Tuesday, July 29, 2008
നാടന് പാട്ടുകള്
നാടന് പാട്ടുകള്
നാടന് പാട്ടുകളെല്ലാം തന്നെ അജ്ഞാത കര്തൃതങ്ങളാണ്.ഇവ രചിച്ചവര് ഭാഷാപണ്ഡിതന്മാരൊന്നുമായിരുന്നില്ല. തങ്ങള്ക്ക് പറയേണ്ടുന്ന കാര്യങ്ങള് വികാരതരളിതമായ ഭാഷയില് അവര് പറഞ്ഞുവച്ചു. ആ ഗാനങ്ങള് മറ്റുള്ളവര് കേട്ടു. അവര് അത് അടുത്ത തലമുറയ്ക്ക് പകര്ന്നുകൊടുത്തു. സാധാരണ ജനങ്ങളുടെ ഹൃദയസ്പന്ദനങ്ങള് ഉള്ക്കൊള്ളുന്ന ഇത്തരം പാട്ടുകളെല്ലാം തന്നെ തലമുറകളില് നിന്നും തലമൂറകളിലേക്ക് കൈമാറി വന്നവയാണ്.
വളരെ ലളിതമായ രീതിയില് പ്രാദേശികമായ ഭാഷയില് അജ്ഞാതരായ കവികള് തങ്ങളുടെ വികാരവിചാരങ്ങളെ വാമൊഴിയായി കോറിയിടുകയായിരുന്നു. ഇന്നും കേരളത്തിന്റെ ഉള്നാടന് ഗ്രാമങ്ങളില് ഇവ ജനങ്ങള് പാടുകയും കൈമാറുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നുണ്ട്. മലയാള ഭാഷയുടെ രൂപകല്പനയിലും നാടന് പാട്ടുകള്ക്കുള്ള സ്ഥാനം അതിബൃഹത്താണ്.
നാടന്പാട്ടുകള് എത്ര വിധം ?
നാടന്പാട്ടുകളെ തരം തിരിക്കുന്നത് അരിവകകള് കൂട്ടിയിട്ട് തരം തിരിക്കുന്നതിന് തുല്യമെന്നത്രേ എന്നാണ് ഭാഷ്യം. എന്നാല് നാടന്പാട്ടുകളെ നമുക്ക് പ്രധാനമായും കൊയ്ത്തുപാട്ടുകള്, വഞ്ചിപ്പാട്ടുകള് , ഓണപ്പാട്ടുകള് , തിരുവാതിരപ്പാട്ടുകള് , പുള്ളുവന് പാട്ടുകള് , നുണപ്പാട്ടുകള് , എന്നിങ്ങനെ തരം തിരിക്കാം. പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് അര്ത്ഥമുണ്ടെന്ന് നമുക്ക് തൊന്നാത്ത പാട്ടുകളും ഈ ഗാനസാഗരത്തില് ഇല്ലാതില്ല.
കൊയ്ത്തുപാട്ടുകള് കൃഷിപ്പാട്ടുകളുടെ ഗണത്തില് പെടുന്നവയാണ്. കൊയ്ത്തുകാലത്ത് ക്ഷീണമകറ്റാനായിരുന്നു കര്ഷകര് ഇവ പാടിയിരുന്നത്. വഞ്ചിതുഴയുമ്പോളാണ് വഞ്ചിപ്പാട്ടുകള് പാടുന്നത്. ഓണപ്പാട്ടുകള് , തിരുവാതിരപ്പാട്ടുകള് എന്നിവ ഓണവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു. നുണപ്പാട്ടുകള് പൊതുവെ നര്മ രസമുള്ളവയാണ്. ശ്രവിക്കുന്ന ആരെയും ചിരിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ഇത്തരം പാട്ടുകള് മലയാളികളുടെ നര്മബോധത്തെ പ്രതിനിധീകരിക്കുന്നു.
നാടന് പാട്ടുകളുടെ മറ്റു വിവേചനങ്ങള് ഇപ്പോഴും പഴമക്കാരുടെ മനസ്സകത്തളങ്ങളിലുണ്ട്.
