Kathakali

Kathakali is the most well known  dance drama form of kerala. The word Kathakali literally means "Story Play". It is well known for its make up and costumes. The costumes of Kathakali makes this art form colourful. The theam of Kathakali are generally religious in nature. They typically deals with Mahabaratha , Ramayana and from Puranas also. This is generally performed in text. A Kathakali performer starts the play at dusk and go through out the night. Kathakali is usually performed by men. Female characters are played by men. In recent years women had started to become Kathakali dancers. Kathakali has long tradition. The makeup of Kathakali is very elaborate and the costumes are very large and heavy. There are several kinds of costumes in Kathakali for hero, villian, females etc. Each character is identified by its costume and makeup. The makeup is very elaborate. The materials used in makeup is all locally available. The make up red on the feet is used to symbolise evil character and evil intent.

                                              The music of Kathakali is one of the most important notable feature.It has some similarity to the larger body of South Indian Classical Music. Generally instruments such as Shuddha Madalam, Chenda, Thalam, Idakka are used while performing Kathakali. Kathakali has a great impact to the tradition of Kerala.

       caricature

 My Caricature drawn by an artist.

Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore

Drew  Barrymore was born on February 22 1975 on California US. She is an American actress, model, singer, director and producer. She is the member of the Barrymore family of American stage and film actors and the granddaughter of actor John Barrymore. Barrymore began her acting career in television and soon entered entered into movies as a child artist in 1982. She had wrote her autobiography Little Girl Lost in 1991. Drew Barrymore had started a production company for making movies. She was named an Ambassador Against Hunger for the UN World Food Programme (WFP). She had donated a huge amount for the program since then. Barrymore grew up on Poinsetta Place in West Hollywood until the age of 7. Barrymoreattended elementary school at Fountain Day School in West Hollywood and Country School in Sherman Oaks. Barrymore became a covergirl cosmetics model and spokes women . In February 2015, she remained one of the faces of covergirl alongside Queen Latifah and Taylor Swift. Drew had won several awards for her acting skill.She is still active in Hollywood Film Industry.She is one of the highest paid actresses of all time.

Law College Issue

The political anarchy that happened over Kerala Law Academy Law College finally ended on 8 of this month. The 29 day long agitation carried out by various student political organisations finally ended upon an agreement between the student organisations and the management which was conciliated by the efforts of education minister C.Raveendranath. As per the agreement P.Lekshmi Nair will be removed from the post of principal based on a decision of the governing council. A new principal with all the requisite qualifications will be appointed in her place.In case the management goes back on its decisions the government would intervene the agreement signed by the minister, the student Organisation and the management. The most important factor of agreement is that Miss Lekshmi Nair would not return even as a faculty for the next five years. Owing to the conclusion of all political disagreements by proper conciliation measures taken by the government. 

Aadujeevitham ( Book Review )

           

Aadujeevitham is a fiction novel written by Benyamin. It was published by Penguin books on 15 July 2008. This Malayalam novel is about an abused migrant worker in South Arabia. The novel was first published in serial form in Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekely. The novel is based on real life events and was a best seller in Kerala. The original malayalam version of Aadujeevitham has gone 70 reprints. The novel is about the story of Najeeb Muhammed who always dreamed of working in Gulf countries.

Hrithik Roshan

Hrithik Roshan is one of my favorite actor in bollywood film industry.Hrithik Roshan was born on 10 January 1974 at Mumbai , Maharashtra.

God of Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on 24 April 1973 at Bombay ( now Mumbai). Tendulkar is a right handed batsman and he can also bowl right arm medium and leg break as well. Sachin is married to Sara Tendulkar and this couple has two children Arjun Tendulkar and Sara Tendulkar. Sachin made his test debut match against Pakistan on 15 November 1989. He made his ODI debut on 18 th December 1989, it was also against Pakistan. Sachin is the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries ,the first person to score a double century in a One day match.In 2002 , just halfway through his career , Wisden Cricketer's Almanack ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman , and the second greatest ODI batsman of all time Viv Richards.Tendular was the part of Indian team that won the 2011 World cup.