Idle musings

This post is long overdue,but here goes:I hope atleast some of you were fortunate to watch 'Olapeeppi' directed by Krish Kymal, when it hit theatres last September.It tells the tale of a family which falls into poverty once the zamindari system is abolished.The movie beautifully portrays childhood innocence and the village life and landscape typical to Kerala of the 1970s.Punasseri Kanjana, who returned to the silver screen at the age of 89 for this film, makes it worth watching.She is nothing but lovable as that grandmother everyone hopes to have.The movie also stars Biju Menon,Paris Laxmi,Sreejith Ravi,Anjali Aneesh Upasana and Reina Maria in lead roles.Sadly,this movie seems to have been vastly ignored by most viewers,but I would wholeheartedly recommend it.

We really like our elephants caparisoned,don't we? We humans like to dress up, so why not the animals too? I wonder if that is the logic behind this torture on domesticated animals. Adorning elephants in finery during religious festivals is one thing, but there are the other kinds of embellishments - practised especially on cats and dogs - which are painful to watch,even ridiculous.Owners making their pets wear silly dresses,hats, walking sticks and whatever comes to their fancy,and making a show of it by masquerading the poor animal through the streets, on two legs! As if to say,'See what I have accomplished!He is such a good boy!' Yeah,right. We shall see what happens when in a few hundred years, the situation is reversed. The very thought is entertaining.