UPPOLUM AAVILLA UPPILITTATHU (PICKLE CAN NOT BE SALT)

['gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty]

UPPOLUM AAVILLAUPPILITTATHU

(PICKLE CAN NOTBE SALT) 


Dearfriends, 


Itwas the days of News paper having most prominence. If due to some strike 
ordelay due to rain etc, if news paper was not arriving in the morning 
peopleused to wait anxiously. Although Radio news was there, it could never 
equal to readinginterestingly news paper especially for the elders. 


 The main time passing was News Paper. So if anybodycomments on Radio 
availability and periodic news broad cast, the elders used tosay, as my title. 


Thecase is different now with TV. Though new paper is there, people are 
interestedto watch and hear TV news than News paper. Most days news paper is 
not read ina family. 


I was just thinking – There are manysuch things in the real life. Thoughserve 
almost the same purpose, they cannot be equated. 


Aperson acquainted with certain thing, would get satisfied only with that. 
Inthe afternoon, a person accustomed to meals can get satisfied only with 
meals.Thair satham, sambar satham, Lemon rice, chappathi- kuruma, all these 
inlimited meals or separate cannot equal to the meals with sambar, rasam, 
koottu,poriyal, appalam, thayir and pickles. Though the stomach is fully fed, 
evenwith still more tasty items, still- the feeling I did not took meals 
remains. 


Aninteresting looking in to Uppolaum aavilla uppilittathu. 


Sincerely

GopalaKrishnan 20-12-2011. 

 

Reposted on 16-07-2021 after editingand updating.R.Gopala Krishnan 


1. The coconut brooms.

 Todaymorning while I was going for walk a person after purchasing a coconut 
broomfrom a shop for Rs 30 -00  was murmuringfor its smaller diameter  
andwalking  in front of me. 

 Hearing his self murmuring a passer toldhim- Purchase two and tie together. 
Thatis the way we do.  Still the fellow  was repeating for the higher cost and 
smallersize. Nowadays the number of ribs is less comparing to earlier days in a 
broom. 

 Nowadays,rarely lengthy coconut brooms with suitable diameter at holding end 
come forconvenient sweeping standing almost erect.

 Thehardware shops sell smaller sizes in length and thickness , which is 
sufficient and more suitable for the buildingworks.

 Tocut short, while I returned I found a shop having lengthy brooms, the maker 
wasjust handing them to shop owner. Seeing the length and freshness of the 
brooms,I decided to purchase a few of them immediately. I purchased four of 
them, gotsome jute twine  also  from the shop, came to the home and made it 
into one longer and one smaller with sufficient size ( diameter at holding 
endgood)  to clean. I paid each broom Rs 35-00but never bothered since the 
broom was made of good quality coconut ribs. 

 Whatevernew types of brooms  are there, to cleanthe compound and foot path 
areas in house and terrace, coconut brooms only areuseful. Only lengthy brooms 
would  removeall dusts and wastes. Here too for the compound slightly smaller 
ones arerequired since more pressure is to be exerted for cleaning. The inside 
cleaningsmooth brooms are unfit to this job.

 Afterpreparing two, I took the old ones, made in to two smaller ones- Yes they 
are amust for cleaning my over head tank and sump and back side.

 Evena good quality broom cannot serve the purpose of sump cleaning. These 
smallerlength brooms are called “Kuttichool” in Malayalam. 

 Incidentallyeven brooms are toleratedas good Sakunams (omens), not kutti 
chool. 

 1a. Pooran and cockroach.

 Evenwith splendid  and lavish use of Hit,still having fate to die once a while 
some pooran or cockroach  appears in front of my wife in the house orpremises.  

 Ithought, if it would have come in front of me I would have simply swept 
themaway even without her knowledge. Their fate is something different. After 
usinghit , unless they are killed, my wife cannot do next  work. 

 Forher I have kept inside the house a special good coconut broom. 

 2. My wall clocks and watches.

 Themedium size batteries  for the clock,normally I used to preserve at least 
six numbers. Whatever the watch with timeand date and month are there, mobile 
is there with all displays, for seeingtime first my eyes will go to the wall 
clock only. While going out if I forgotto wear watch , though mobile phone is 
there to serve the purpose, still, the satisfaction of wearing own watch isnot 
there. 

 Thewall clock in the hall and wall clock in dining, where the eyes go all time 
forme and wife for knowing time, nothing else could substitute.  Hence to 
ensure their prompt  working my stock of batteries. 

 3. My Malayalam calendar.

 Forreferences, I am accustomed to my Malayalam calendar. Though daily 
sheets,Tamil calendars are  there nothing givesatisfaction of Malayalam 
calendar. 

 Similarlythis could be their regional language calendar for others. For women 
folk, theymay mostly like daily sheet. Though a diary too may give all these 
information,still calendar is a calendar. Diary is a diary. 

 4. Dairy and scribbling note

 Fora person accustomed to diary writing, nothing other than a diary satisfy. 
For ascribbling man, always his scribbling book. 

 Ascribbling man in a note cannot get satisfied with a piece of paper and a 
diarywriting man cannot get satisfied with a note. But still during tour, I 
usenotebook. If diary is lost?

 5. Sweetener and sugar.

 Itake coffee without sugar 90%  of daysand in journeys with sugar. There is a 
possibility during long  travels blood sugar level can go low with medicinesfor 
many reasons. Hence coffee or tea with sugar is advised  by my family doctor. 

 Whateverit is, a sweetener pill cannot be equal to a spoon of sugar. Sugar is 
sugar forsweetness.

 6. Pockets ,hand  bag and purse. 

 Thoughkeeping things there is in security as well as convenience with these, 
forcertain things pockets are used. For certain things hand bag is used. A 
womanmay keep her hand kerchief in a Hand bag, for a man it can never be 
imagined!!

 Apurse and pocket cannot be equated; a purse and hand bag cannot be equated. 
Uppolumvarilla uppilittathu. 

 


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