നാടന് പാട്ടുകളെല്ലാം തന്നെ അജ്ഞാത കര്തൃതങ്ങളാണ്.ഇവ രചിച്ചവര് ഭാഷാപണ്ഡിതന്മാരൊന്നുമായിരുന്നില്ല. തങ്ങള്ക്ക് പറയേണ്ടുന്ന കാര്യങ്ങള് വികാരതരളിതമായ ഭാഷയില് അവര് പറഞ്ഞുവച്ചു. ആ ഗാനങ്ങള് മറ്റുള്ളവര് കേട്ടു. അവര് അത് അടുത്ത തലമുറയ്ക്ക് പകര്ന്നുകൊടുത്തു. സാധാരണ ജനങ്ങളുടെ ഹൃദയസ്പന്ദനങ്ങള് ഉള്ക്കൊള്ളുന്ന ഇത്തരം പാട്ടുകളെല്ലാം തന്നെ തലമുറകളില് നിന്നും തലമൂറകളിലേക്ക് കൈമാറി വന്നവയാണ്.
വളരെ ലളിതമായ രീതിയില് പ്രാദേശികമായ ഭാഷയില് അജ്ഞാതരായ കവികള് തങ്ങളുടെ വികാരവിചാരങ്ങളെ വാമൊഴിയായി കോറിയിടുകയായിരുന്നു. ഇന്നും കേരളത്തിന്റെ ഉള്നാടന് ഗ്രാമങ്ങളില് ഇവ ജനങ്ങള് പാടുകയും കൈമാറുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നുണ്ട്. മലയാള ഭാഷയുടെ രൂപകല്പനയിലും നാടന് പാട്ടുകള്ക്കുള്ള സ്ഥാനം അതിബൃഹത്താണ്.
നാടന്പാട്ടുകള് എത്ര വിധം ?
നാടന്പാട്ടുകളെ തരം തിരിക്കുന്നത് അരിവകകള് കൂട്ടിയിട്ട് തരം തിരിക്കുന്നതിന് തുല്യമെന്നത്രേ എന്നാണ് ഭാഷ്യം. എന്നാല് നാടന്പാട്ടുകളെ നമുക്ക് പ്രധാനമായും കൊയ്ത്തുപാട്ടുകള്, വഞ്ചിപ്പാട്ടുകള് , ഓണപ്പാട്ടുകള് , തിരുവാതിരപ്പാട്ടുകള് , പുള്ളുവന് പാട്ടുകള് , നുണപ്പാട്ടുകള് , എന്നിങ്ങനെ തരം തിരിക്കാം. പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് അര്ത്ഥമുണ്ടെന്ന് നമുക്ക് തൊന്നാത്ത പാട്ടുകളും ഈ ഗാനസാഗരത്തില് ഇല്ലാതില്ല.
കൊയ്ത്തുപാട്ടുകള് കൃഷിപ്പാട്ടുകളുടെ ഗണത്തില് പെടുന്നവയാണ്. കൊയ്ത്തുകാലത്ത് ക്ഷീണമകറ്റാനായിരുന്നു കര്ഷകര് ഇവ പാടിയിരുന്നത്. വഞ്ചിതുഴയുമ്പോളാണ് വഞ്ചിപ്പാട്ടുകള് പാടുന്നത്. ഓണപ്പാട്ടുകള് , തിരുവാതിരപ്പാട്ടുകള് എന്നിവ ഓണവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു. നുണപ്പാട്ടുകള് പൊതുവെ നര്മ രസമുള്ളവയാണ്. ശ്രവിക്കുന്ന ആരെയും ചിരിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ഇത്തരം പാട്ടുകള് മലയാളികളുടെ നര്മബോധത്തെ പ്രതിനിധീകരിക്കുന്നു.
നാടന് പാട്ടുകളുടെ മറ്റു വിവേചനങ്ങള് ഇപ്പോഴും പഴമക്കാരുടെ മനസ്സകത്തളങ്ങളിലുണ്ട്.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Quiz 6
Quizzy mocks 6
1. What is the Full form of IPCC ?
2. Which day is observed as National Science Day ?
3. What is meant by ‘Water gas’?
4. In which state did the India’s first Science city established ?
5. What is the meaning of name of the element ‘Xenon’?
6. Which star is the brightest star in the milky way ?
7. What is the full form of ViCTERS ?
8. Name of the comet collided with Jupiter in 1996 ?
9. Apart from lead, which is the other main ingredient in alloys like solder and terne ?
10. What is the name of the gland that produces melatonin – a hormone that weakly modulate wake/sleep patterns ?
11. What is the name of the internet browser launched by famous browser -software company “Mozilla” recently ?
12. What is the full form of Internet ?
13. What is the common name of DSL ?
14. What is the name of newly invented storage disks which uses blue laser technology and have thrice the capacity of DVDs ?
