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The upcoming chapters are not for the weak hearted, pregnant womens or for people with any underlying medical condition nor for the die hard KM fans....(bcz keela irukura update aa padichu die aayida koodadhu nu author aasa padaren....already Corona and its effects and fear irukurapo....naanum ipdi panradu thappu dan....enna pana....manasu keka matingidu)

Enjoy your rollercoaster ride of the day......

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என்றென்றும் புன்னகை
முடிவில்லா புன்னகை

A new dawn rose in the land of Karaikudi, throwing its rays into all the rooms in the magnificent " Pandian Illam", washing away all the sweat, tiredness of the previous day from all the room, along with the memories of nightmare from a particular room.

In a spacious room in the right corner of the first floor in the two storey mansion, the sun rays peeked in through the balcony, disturbing a handsome man's sleep, he pulled the duvet over his head, and trying getting more sleep, but an owner of the melody voice had already stepped her dainty feet into his room with her sweet voice calling him out "Mama" and shook him up. The jiggles of her bangle, rhythm of the ankle woke him up from his slumber before her mama reached his ear drum.

Voice: mama....mama endiri...7 mani aachu....

Kathir: Hmmm...7 dane di agudu....adukula vantiya enna ezhupa....konjam neram thoonga vitradha.....and opened his eyes to see his angel standing before him in draped in a saree.

Voice: mama....nee ipo endricha dane correct aa irukum......illati ena apram kayal aa school la vitutu poga late ayidum la...endiri mama.....

Kat: seri di....endirikiren....

Voice: en chellam....and pulled his cheeks and ran away.....telling how she will keep his tea ready.

Kathir woke up from the bed, and set his bed and moved to the washroom to freshen up and start his routine of the day.

He came down after getting ready....and sits in the hall taking his cup of tea joining with his other brothers......

Dhanam: dei kathiru.....enna da....evalo darava solradu anda thadi aa konjam trim panu nu.....

Kanna: annan...munadi aadikalathula vachirunda thadi nala dan irundichu....aana ipo dan kaatan madiri iruku....konjam trim panen ne....

Voice: dei.....mama...ku thadi dan azhage ada eduka sonna epdi...

Dhanam: do vantala unaku vakalathu vanga ve oruthi....unna oru vartha solidakudathu...en mama va neenga epdi edum solalam nu malukati vandiruva.......illa di....

Kat: anni...summa avala edum soladinga....

Me: tho pathingala.....avala sonna kathir vida matan....kathir aa sola iva vida mata..ida dhane nama pala varushama pakurom...edo pudusu madiri solringa.....

Voice: ponga....chumma ennayum mamavayum kalaichikitu and she ran away....

Me: ey...Harshitha..........

Kathir: kumaresan mama epo oorlendu varuvaru edum sonara.....

Dhanam: appa....rendu naal la vandiruvaru da.......

Kanna: anna.....aadhi edum...phone pesunana ...epo varanamam....veedu sema bore adikudu avan illama......

Dhan: en da...avanuku school iruku la...exams revision nu solitu irundan....

Kathir: school irukarudu ennamo vashthavam dan....aana avana ipdi hostel ku anuparuthu thevaya nu enaku idu veraikum purila...

Dhanam: dei 10 aam class da...ingaye irundha.....avan padika matran...naanga edum sonalum chithapa nu solitu neenga 3 perum vanduringa...apram enna dan da panradu....

Jeeva: seri vidu da....innum oru 6 maasam dane...apram vandira poran......and looks at his mom to see her lost somewhere...

Jeeva: amma, enna achu....edo sindanayil la irukura madiri iruku....

Lak: illa da ...apdi perusa solra alavuku edum illa.....

Mee: aana unga mogam seri illaye athai...

Lak: Illa ma...nethi namba pazhaya photo lan pathitu irundomla.......adan apdiye.....

Kathir: aduku enna ma....

Lak: illa da...namba anaiku aadhi aa namba veetuku kootitu vandaduku apra, sendu Tirupathi ponom la......adellam apdiye nyabagam vandichu.........

