Bond with the final resting place
The Final resting place!!! As with most of the Sakthikulangarites, there’s this special bond that I share with St. John de Britto and thus far very strong. The more you find reasons both silly and grave to leave your homeland the more HE tugs at you to stay. You can put forward 101 justifications to leave but one reason to return and that’s HIM. “John Britto de mannu vittittu evide pokana”, the usual catchphrase that you get to hear with a deep sigh from the mommies around. While still a kid and away from Sakthikulangara land, I used to witness these discussions between the parents which sometimes end in arguments. The father for being where we were reasoning better facilities and education and the good of the children and the mother yearning to be back with her kith and kin which mostly ends in tears and a statement “enikku ente punyalante mannil jeevicha mathi”. Little did I know then, how this punyalan is going to play a part in my life too. He playe...