15. In which name do the ‘Centralized Online Real Time Banking’ famous ?
Answers
1. Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change
2. February 28
3. Mixture of Hydrogen and Carbon monoxide gas
4. West Bengal
5. Strange
6. Sirus - the dog star
7. Virtual Classroom Technology on Edusat for Rural Schools
8. Shoemaker Levy 9
9. Tin
10. Pineal gland
11. Mozilla Firefox 3
12. International Network
13. Modem
14. Blu-Ray Disk (BD)
15. CORE Banking
1. What is the Full form of IPCC ?
2. Which day is observed as National Science Day ?
3. What is meant by ‘Water gas’?
4. In which state did the India’s first Science city established ?
5. What is the meaning of name of the element ‘Xenon’?
6. Which star is the brightest star in the milky way ?
7. What is the full form of ViCTERS ?
8. Name of the comet collided with Jupiter in 1996 ?
9. Apart from lead, which is the other main ingredient in alloys like solder and terne ?
10. What is the name of the gland that produces melatonin – a hormone that weakly modulate wake/sleep patterns ?
11. What is the name of the internet browser launched by famous browser -software company “Mozilla” recently ?
12. What is the full form of Internet ?
13. What is the common name of DSL ?
14. What is the name of newly invented storage disks which uses blue laser technology and have thrice the capacity of DVDs ?
15. In which name do the ‘Centralized Online Real Time Banking’ famous ?
Answers
1. Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change
2. February 28
3. Mixture of Hydrogen and Carbon monoxide gas
4. West Bengal
5. Strange
6. Sirus - the dog star
7. Virtual Classroom Technology on Edusat for Rural Schools
8. Shoemaker Levy 9
9. Tin
10. Pineal gland
11. Mozilla Firefox 3
12. International Network
13. Modem
14. Blu-Ray Disk (BD)
15. CORE Banking
Quiz 5
Quizzy Mocks 5
1. Haematology is the study of _____________.
2. Which was the first superfast train in India ?
3. What is called U.F.O ?
4. Which is the source of electromagnetic waves ?
5. Which Greek scientist introduced Hydrostatic principle ?
6. Which is the instrument used to detect oil deposit under the water ?
7. What is the common name for the substances causing depletion of ozone layer ?
8. What is called dry ice ?
9. Which animal never drink water ?
10. Which animal has red sweating ?
11. Founder of Linux ?
12. Full form of ATM ?
13. What is the name the first Cell phone ?
14. Full form of API
15. Expand PROM.
Answers
1. Blood
2. Rajdhani Express
3. Unidentified Flying Object
4. Sun
5. Archimedes
6. Gravimeter
7. Freons
8. Solid form of Carbon dioxide
9. Kangaroo
10. Hippopotamus
11. Linus Torwalds
12. Automated Teller Machine
13. ‘The Brick’
14. Application Program Interface
15. Programable Read Only Memory
1. Haematology is the study of _____________.
2. Which was the first superfast train in India ?
3. What is called U.F.O ?
4. Which is the source of electromagnetic waves ?
5. Which Greek scientist introduced Hydrostatic principle ?
6. Which is the instrument used to detect oil deposit under the water ?
7. What is the common name for the substances causing depletion of ozone layer ?
8. What is called dry ice ?
9. Which animal never drink water ?
10. Which animal has red sweating ?
11. Founder of Linux ?
12. Full form of ATM ?
13. What is the name the first Cell phone ?
14. Full form of API
15. Expand PROM.
Answers
1. Blood
2. Rajdhani Express
3. Unidentified Flying Object
4. Sun
5. Archimedes
6. Gravimeter
7. Freons
8. Solid form of Carbon dioxide
9. Kangaroo
10. Hippopotamus
11. Linus Torwalds
12. Automated Teller Machine
13. ‘The Brick’
