"Warrier went today (വാരിയര് ഇന്ന് പോയി) ". It was a monotonic and very final sounding statement . Unni said this as he kick-started his bike to leave. Seeing my reaction and query , he switched-off the bike and clarified - "Warrier passed away today morning. The post master passed away few days back and now the post man has also left ". the nonchalance and impersonality of the statement was hurtful. Especially when I thought , I had immortalised both the post master and the post man in my previous blog.
Warrier was the one with more public contact . Being the face of the post office , he was the one who met the public often. He also had another public-facing role that he played at the local temple . I associate him with the mixture of pounded rice flakes, grated coconut and jaggery (avilum ,sharkarayum with thenga - in malayalam). I carried an impression that he survived on this . He was also an acclaimed exponent of akshara slokam . The aksharasloka groups had this heady mixture of avil and sharkara as the centre piece and their sessions lasted as long as the centre piece was getting replenished. I also vaguely recollect warrier to be a good chess player.
I wonder how Warrier would have fared at another time, another place and another role . He must be doing that now with same old wry smile and un-hurried pace of life.
Warrier was the one with more public contact . Being the face of the post office , he was the one who met the public often. He also had another public-facing role that he played at the local temple . I associate him with the mixture of pounded rice flakes, grated coconut and jaggery (avilum ,sharkarayum with thenga - in malayalam). I carried an impression that he survived on this . He was also an acclaimed exponent of akshara slokam . The aksharasloka groups had this heady mixture of avil and sharkara as the centre piece and their sessions lasted as long as the centre piece was getting replenished. I also vaguely recollect warrier to be a good chess player.
I wonder how Warrier would have fared at another time, another place and another role . He must be doing that now with same old wry smile and un-hurried pace of life.
