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I have been to Sri Lanka only once.
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And I hardly spent four hours there.
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So, my experience in Sri Lanka
is next to nothing.
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Many years later,
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I read the story,
‘Kadugannawa, a note on a journey’.
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Everyone knows that most of MT’s stories
have an autobiographical element.
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But this story compels us to feel that
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he speaks here of a personal experience,
a part of his own life.
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Wafting over the Thaannikkunnu hill
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And over the banks of
the silvery Nila river
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O come to me, my lonely dreams
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As you wander continually
over my mindscapes
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Wafting over the Thaannikkunnu hill
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[Flight announcement]
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In the 37th year of my career
as a journalist,
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my friends and colleagues
organized a celebration.
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Quite by chance,
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the same day,
I had a call from Srilanka.
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A conference for journalists
from all over the world…
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and my role was
to present a paper there.
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My journey was at a time
when the horrors of war
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still filled the air.
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There are not many countries in this world
that I have not visited.
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But Srilanka, this is the very first time.
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There’s a reason for this.
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[Flight announcement]
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[Indistinct chattering by the passengers]
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Venugopal.
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Nice meeting you, Sir.
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-Give me the bag.
-It's okay.
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Come.
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[Indistinct radio broacast]
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[Speaking Sinhalese]
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Sir, the programme’s at 4 O'clock.
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You have some time to rest.
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Kadugannawa…
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How far is it from here?
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It’s about 89 kilometres.
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Why Sir?
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Kochunni Ettan, my older brother…
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where in Ceylon does Father live?
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Kadugannawa.
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What?
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Kadugannawa.
That’s all you need to know.
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Kadugannawa…
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Ka—du—gann…
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I was able to meet some old journalist
friends from the US and Europe.
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They seemed impressed
by my presentation
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At least, they said so.
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They are gentle people,
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still devastated by the war
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The main conflict’s in Jaffna.
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That is the headquarters, right?
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Tomorrow,
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I’ll go to Kadugannawa
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Goodnight.
Catch you later.
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Sir...
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Normally, state guests like you
prefer Kandy or monasteries.
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You’ve chosen a tiny town, Kadugannawa.
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Why, Sir?
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I have reasons.
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My father had worked there
for a long time.
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I may get to see a relative.
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What kind of relative, Sir?
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That was really good.
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Where’s Ramankutty,
our neighbour?
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I heard he’s in Thrissur
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-And his farming?
-Not so good, they say
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Amma, he’s come.
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I saw him.
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Who’s this now!
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Father’s little one
is all grown up!
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What news of Kunjikrishnan?
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His letter says that
he’ll be here for the delivery
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-And this is…
-The 7th month
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Ah, give them this.
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Did you come
on the morning train?
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Yes.
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The train was so crowded!
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Not a spot even to stand in!
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Once the war began,
everyone decided to leave.
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Who is this child?
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She lives near my house.
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Her mother died of an ailment.
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A few days later,
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her father was killed by a bomb.
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The locals brought her to me.
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I felt I could not abandon her there.
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She’s a little girl, after all.
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You asked about relationship?
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My sister...
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Leela.
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Have some more.
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Enough, enough.
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Take it away, then.
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Some sweet payasam…?
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Enough.
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Children, have you nothing
to read or write?
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Eat.
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Ammalu, did that child
eat anything?
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Yeah, just a little.
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It will be difficult for her
to get used to our ways.
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-Give her some more.
-Enough.
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Did you eat, Venu?
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Then eat and go to bed.
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Go on, then.
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Isn’t it obvious?
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That nose, those eyes
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-Exactly like his
-Softly…
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She was born to a Sinhalese woman.
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I saw Madhavan’s letter.
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Oh my God!
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Incredible!
It’s rotating!
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Go and sleep.
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You never
even open your books now!
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Now I know your name!
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Venu.
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It’s meant for the hair, not the table!
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People have been talking.
I know now.
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Know what?
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That you’re having an affair
and there’s a child.
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Is it that child
who’s come with you?
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Didn’t I tell you about her?
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Why do you listen to
what these people say, Ammalu?
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I heard you’d come.
So I thought I’d visit you
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I’m glad.
Come in, sit down.
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Caught the whiff of your cigar
from out there!
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You’re just imagining things
that don’t exist!
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I don’t know how to imagine things.
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I’ve been hearing all sorts
of rumours.
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I just asked what the truth is.
That’s all.
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Look Ammalu,
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people who have nothing else to do
have made all this up.
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Don’t try to explain.
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Madhavettan wrote to me.
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Who? Your elder brother, Madhavan?
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That shiftless fellow?
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It was I who took him to Ceylon
and got him a job.
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Just the right person to
have stabbed me in the back!
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What’s this boy doing, lurking
around the place?
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Go and lie down in your aunt’s room!
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Come to Ceylon,
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we’ll have a good time.
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Happy?
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-So you’re going to Vanneri?
-Yes.
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Having come all the way here,
shouldn’t I visit them?
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-Who’s there now?
-Everyone.
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Father’s brother, the one
just younger than him died last March.
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Come!
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Coming with me?
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To Ceylon?
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To Vanneri, my ancestral house.
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He has school.
He can’t go anywhere now.
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Damodara!
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I’ve packed
the snacks to be taken there
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and 2 banana clusters.
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Take them as well.
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Yes, sir.
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How far now?
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Half an hour more, Sir.
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Which are the sweets
Srilankans like the most?
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We have a tradition to take sweets
when we visit our relatives.
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-Yes, sir.
-Shall we get some?
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Sure Sir, I’ll get them for you.
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Sir...
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This is the news of
our programme yesterday.
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See this.
The photo is yours, Sir.
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Venu, when are you going to Ceylon?
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Pardon, Cheriyamma.
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I asked, when are you going to Ceylon?
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Wednesday.
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That girl who came here,
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the one who came with your father.
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From Ceylon!
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She was 2 years older than you.
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If you could meet her...
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Everyone said she was your own sister.
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But how will you search for her
without even an address?
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I can try.
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Did you find what you were looking for?
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Yes.
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What was that girl’s name?
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Leela.
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I’ve not forgotten.
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Leela!
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Here, all Malayalis are called Kochiyans.
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There are 2 houses
on this road with Kochiyan connections.
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Let’s go and check, Sir.
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A funeral is going on, Sir.
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They’re here to pay homage to the dead.
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That’s why
they have white flags and clothes.
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Ashley, this is not the house
we have to go to, is it?
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No, Sir, we’re going to the third house.
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What’s the boy doing?
Is he cleaning the water or what?
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No Sir, these people are very poor.
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They pluck these plants for food.
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Does a Kochiyan live in that house?
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-Sir, what is your sister’s name?
-Leela.
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Is that Leela’s house?
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This is Leela’s brother.
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He’s come from Kerala.
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Are you Leela’s son?
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Can’t you hear me?
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I’m shouting!
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I can!
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Kochiyans are all crooks!
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Leela has no one.
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No Kochiyans!
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No one!
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Listen, brother.
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We’re not here to make trouble.
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All we want is to meet your mother.
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You’ve nothing better to do?
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So another Kochiyan
has come to meet her!
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Bloody crooks!
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Sir,
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this is the house.
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00:27:41,021 --> 00:27:41,820
Father…
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Leela...
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She does not want to meet any of you.
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Get out!
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Out!
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Whatever money I had in hand
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to be sent from home,
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not a bad sum in all
I entrusted to Ashley.
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The boy will no longer have to eat
water hyacinths to stay alive
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I will keep doing this until I die.
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It’s all I can do...
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for Leela!
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