jayakumar 186*Anju Madathikudiyil 128*Annamma Sebastian 69*Annamma Thakadiyil 288Anne Oommen 372*Annie James 569Annie Mathew 38Ansu Koshy 279*Anu Augustin 200Anu Francis 110*Aparna Pisharody 64Aravinda Sivadasan 20*Arun Pillai 133Asha Surendranathan 508*Asha Krishnakumar 253Ashly Kaithavalappil 47*Athira Venugopal 252Ayeesha Sadique 66Baby John 239*Bavakutty P.K. 152Beena Mathew 371*Beena Nair 509Beena Suresh 510*Beena George 284*

Beena Mathew 175Beena Vallanat 117*Betcy Francis 445Bhanu Pariyadath 256Bharati Pothan 336Bhavani Sodhi 466Bhavani Nair 339*Bijula Uppathil 432Bincy Kurian 212*Bindhu Samuel 102Bindiya Shajith 437*Bindu Biju 92*Bindu John 413Bindu Joy 173Bindu Thomas 103*Bindu Thomas 501*Bindu Thomas 94*Bindu Santy 423*Bindu Warrier 19*Bindubalba Balan 23Binita Thomas 176Binu Kurian 254*Brinda Biswas 294Chanchal Hari 440Chandra Kumar 415Chandrika Nair 497*Chinju Paul 450Chintha Bejoy 81Crystal Jacob 223Dana Mathew 13*Danny Mckinzie 31Deepa Davis 122*Deepa Kottakkudy 331*Deepa Nair 477Deepa Nair 51*Deepa Kothapally 484Deepa Nelson 251*Deepukumar Nair 426Deepukumarnair Rajamma 427Dennis Joseph 263Devi Kochumadathil 377*Dhanya Sandeep 245*Dhanya Sivaram 517

Dhanya Variar 34*Diana Meyn 485Diana Peters 384*Diana Chethikattu 21*Dilsh Lonappan 56*Disha Devassy 132*Divya Arun 63Divya Prasad 334*Dr. Anuj James 463Dr. Shubi Shahida 398*Dr. Chanchamma Thannikkary 30*

Elizabeth Anto 57*Elizabeth Easow 523Elsie Abraham 6Elsy Kunnapallil 240*Elsymol Tomy 532*Emma Parikh 136*Faizal Tamton 545*Gayathri Balachandran 451Gayathri Vv 418*Geetha Nair 454*Gibi Puliyan 238*Gigi Maniattu 160Gigi Varkey 385Gisha George 411*Glory Tharakan 537Gowri Nair 452*Grace Mathew 285*Gracy Wilson 561*Haleema Riyaz 3Hamsa Suchindran 489*Hari Gopalakrishna 247*Heera Shelly 442*Helen Varughese 538Hema Nair 276Indira Sivadasan 412*Indulekha Cl 548*Irene Joy 536Jacob Lauvach 46Jainamma Chacko 519*Jansy Sebastian 505*Jaseela Illath 446*Jasmine James 496*

Jaya Pillai 468*Jaya Lean 567Jayamole Thomas 524*Jayasree Vadakkeveedu 190*Jeena Zacharias 24*Jesse Sookne 500Jessy Mathew 143Jibi Govindan 542*Jidesh Soudamini 316*Jixy Alexander 486*Joby Perrappadan 324*Joe Matthews 321*Joey Thomas 301*Jolly Emanuel 158*Jolly Kuruvilla 292Jolly Mancheril 72Joma Biju 95*Jyothi Sadasivan 541Kalyan Thanissery 347Karthika Ambattu 357*Karthikeyean Nishadham 513Kavitha Chemparathy 113*Kochurani Thomas 206Komala Nambiar 168Krishnakumar Skandaswamy 297Kumari Verghese 115*Kuttyamma Antony 219Laisa Johny 210Lakshmi Krishnan 359Lali Nair 475Laly Lonappan 174Latha M Joseph 526Latha Raghavanpillai 22Leelamma Mathew 290*Lekshmi Nair 353*Leni Daniel 388*Leni Thomas 461Lilly Thannikary 233Linda Davis 318Linda Mathew 320*Lini Jojo 213*Liny Joseph 9*Liza Abison 5*

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Pushpa Parameswaran 363*Rabeca Thomas 215Rachel Samuel 73*Radhika Vasudevan 419Rahul Valsan 473*Rajee Gomez 155Rajini Prabhu 304*Rakhi Remabai 33Ramani Philip 11*Rani Babu 70*Rani Raju 355Rani Chukkananickal 90*Ranjini Pillai 344Rashmi Menon 399Rashmi Nair 425*Ratna Thomas 281Reeja Cherian 214Reema Mathew 10Reena Andrews 172*Reena Eapen 171Reena Koshy 302*Reena Aricatt 522*Reena Joseph 464Regimol George 157*Rejani Nedumchira 226*Reji Vellaringattu 183*Remitha Satheesh 429*Reni Pulikkiyil 217*Reni Mathew 119*Reshmi Abraham 390Resmi Nair 547Rithula Mohan 456Riya Kariath 77*Rizwana Parveen 272Rosamma Moongamakkil 146*Rose Poulose 182Roselin Mathew 282*Rosely Chellamkottu 395*Sabina Mathew 225Sabita Nair 26*Sai Ramanathan 248*Saithya Painkal 299*Sajita Menon 76*

