December 3, 2021 – Nandini Karky's Musings

In this episode, we relish picturesque references to a lady’s hamlet, as portrayed in Sangam Literary work, Kurunthogai 235, penned by Maayendanaar. Set in the ‘drylands’ of ‘Paalai’, the verse speaks in the voice of the man to the northern wind, concealing a hidden message to his charioteer, urging him to rush to the village of the man’s lady love.