KOSIR
Dearfriends, Theapproximate meaning of Kosir can be a small amount of money given in addition toaccounted money given. Pocketmoney is given for personal expenses for children and many times for elderstoo. But kosir is given mostly for children studying and have no income andmost important- NO QUESTIONING ABOUT KOSIR IS DONE. Sometimes home makers tooare given kosir in addition to pocket money. We mayask- “I have given pocket money- What happened?” But such a question does notarise about Kosir. We should not ask what happened to the kosir. Thisposting is about kosir and nostalgic memories of Kosir. Sincerely, GopalaKrishnan 2-3-2013. Repostedafter editing and updating information on 27-6-2021. Nothing serious in thisposting. R. Gopala Krishnan. 1. Appa kosir ellam amma vangara.. While mydaughter was studying in college in 1990’s , in addition to pocket money, I used to give kosir once a week. My wifewhen requiring changes used to ask her and never return. She used to give fromKosir. One day she exclaimed- Rendu roopa, moonnuroopa, evalavu thanKudukkarathu? ( Tworupees, three rupees, how much I can give and not returning?). So oneday she told me- Appa increase frequency and amount of kosir more. All kosir isgiven to Amma and she never return. Now too we use to talk of it and laugh. 2. Appa, kosir ellam eri pochhu, minimumkosir- patthu roopa ( Kosir has to be increased.Minimum should be ten rupees) EngineeringCollege near Kanchipuram, once a week he would come from lodge, and next weekexpense money along with pocket money and Kosir was given. I was working atRanipet 2 hour journey from Kanchipuram. Since keepingmore money was not safe in the lodge the above procedure was followed. This wasduring 1989’s. One day after giving his accounts and pocket money, I gave himRs 7-00. Rs 7-00 was sufficient and more for a tiffin. He smiled and said- Appa,minimum kosir 10-00 roopa. There onwards I increased the kosir torupees 15-00. As with daughter my wife would ask him get pickles and miscellaneous things which he used to obtain from pocketmoney and kosir too. I increased pocket money by 75% once I came to know of it. 3. Pati-(Pocket money) Being homemaker, my wife is given pocket money, now by three people- My son in larger figures , daughter occasionallyas good figures, and my monthly pocket money. Somehow it got named as PATI. I am notsure how we named it so. When I give monthly accounts- as DA increase, arequirement of pati increase was also asked/given. But multiple DA increase occurs!! Now a dayPati has gone high. Apartfrom this kosir is given and TAKEN from the purse. This is kosirtaken by herself. Knowing requirements for temple thattu etc., I always keepchanges for 50-00 rupees in the drawer. But ladies do not normally put morethan Rs 5-00 being regular visitor. 4. Childhood kosir?. In thechild hood days, my relative’s wife (very elder) used to give for gettingprovision items from shops some sort of kosir. This used to be about 50 paise ,balance after purchasing things. If she require frequent things, she used toincrease it or give more, most of the time. This was with the intention weshould not refuse to oblige. But lateras we grew, we used to get things for her, while we go for purchase. Getting kosir from her was feltdelicacy. She realised our growth, later workers used to get thingsfor her. As far asworkers are concerned, it was a normal practice to increase the marketpurchased items without bill by 15%. 5. Kosir for self This ismost important. For our personal expenses we set apart an amount. Over thatkosir is kept. This kosir is unaccounted with purpose. It can be a sweetfruitmix or pakkoda on way walk or sweet plantains or adjusted for not gettingbalance after getting a ticket etc. etc. This gave consolation to a certainextent in the last case. -- 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/1769025280.3364556.1624761084532%40mail.yahoo.com.
