This hamlet on the banks of river nila holds a speacial place in my book of childhood memories .
Thirunellayi village , in Palakkad district where my grandparents lived a big part of their lives. summer vacations meant train journeys , playing from dawn to dusk with cousins in and around the sprawling house, afternoons on the swing , jaunts to the river bank,village festivals and sweets..
It stays as beautiful as i see it in my minds eye, though caught up somewhat with the trappings of modentity and development...
The house got re-built recently by an aunt who organised for the family to get -together .
The mind still yearned for the sights of the yore , i reckoned ...
Thirunellayi village , in Palakkad district where my grandparents lived a big part of their lives. summer vacations meant train journeys , playing from dawn to dusk with cousins in and around the sprawling house, afternoons on the swing , jaunts to the river bank,village festivals and sweets..
It stays as beautiful as i see it in my minds eye, though caught up somewhat with the trappings of modentity and development...
The house got re-built recently by an aunt who organised for the family to get -together .
The mind still yearned for the sights of the yore , i reckoned ...
