ദ്രോണിപ്പലക

Here is a story of an elderly ex-policemen and a mysterious lady whom he brought with him to his ancestral home post retirement ! It is narrated through his grand children when he was at the fag end of his life. Ancestral homes in our villages are mostly self contained units of traditional employment or profession practised hereditarily. For children these were objects of curiosity. The title name "Dhronippalaka" is that of a large wooden aid used by a Vaidyar ( Physician practicing Ayurveda) while giving physiotherapy and applying oils and massage treatments to paralytic patients. The giant single piece wooden plank of human torso shape will tell several stories of human sufferings and recovery. Now read on...