Ninth Annual Meeting and Onam Celeb
The next speaker Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran, Neurologist, in his felicitation speech took up from where George Onakkoor left and led the discussion to its logical conclusion, He declared that change is inevitable and that change is the only truth. Even man as a single person is the some total of changes in his life. In this changing evolution of life one reaches a stage where one learns to take every change in his stride and moves toward that inevitable end with a peace that totes one to a good sleep only to be awakened fresh again for the next chain of change. In fact the sleep is also part of the change. In this emotionally charged speech twice he sought the opinion of Dr. Gopi Mani, the Genetist, who seemed like in a thoughtful mood. The Neurologist doctor was so preoccupied with the existential idea of life that he went on to praise the invocation song sung by Ms.Sony, saying that the song had an unusual religiosity that was again a refreshing change from the ones that are usually sung by others.
A surprise new-entrant to the Club was Dr.Sudhakaran. In his introductory speech he made a good impression by his enthusiasm to be part of the meeting. He spoke briefly about the numerous social activities that he is involved in and expressed his willingness to contribute to the activities of the Club. He introduced his family members, consisting of all doctors, by fate.
Amina now looking prettier enthralled the audience with her carefully chosen melodious songs. The new entrant singer reminded one of Amina in her younger days. One wished that we had found time to include a few onam songs that reminds one of Maveli, the valloms, kaikottikali, etc. Or atleast some kind of kali! Of course the Onam sadya did the honour.
Vice President, Dr.Rajan K. Ramesh gave the vote of thanks.
Mayyanad Sangamam's 9th Annual Meeting was held on 6th September, 2015 at Hotel Nadanam Park from 10.00 am. After a four month hiatus it felt like we were seeing one another after a long time; although the usual lack of inertia that follows a hectic week long Onam holidays when everyone is busy being with their near and dear ones was much evident on this day too. Marked by low presence, the members seemed lackluster and a bit tired perhaps. Secretary Er.Manilal welcomed the gathering.
The meeting began with the lighting of lamp and the invocation song.
The chief guest of the day was George Onakkoor, who has a good presence in the internet and hence needs no introduction, said the President D. Jayachandran in his inaugural address, He also divulged how at the executive meeting the members chose to have 'Onakkoor for Onam' as the chief guest.He then briefly spoke on the activities of the Club and also invoked the members to come out with fresh ideas to make the activities of the Club further useful to the people of Mayyanad. He noted with a bit of concern that we should make our presence felt in Mayyanad in a way that the following generation too would be remembered like the illustrious generation of C.Kesavan.
Our compere Ms.Neethu Lal then read out a good introduction of the Chief guest and requested him to proceed to address the audience.
The chief guest in his speech revealed why he was happy to be here. He too originated from a place that produced many known personalities who influenced and shaped his future life. When he left Moovattupuzha and came to Trivandrum to continue his studies he was further drawn deeply into the company of men like K.Sukumaran, K.Balakrishnan, K.Damodaran- who were all at that time highly engaged in the troubled social and political situations prevalent in Kerala and were in the forefront of the revolt for change. The young George Onakkoor was naturally inspired and drawn into this group. He remembered with gratitude how Kerala Kaumudi made him into a well-known writer by publishing his writings. Hence for him being here was like walking down that nostalgic alleys of Mayyanad! He also pacified the President by telling him that the reason that we no longer can see people like those of our past generation is because we stopped writing. In the past we had men and women who wrote passionately and was able to fire the imagination of the people for a good cause. Today thinks have changed totally with the traditional family system that held people together having disappeared. He ended by emphasizing that there is no going back but to flow with the tide.
The next speaker Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran, Neurologist, in his felicitation speech took up from where George Onakkoor left and led the discussion to its logical conclusion, He declared that change is inevitable and that change is the only truth. Even man as a single person is the some total of changes in his life. In this changing evolution of life one reaches a stage where one learns to take every change in his stride and moves toward that inevitable end with a peace that totes one to a good sleep only to be awakened fresh again for the next chain of change. In fact the sleep is also part of the change. In this emotionally charged speech twice he sought the opinion of Dr. Gopi Mani, the Genetist, who seemed like in a thoughtful mood. The Neurologist doctor was so preoccupied with the existential idea of life that he went on to praise the invocation song sung by Ms.Sony, saying that the song had an unusual religiosity that was again a refreshing change from the ones that are usually sung by others.
A surprise new-entrant to the Club was Dr.Sudhakaran. In his introductory speech he made a good impression by his enthusiasm to be part of the meeting. He spoke briefly about the numerous social activities that he is involved in and expressed his willingness to contribute to the activities of the Club. He introduced his family members, consisting of all doctors, by fate.
Amina now looking prettier enthralled the audience with her carefully chosen melodious songs. The new entrant singer reminded one of Amina in her younger days. One wished that we had found time to include a few onam songs that reminds one of Maveli, the valloms, kaikottikali, etc. Or atleast some kind of kali! Of course the Onam sadya did the honour.Vice President, Dr.Rajan K. Ramesh gave the vote of thanks.
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