These songs are true masterpieces that definitely deserve a wider audience. At least, there will be some folks grateful for it." So, I told my mother, " Let's have your rendition of the lullaby uploaded to youtube.
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In an era when we try to digitize and preserve as much information as we can, it is surprising that some of the classic old lullabies that have been passed several generations down may be lost forever. "I have the book at home, back in India, with all the lyrics", she said. My mother also mentioned about Ananthamkaatu kummi, a collection of songs that were transferred to her by her atthai. In fact, there were a lot of people who had requested this song. And you will see that this song would be renditioned in many different versions."Īs I Googled, I was super surprised to see that there was not a single audio or video of the song. I told my mother, " Everything is available on Youtube. It gives me a chance to happily relive those glorious days of time spent in the summer. Now that my mother is here to take care of her grandson for a few months, she sings these lullabies to my son. Generations of kids have been soothed to sleep, thanks to the way it has been passed from elders in the family. She would get up at four or five in the morning, when the youngest member of the household wakes up, render all the lullabies for about two to three hours. She had a whole collection of them, but the one that sticks in my memory is the one I mentioned above. Gopala Krishna Swamy Gokulathiley, Kuzhandayi roopam kondu vilaiyaadinar.Īll of us were lulled into sleep thanks to the Krishna lullabies. With her loud, clear, crisp voice, she would sing, It was a long wooden plank, and whenever I go back to the days of my atthai paati, I can only imagine her occupying the position on the swing with kids on either side, and singing the lullabies for the kids. Our atthai paati occupied the oonjal (swing) at the center of the living area. It was a long stretch from the front courtyard to the backyard with a number of rooms.
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The houses those days were very different from homes of today. In a joint family, with a collection of elders and young ones, there is never a shortage of fun and frolic. And then, slowly, every year, the members of the young troupe increased one by one.
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We would have our fights, plan our mischiefs together and figure out how to stay away from home from the prying eyes of the elders. My partner in crime was my cousin, who is just a year younger than me. In a matter of minutes, we would again be soaking.īeing the eldest in the family, I was supposed to have responsibility. Taking a shower was pointless, because after a mini break of having lunch, we would head out again. "Go wash your hands and feet, or why don't you take a shower". " Ennada, ippadi thoppala nenanjundu vandhurkel," they would say. Our bodies would be dripped in sweat, and we would be coaxed by the elders to come back home for a break. Playing under the sun in a nearby maidaan (grounds) in soaring Tamil Nadu heat is no joke. There was an earthly charm in doing some of the mundane things as kids.
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Summer holidays were spent in the confines of our ancestral home at Pudukkotai, Tamil Nadu in the presence of many elders - paati (grandmother), athai paati (mother's aunt), thatha (grandfather), many mannis (aunts) and mamas (uncles).