Lizy John 202Lizzy T.V. 314*Lovecy Binoy 98Lynda Jose 221Lysamma Philip 319*Madathil Gopinathan 490*Mahalakshmi N.L. 306*Mahendran Nair 493Malay Jindal 550Manju Joseph 163Manju Ramakrishnan 408*Manju Sathish 431*Manju Thomas 531*Manjusha Chandrabhanu 338Mariamma Mukunnemkeril 161Marina Chemmanam 170Mary George 151*Mary George 230Mary Roy 392Mary Thomas 543Mary Thundathil 179*Mary C.A. 112Mary Fernandez 551Mary Mathew 368Maya Balakrishnan 516Meena 560*Meera Menon 441Meera Punnoose 97*Meetal Mehta 378Mekha Ninan 108Merin Kurian 196*Merlin Mathew 291Merylene Thomas 381Mini Thomas 527*Mini Biju 91*Mini Mathew 211*Mini Narayanan 78*Minimol Madappallil 287Minsa Varghese 422*Mitha Pillai 474Mohini Rao 539*Molly Stephan 289Mollykutty Vallant 236*

Nancy George 506Nancy Philip 373*Natalie Ann Mathai 457Nazia.K.A Kunhappa 436*Neeta Pillai 68Neethu Sabarinath 394Neethu Gopalakrishnan 165Nice Thriveni 323Nickey Varghese 15Nicy John 205Nicy Jose 198*Nidu Menon 364Nimmy Shivan 27Niranjana S 495Nirmala Kamath 544Nisha Kuttikattil 142*Nisha Nair 187Nisha Nair 80*Nisha Panicker 460Nisha Rony Kappuzha 389Nita Abraham 407*Nithya Krishnan 558Nitu Nair 416Nizi Azeez 167*Olivia Delahaye 317Paul George 59Philomina Thayil 147Prabha Jacob 14*Prabha Joy 242*Pradeep Kalampukattussery 439Pradeepa Chandramohan 125*Prasad Subramanian 504*Prasoon Prem 322Prathitha Gopinath 166*Preetha Kurias 100*Preetha Kattikatt 227*Preethi Jayaram 255*Preethi Pais 293Preethi Thomas 528*Princy Paul 382Princy Pappachan 356*Priya Muraleedharan 188Priya Sasidharan 189*

Sajitha V.R. 343Sandeep Mohan 518*Sandhya Kumar 275Sandhya Sathyavrathan 354*Sangeetha Menon 470*Sangeetha Thankamani 512*Sanjay Byla 481Saramma George 345*Sarit Thomas 134*Saritha Ayyappan 379*Saritha Nair 127Seely Miranda 228Seema Jose 195Shadiya Manadath 2*Shaiby Reji 374*Shakkeela Narikkoottungal 568*Sharmila Menon 39Sheba Thayil 88Sheeba Kuruvilla 396Sheeba John 114*Sheela John 401*Sheela Sajan 400*Sheela Thomas 234*Sheela Thomas 520*Sheela George 274*Sheela John 258*Shefeena (Shery) Kottai 25*Sherin John 148Sherley John 207*Sherly Ozhakanat 273*Shibi John 525Shincy Kumar 262Shinto Jose 83Shinu Elias 449*Shiny George 156*Shiny Samuel 409*Shirley Abraham 467Shirley Mani 159Shoba Kuruvilla 278*Shoba Manmadhan 534*Shraddha 329*Shruthi Namboodiri 487Shweta Agarwal 149

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Shweta Aghoram 249Shyna Manoharan 421*Shyni George 105Shyni Puthuparampil 84*Sibil Mathews 471*Siby Sebastian 448Silpa Romy 386Simi Anish 43*Simi Karimpil 85*Sini Thomas 235*Sira Joseph 222*Smitha Ayirookuzhi 131Smitha Mathew 104*Smitha Avinash 67*Smitha Madhu 266*Sobha Cherian 153*Sobhi Kurian 286Soly Michael 55Sonia Sadaria 29

Soosamma John 71Soumya Pillai 75*Sreeja Nair 535Sreeja Vipin 556*Sreejaya Nair 350Sreekala Kanattil 18Sreelekha C 428Sridhar Godthi 465*Subhash Narayan 455Suby Nishal 311*Suchitra Unnithan 300Sudarsana Sivaraman 327Suhana Roshan 391*Suja P Davis 216*Sujan Cherian 154Sujana Pochareddy 271Suma Nair 93Suman Menon 552*Sumana Premkumar 162

Sumit Choudhary 86Sumitha Ahmed 565*Sumitha Mahadevan 32Sumol Mathew 295*Susan James 181Susan Jacob 8*Susan Thomas 89*Susan Vettuchira 403*Susanth Susanth 472Sushama Francis 563Susmitha Sebastian 237*Sussy Binny 96*Suvidha Nair 270*Swapna S U 375Swarnalatha Madhu 267*Syam Sunder 310*Teena Louis 265*Teena Sherin 443*Tejus Maduskar 514

Teresa Sebastian 232*Tess John 197*Tessamma Kochikunnel 549Tessy Joseph 564Theresa Thekkekandam 36*Thressia Anthony 54Tina Sathish 430

Tino Tossy 533Tracy Shabu 435*Uma Varma 360Usha Pulickal 521*Valsa Puthenveettil 433Valsa Samuel 231Veena Krishnan 511Vidya K V 126Vidya Unnikrishnan 129Vineetha Joelin 137Vineetha Vasukuttan 414*Vinitha G 335Vishwanath Narayanaswamy 257



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