Aadhithya Sathyamoorthy, 15 years old boy currently staying and studying in hostel in Trichy, was the adopted son of Sathyamoorthy and Dhanam. They had adopted him at the age of 7 and he had gelled into all their life very well from the day of his entry to PS family.

He was also the lucky charm of the family, his entry did take the Pandian stores to great heights....the departmental store had slowly opened its branch as a Pandian Stores Supermarket after his entry to the family...

Moorthy: aduku enna ma...venumna innoru darava tirupathi ku poiduvom aadhi leava le vandadum....

Lak: adhu illa da photo pathadum enaku ....with low voice, murugan, parvathy apram nama mullai nyabagam vandirichu....

That brought a silence in the house....

A small voice: adhu yaaru paati.....

Lakshmi amma saw her sweet grand daughter, Kayal a sweet girl of around 5 years standing all ready for school along with harshitha....

Kayal: yaar pati ivunga laam........namaku yaaru, she asked looking at harshitha.......

Dhanam: adu...avunga vandu unga pati oda thambi da.......unaku thatha....harshu....nee poi ivaluku breakfast eduthu vachitu...kooda neeyum sapdu.....

Harshu nod her head and left with kayal and kathirs eyes followed they left from the hall...while they both were engrossed in their talks...

Harshu: kayal papa...ipo chamathu pullaya sapduvalam....apram appa kayal papa va school la kondu poi viduvangalam....

Kayal bobbed her head and they went into their dining area....

In the hall,

Dhanam: enna atha didirnu chithapa, chithi, mullai pathi lam......ivalo kaalathuku apram.....

Lak: evalo varusham aachu.........enna dan pagai nu irundalum...ore oorla irukaradu naala....moham kuduthu pesalatiyum...oru yettu pakavachum seivom..........

Aana.....anaiku mandabam a nadandaduku apram....

Meena and jeeva sat with downcast eyes.....

Meena: ennala dane......

Lak: unnala illa ma.....nee enna panuva..........

anaiku jeeva mullai kalyanam ninnadum naladu dhan oru vagai la... jeeva unna kadhalichikite mullai aa kati irunda yaarum sandoshama irundiruka mudiyadu....ipo nenachu patha nadandadu dan seri........ Anaiku edutha mudivu evalavu seri nu...kaalam dan namaku kati kuduthidichu la....

Enna oru kavalai na... namalala dane anda veetla elarukum avalo avamanam...manameda vara vandu kalyanam ninnadum...aal aaluku vaiku vandadu pesinanga...........enna dan thapu nama kudumbathu mela irundalum...ellarum mullai aa pathi dane thapa pesinanga..... indaveetuku vaaka padanum nu ambutu aasaya irundha....ada thavira anda ponnu oru thappum panla......nama kathir aa katika sonapoyum ivanum kekala avalum kekala....

Ava romba nalla ponnu....ipo kalyanam aagi pulla kutty ellam ayirukum nu nenaikuren......namala lan nyabagam vachirupala nu kooda therla...velinaadu ponaduku apram paakave illa.....

Murugan parvathi kitayum keka mudila......

Moorthy: aama amma......anda pullaiku Malaysia la kalyanam aagi dan 6-7 varusham aayidichu nu avaloda snegithi sonale....pulla kutty ellam irukum......

Lak: namaku dan paaka kudupana illa....avaloda kalyanam aachum pathirunda....manasila irundu oru periya baaram erangirukum.....

Enna pana....nama tirupathi ku poitu thirumbi varathukula...murugan parvathy rendu perayum kootitu ava veli naadu poita....

Ipo 8 varusham aayirukum la......

Kanan: aama...kathir anna nichyadarthathuku munna dane nadandichu........

Kathir nodded his head and all were lost in those past memories which played in all their mind like movie......

Kathir who came out of the memory lane first, went near his mom...

Kathir: amma......pazhasa lan en ma ipo nenaivuku konduvaringa.....

Paarunga...ipo nama ellarum evalo sandoshama irukom....ava kalyanam panitu Malaysia la iruka...ennaikachum oru naal nama avala paapom...

Neenga sonadu seri dan...anaiku naano annano avala katikitu irunda....ava vazhkai ivalo naladha irukuma nu therla.......

