LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13 : 1 January 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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The Tamarind Plucker

V. Shoba, M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D. Scholar

“Amma, Can I pluck tamarinds for you?”, came the most familiar voice when Papamma was enjoying the beauty of her garden with the watering-can in her hand. Immediately she turned back to see who it was. It was none but the tamarind plucker, Pichandi, who lives beside her house. People lovingly call him Pichai. He usually plucks tamarinds, coconuts, jackfruits for all the people in the village, Kalaipuram.

Kalaipuram is a village peopled with a wide range of backgrounds. The people are known for their routine fight and quarrel, which start early morning especially at the public tap, which is at the center of the village, where women come to fetch water. Pichai’s wife is also one among the women quarreling for the tap water.

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V. Shoba M.A., M. Phil., Ph. D Scholar
Department of English and Foreign Languages
Bharathiar University
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
India
shobade_kodeeswari@yahoo.co.in
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