ILAKKAM (ഇളക്കം) Presentlymost viewers are more familiar to advertisements shown in TV among serials,since they are repeated at least three times in a serial scheduled to show forhalf an hour. Actual serial shot is mostly for 10 minutes view following coronarestrictions.
An advertisement for Colgate toothpaste. Agroup of boys assemble and try to shake a medium tree. One stout boy shakes thetree well, whereas others cannot. Others ask what is the reason he could shakeit well. He saysbecause of his strongteeth. One of the boys asks - Explain it. He explains- Becauseof his using Colgate toothpaste his teeth are stronger, he chews food better andfood is well absorbed in to the body. Because of it he is healthier andstronger. Shaking oftree by the boy remained me about shaking of small trees to get the fruits inmy boyhood days. There are many types of shakings. I thought today my topic can be shaking. Sincerely, Goplakrishnan29-05-2021 1 Introduction TheMalayalam word “Ilzakkam” generally gives the meaning shaking. Shaking isgenerally not a safe condition. 2 Some interesting shakings Whenelephants become uncontrollable by mahouts, we mention it as Aaana ilakkam. One of the most common body condition ofilakkam felt by us might be the shaking of teeth. Evenafter root canal, still shaking, swelling is not uncommon for gum. By providingporcelain cap which costs above 4500-00 only, swellingand slight shaking can be eliminated. For a dental doctor it is a small amount. For peoplewith shaking teeth one minute might appear as 10 minutes because of the pain. Any amount of clove oil application could notgive relief. If thedentist is engaged on visit, then one minute might appear as 20 minutes. Another body condition by consuming dislikingfood items or spoiled food items is dysentery. Loose motion is told asvayarilakkam in Malayalam. Duringsuch body condition running between room and toilet, and pain in washing, even a query about it might beirritating. Normallymost keep some arresting capsules which could give temporary relief tillmeeting doctor. I had the experience of giving a few across the countermedicines in a big resort in Moonnar. One has to travel from the resort 20minutes to reach the hospital in the curved roads. Few among them were for loose motion. 3. Ilakiyamannum Ilakiya mansum (Soil which can be dugeasily and soft minded persons) If soil couldbe dug little bit easily, wesay, soil has ilakkam. Such soil is good for cultivation. Normallywhile planting seeds or seedlings we stir a little after digging the soil tocertain depth and plant them. The roots could develop easily without difficultyin the loose soil. Even for digging some water is poured, wait to absorb, andthen digging would be easy. Generallysoil near river can be dug easily for planting sugar cane etc. For erecting pillars for home constructionthe top soil is removed till hardened soil/vettukalappears. Otherway the pillar would shake. The pillar would also shake if thetop load of RCC is more than it’s bearing capacity. Proper planning is done forpillar positions. A personhaving soft mind is told to have ilakunna manasu (Pious). This is somewhat good condition- Notalways. Sometimes such people might be made to believe by deceiving actions. A newserial calledPriyankari in flowers TV shows the heroine having a soft and straightforwardmind. NampoothiriBrahmins of Kerala are said to have pious mind. They cannot think crooked. Notiyers and Brahmins. I have read Sir CP was not straight forward in thoughts inmany occasions. 4 shaking nail/screws A nailwhich we want to remove has some shaking is a favourable condition. Butnormally a picture hanging on a shaking nail can fall at any time. Normallyour work men resort to remove a nail by hitting slightly on sides and shakingit. In thechild hood days mostly the shaking tooth was pulled by self/ somebody. Sometimesthe shaking tooth would fall while biting things. Forgetting truth police hit the culprit a little. He would tell the truth on pain. Whilepurchasing flat, doors would be perfect, but after many times opening andclosing, even in a year the screws would become shaking and door coming out.Lengthy screws fitting could reduce the shake to a good percent. Initially they would not use lengthy screwsbecause the door woodis a pasted one. If the door wood is a plank fromthe wood of a tree this condition does not occur. 5. Shaking buttons On thosedays we had no zip in pants, we had buttons stitched. Similarly on shirts. Whenwe start for office buttonmight be tight, all on a sudden, it may fall down. On those days Mottusoochi (Pins) could help a lot. Those were the days re - stitching could bedone with tailors, who looked in to such things. A loose button or missing button would get first attention of others. 6 shaking chair, table and almirah, fridge etc. A shakingdining chair/working chair is more problematic than other chairs. It knows tobreak a leg when the person is easily sitting and enjoying food. All the whilehaving no problem in a working table, in the exact moment one put hissignature, a person would come and press at a point. Our hand would shake and signature might change. Mostly in shakingfridges and almirahs, providing some hard board in corners, it is reduced tominimum. Adjusting screws in fridges may not help many times. 7 Shaking nature is with some persons. Probablythrough genes. They would shake from lap top to TV and pillars to cots. Somechildren enjoy shaking pictures, clocks hanging on walls. It is the nature of many young ladies to shake curtains, books while talkingor legs. InitiallyI thought shaking by some people is as a precaution. Later I understood it a nature. Suchpeople are sometimes helpful. Before usthey would detect the shaking of window doors and door panels or of the sort. But thereare some people whofind enjoyment by shaking others mental piece in some way or other. Oneexample is telling about previous friendship of a lady /man as love. Suchpeople cannot sleep a day, unless disturbed another’s mental peace. 8 Liquid Medicines Liquid medicinesin bottles has to be consumed after shaking all times. Similarly some solidmedicines taken after adding warm water. I recollect the sardar joke- He startedshaking himself-forgetting to shake the bottle beforeconsuming a liquid medicine. 9 sayings “I will shake his seat” It issaying used to mean a small revenge on a person for some undesirable action. 2 If a person is asking help from a person alreadyin troubles- it is tolda saying – Ilakiya uttharathil Keri pidichhal. (Holding on a shaking beam) 10 LPG Gas If LPG gashas exhausted and flame down, before changing the cylinder our women would makesure LPG is exhausted by shaking it. Many times the remaining small percentageof Liquid gas could give flame for another 5 minutes some times and is used bymany. Many moreilakkams are there like that of bound books, chain hooks etc. Re written of an article Dated 26-11-2013. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1522526664.1057810.1622280099403%40mail.yahoo.com.