Ipo annan, meena anni, naan, nama ellarum sandoshama irukom.....veena manasula pazhasalam nenaivuku kondu vandu...BP ethikadinga......

Seri...naanum apdiye tiffen saptu, kayal la school la vitutu apdiye.....kelamburen.....

Moorthy: dei kathiru....nee kayal aa yum anda pullayum drop panitu...nama pudu branch ku poidu.....naan um jeeva um oru chinna dealer kita pesa poren nama pudu jute bag vishayama..apram vandu saptitu kadaiku varom...kannan nama main branch aa pathupan....

And moorthy and jeeva left in their car...

Pandian stores was no longer a small departmental store in kunnakudi, it had evolved to supermarket and now to PS Hypermarket, with branches in karaikudi and a small supermarket in kunnakudi...The small branch, PS Supermarket in Kunnakdui was maintained by Saravana, their trusted employee of more than 10 years.

Kumaresan mama had shifted to karaikudi along with the PS family when they had left kunnakudi for betterment of business after building this house. ...almost 4 years back.....after building this new Pandian Illam.

Many more modifications were made in the design of the PS household, with the new house, multi branch stores, addition of three new members, Aadhithya, Kayal and Harshitha.

Years did brush its effects on all of them, the existing family members had also evolved much to the fast moving life of Karaikudi from the small town Kunnakudi right from the eldest to the kadaikutty kanna ....oh ho....now its kayal.......

Lakshmi amma, Dhanam and Moorthy did not have much change to their appearence other than the few streak of grey hairs added on to them, when Lakshmi amma's hairs had turned completely white, Moorthy's eyesight did blur out and he had to take refuge in wearing a spectacle along with his grey and white hair streaks, Dhanam was still clad in cotton sarees, with long hair, with few grey hairs....

Meena was the most happiest as shifting to Karaikudi, had given her the liberty to change into comfortable cotton salwars, her hair was cut into pretty layers, her parents had mellowed down to her.....at the time of her sister Swethas marriage.....though Jeeva didn't have much change other than addition of a specs and a tinge of courage and backbone.

Kanna, the kadaikutty, did pass his BCom, a degree of three years, in 5 years and had eventually sought PS Stores as his sanctuary, as he was sure he can never get a better settlement as a college passed out guy... But, nowadays he was responsible ...5 years is a long time and it did add the much needed maturity and the sense to him along with his charm and humour sense...he was a pet of his annis even now.

Kathir, the always responsible confident middle son of the family was the most changed. He had changed from his Baniyan, lungi to shirts, Ts and Jeans, pants. Even his housewear did change to trackpants and vest. He was no longer the angry guy, who he was years back, instead now he was a happy go lucky guy. His favorite Dhadi, had grown more than a mere inches. His moustache and beard had grown more thicker, luscious, he was still the body builder type of no-nonsense guy but then there was a cute nice smile on his face, his confidence had increased multiple folds also owing to his smile, appearance, dress change and the city life.. All thanks to the karaikudi and also the entry of Harshitha in his life did add on to the much needed change to the macho man...

Kathir nodded his head in acknowledgement and went to have a quick breakfast with harshu and kayal enjoying it to its entire fulfillment.

Kathir: kayal saptachu la......vaanga kelambalam.....naan poi bike start panren.....

Kayal/Harshu: seri pa/ mama....

Kathir started his bike, Royal Enfield and harshita and kayal hoped onto his bike and they started their ride....and he dropped them in their respective place and he started to their shop when he got a call.

Moor: enga da iruka

Kathir: ipo dan naan kayal harshu aa vitutu nama kada ku poitu iruken...

Moo: apdiya ...seri nee onnu panu....nama saravana unna Kunnakudi ku vara mudiyuma nu ketan da....

Edo bank la cash deposit pananuma....nee poi adu enna nu pathutu panitu kadai ku vaada...naan kadai ku poren..jeeva va anda dealer kita anupiten.....onnum prechanai illa la...

Kat: seri anna.....naan poitu vandidaren......

And he drove his bike to his homeplace, the place filled with luschious fields, ponds, lakes....Kunnakudi.....

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Am sure after reading this chapter, all am going to get is some amazing reviews....be it positive or negative.....