Pazham is banana and Poovan is a variety. If one is choosing Basheer stories to translate this is not one most people would select. Basheer has many other funnier, better told, wiser stories than this. A friend who read this asked me if I translated this to stop Kanti from getting uppity about my having translated 'Premalekhanam' for her. Well, you can read both these stories and judge for yourselves!
Meaning of obscure untranslated Malayalam words:
Thorthu - Very thin towel used for taking a bath, tying on the head, wearing while working in the fields and so on.
Kootaan - Curry (like saambaar)
Mundu - Dhoti
Vettukathi - Really huge local knife. Used for cutting coconuts, throats and other such like things
Meaning of obscure untranslated Malayalam words:
Thorthu - Very thin towel used for taking a bath, tying on the head, wearing while working in the fields and so on.
Kootaan - Curry (like saambaar)
Mundu - Dhoti
Vettukathi - Really huge local knife. Used for cutting coconuts, throats and other such like things
Poovanpazham is not that bad for a short story. But it is the fact that other Basheer stories are much more interesting than this.
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