14. Application Program Interface
15. Programable Read Only Memory
Quiz 4
Quizzy mocks 4
1. The first nuclear submarine is _______________.
2. What is the scientific name of Photostat ?
3. The nucleus of which atom is equivalent to an alpha particle ?
4. Which disease is known as Christmas Disease ?
5. Who is the first women in space ?
6. Which is the unit to measure supersonic speed ?
7. BRAHMOS missile is developed by _________ and ___________ ?
8. Which was the fuel used in the first atom bomb ?
9. What is known as fool’s gold ?
10. Which is the biggest snake in India ?
11. Who invented Numerical Wheel Calculator ?
12. What is the full form of WORM disk ?
13. ENIAC was developed by which nation ?
14. What is the basis of web ?
15. Full form of IBM ?
Answers
1. Nautilus
2. Xerography
3. Helium
4. Haemophilia
5. Valentina Tereshkova
6. MAC
7. India and Russia
8. Uranium 235
9. Iron pyrites
10. Reticular Python
11. Blaise Pascal
12. Write Only Read Many
13. U.S.A
14. Hyper media
15. International Business machine
1. The first nuclear submarine is _______________.
2. What is the scientific name of Photostat ?
3. The nucleus of which atom is equivalent to an alpha particle ?
4. Which disease is known as Christmas Disease ?
5. Who is the first women in space ?
6. Which is the unit to measure supersonic speed ?
7. BRAHMOS missile is developed by _________ and ___________ ?
8. Which was the fuel used in the first atom bomb ?
9. What is known as fool’s gold ?
10. Which is the biggest snake in India ?
11. Who invented Numerical Wheel Calculator ?
12. What is the full form of WORM disk ?
13. ENIAC was developed by which nation ?
14. What is the basis of web ?
15. Full form of IBM ?
Answers
1. Nautilus
2. Xerography
3. Helium
4. Haemophilia
5. Valentina Tereshkova
6. MAC
7. India and Russia
8. Uranium 235
9. Iron pyrites
10. Reticular Python
11. Blaise Pascal
12. Write Only Read Many
13. U.S.A
14. Hyper media
15. International Business machine
Quiz 3
Quizzy mocks 3
1. First Indian to get pilot license?
2. First woman to get Nobel prize?
3. One and only animal having chlorophyll?
4. Full form of DDT?
5. Haemophobia is the fear of___________?
6. Discoverer of oxygen?
7. Who are the two scientists who got Nobel prize for physics in 2007?
8. First person to get two Nobel prizes?
9. The date which man first landed on moon?
10. Who discovered Hydrogen ?
11. Full form of TCP/IP?
12. What is
14. Who is the founder of GNU Linux?
15. Which was the first Operating System?
Answers
1. J.R.D Tata
2. Mary Curie
3. Euglena
4. Dichloro Diphynyll Trichlorothane
5. Fear of blood
6. Joseph
7. Peter Andre Grunberge & Albert Ferth
8. Mary Curie
9. 1969 July 21
10. Henry Cavendish
11. Transmission Control Protocol or Internet Protocol
12. HTML tag to regulate font, font size and color
13. Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator
14. Richard Stallman
15. MS-DOS
1. First Indian to get pilot license?
2. First woman to get Nobel prize?
3. One and only animal having chlorophyll?
4. Full form of DDT?
5. Haemophobia is the fear of___________?
6. Discoverer of oxygen?
7. Who are the two scientists who got Nobel prize for physics in 2007?
8. First person to get two Nobel prizes?
9. The date which man first landed on moon?
10. Who discovered Hydrogen ?
11. Full form of TCP/IP?
12. What is
14. Who is the founder of GNU Linux?
15. Which was the first Operating System?
Answers
1. J.R.D Tata
2. Mary Curie
3. Euglena
4. Dichloro Diphynyll Trichlorothane
5. Fear of blood
6. Joseph
7. Peter Andre Grunberge & Albert Ferth
8. Mary Curie
9. 1969 July 21
10. Henry Cavendish
11. Transmission Control Protocol or Internet Protocol
12. HTML tag to regulate font, font size and color
13. Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator
14. Richard Stallman
15. MS-DOS
Quiz 2
Quizzy mocks 2
1. Of the four US time zones, two are eastern and Pacific. Name the other two.
2. What is the term in chemistry that refers to the property of liquids to mix in all proportions to form a homogeneous solution?
3. Pyrophobia is the fear of ______________.
4. Who was the last king in Nepal’s monarchy which came to an end on May 28, 2008?
5. Where in the human body is the longest muscle, the ‘Sartarium’ situated?
6. What is the common name for Ergocalciferol?
7. Environmentalists observe April 22 as which day?
8. In terms of area, which is the country with only one time zone?
9. What is the full form of .com?
10. According to Greek myth, where do Gods live?
ANSWERS
1. Central and Mountain
2. Miscibility
3. Fire
4. Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
5. Thigh
6. Vitamin
7. Earth Day
8. China
9. Commercial
10. Mt. Olympus
1. Of the four US time zones, two are eastern and Pacific. Name the other two.
2. What is the term in chemistry that refers to the property of liquids to mix in all proportions to form a homogeneous solution?
3. Pyrophobia is the fear of ______________.
4. Who was the last king in Nepal’s monarchy which came to an end on May 28, 2008?
5. Where in the human body is the longest muscle, the ‘Sartarium’ situated?
6. What is the common name for Ergocalciferol?
7. Environmentalists observe April 22 as which day?
8. In terms of area, which is the country with only one time zone?
9. What is the full form of .com?
10. According to Greek myth, where do Gods live?
ANSWERS
1. Central and Mountain
2. Miscibility
3. Fire
4. Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
5. Thigh
6. Vitamin
7. Earth Day
8. China
9. Commercial
10. Mt. Olympus
Quiz 1
Quizzy Mocks 1
1. What is the name of the astrophysist who found the minor planet named ‘Pattazhi’ name of a village in Kerala ?
2. Which is the second largest moon in the solar system ? (It has an atmosphere)
3. Who invented the CD (Compact Disk) ?
4. Who invented vaccination for smallpox?
5. Who discovered the growth stimulating vitamins?
6. What is the name of the satellite of NASA which landed on Mars on June 6, 2008 after the journey of 9 and a half month journey ?
7. The longest measure of time is in Hindu chronology. It is equal to 4320 million years. What is it called ?
8. Which element is used to give white colour to paper?
9. In which part of atmosphere happens the most of the weather forming processes?
10. Which star does not seem to change its position in the sky?
Answers
1. R Rajamohan
2. Titan
3. T. Russel
4. Edward Janner
5. Sir. Frederick Gowland Hopkins
6. Phoenix
7. Kalpa
8. Titanium
9. Troposphere
10. Pole Star
1. What is the name of the astrophysist who found the minor planet named ‘Pattazhi’ name of a village in Kerala ?
2. Which is the second largest moon in the solar system ? (It has an atmosphere)
3. Who invented the CD (Compact Disk) ?
4. Who invented vaccination for smallpox?
5. Who discovered the growth stimulating vitamins?
6. What is the name of the satellite of NASA which landed on Mars on June 6, 2008 after the journey of 9 and a half month journey ?
7. The longest measure of time is in Hindu chronology. It is equal to 4320 million years. What is it called ?
8. Which element is used to give white colour to paper?
9. In which part of atmosphere happens the most of the weather forming processes?
10. Which star does not seem to change its position in the sky?
Answers
1. R Rajamohan
2. Titan
3. T. Russel
4. Edward Janner
5. Sir. Frederick Gowland Hopkins
6. Phoenix
7. Kalpa
8. Titanium
9. Troposphere
10. Pole Star
Saturday, July 26, 2008
What about Indo-American Atomic Deal ?
All the world is discussing this matter(At least India and USA). Anyway, I am Indian. So, I am also engaged in that discussion. I don’t think this deal is a need. I oppose to that. Atomic Energy is very costly. Even America didn’t started an Atomic reactor in the last 30 years. Australia is the first in world in producing Uranium. But Australia have no atomic reactors in their nation. India is a nation where democracy is completely in practice and where people get angry when the electricity unit charge raises up to Rs.5. Here, Manmohan Singh is trying to import Atomic Energy, which have more than Rs.18 per unit. I don’t think that this will be practical. I am wondering that some of the famous scientists like Dr. Abdul Kalam are accepting this deal. All know the after effects of this deal. One of the worst deal in the history of India. This deal will imbalance all the external affairs of India. All the reactors importing from France and other nations are old and which they uses with their technology. What will happen if a reactor won’t suit to Indian conditions ? They are not thinking about the Chernobyl and Three Mile Island havocs. The Manmohan government had traded India to USA. Amount for one vote in parliament have raised to 25 crore rupees in India where 10 crore people are in starvation. What a days are coming ? The central Government lost their consciousness when they came to know about the money trough the atomic deal. They says that Indian atomic Electricity will be raised to 20000 Mega Watts first and now says that to 40000 mega watts. Let the American Industrialists proud of themselves hearing this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anthem of AKJM School
Lo, behold the far of hills
I do see my guiding light
Shining the East it fills
Drawing me to radiance bright
Sing Along the sons of AKJM,
Loudly proclaim how you a gem,
All your virtues each of them
Adorn the Alma Mater’s diadem
As I hear the echoes ring,
From high peaks to valleys low
Let my heart the motto sing,
‘Lead me on, your kindly glow’
If I learn, It’s by doing
Leader’s role is always serving
Richness be their boundy sharing
Goal of light is worth my striving
As I grow in thy care,
All knowledge should I share
To be a man is to dare
To love, the strive, is my prayer
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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