Iyobinte Pusthakam

THEAGEDAREN'T ALWAYS WISE, NOR DO

THE ELDERLYALWAYS UNDERSTAND

JUSTICE.

The national security

bill was passed unanimously.

Today, for first time in the

histoy of post independent India..

..the trains have arrived on time.

The president has praised

a state of emergency.

He proclaimed that to fight

the conspiracy against the county..

..by destructive powers, a declaration

of emergency was inevitable.

He also said that as far

as the common man is concerned..

Hello!

..the declaration of emergency

has been historically beneficial.

Okay.

Okay. Okay.

l'll tell him.

Comrade, there was a phone

call from the party oice.

The police are raiding

all the places.

They have asked you to go into hiding.

l'm too old to go into hiding!

lt's all a nightmare of an old lady.

Eveything will be fine.

Get me some blacktea.

l have some writing to do. - Ok.

THE BOOK OF JOB:

Why does a man migrate

from his place of birth?

Because life is elsewhere.

The British people drank tea

to sustain themselves in cold weather.

When China stopped exporting

tea leaves to Britain..

..they landed up in India.

They started to find various

ways of cultivating tea..

..leaves themselves,

to meet their needs.

Thus, the British started

to arrive in Assam..

..Nilgiri and Munnar

for cultivating tea.

When this stoy was going on..

..l wasn't aware that

even l was a part of this stoy.

The first agenda of Mr. Haryson was..

..to clearforest and

make roads for tea plantation.

When men came from England

to get the work done..

..labourers came from Adimali

Theni and from tribal territories'.

When they were scared and hesitant

of snakes, agents and supervisors..

..beat them up and made them work.

Thacho

That boy was the discovey of

Mr. Haryson.

The Englishman loved

him like his pet dog.

He took him to the

Christian community..

..and baptiMd him

in the Devikulam lake

Maybe because he was a good worker

that Mr. Haryson named him as Job.

Job!

lyob.

When Job became a man,

the Englishman got him married.

lt was then thatAnnamma

entered his life.

l'm fed up.

You leave me alone all the time.

You don't care about me.

l never see you.

You just le me to rot in

this blasted jungle long enough..

..and l want to leave.

Within a few yean, Haryson's

wife got fed up with him and..

..Munnar and went back to England.

lt was at that time that Kazhali got

excommunicated from her community..

..after being accused

for practicing black magic.

She left Nilgiri and reached Munnar.

The Englishman had

seen many beautiful women.

The glee that he had on his

face at that time when he saw her..

..disappeared only after supper.

lyob and Annamma had

three children by that time.

The Englishman named them aer

the characters of his favorite novel.

Dimitri, Ivan and Aloshy.

Thacho didn't die of lyob's gunshot.

But was scared and

jumped offthe cliff.

The Englishman brought

Kazhali back to his bungalow.

ln those days,

instead of pesticides children were..

.. used in fields.

For all the

insects and rats that they caught..

..the Englishman used to

throw coins sitting on his chair.

Nearthat chair,

Kazhali Stood as an English lady..

..in her new attire

and her new name as May

Being new Christians, lyob and Lazar

didn't like this new madam at all.

When men were murmuring

in the portico, women were..

..forging new bonds in the kitchen.

During World War l, Haryson's

cargo of tea leaves didn't reach..

..the destination and sank in the sea.

Haryson had to face huge losses.

Finally to collect his Dues,

the Englishman left for England..

..aer giving the power

of attorney to his faithful lyob.

The Englishman who

had left for England..

..died of a heart attack

as he reached Cochin.

Aer meeting the

Englishman in Cochin..

..lyob came back with stern decisions

Out.. Get out.. - Leave me.

Poor Kazhali.. - Go inside.

Go inside. Go.

You and your children

will die of madness.

You wait and see. Wait and see.

l have also slogged in this soil.

l have more rights

here than that slut.

Why have you placed a mat on the bed?

Maybe.. he is unfamiliar..

..the child is unable

to sleep on the cotton mattress.

She is pregnant.

It is a matter of mo lives.

God won't forgive.

Haaaa..What a nuisance.

That nightAnnamma couldn't sleep.

Annamma was scared that Kazhali's

curse might hunt down her family.

Annamma found peace in prayer.

As she didn't have

any daughter of her own..

..she brought up the

housemaid as her own daughter.

Without lyob's knowledge,

Annamma used to meet Kazhali.

Their love grew to Aloshy

and Kazhali's daughter Martha also.

ln that span of time, there

was a breakout of Malaria in Munnar..

..which claimed Annamma's life too.

Forthe first time lyob was shaken.

Mother! - Come.

Leave. - Mother!

Come.

Father.

Mother.. mother..

WithoutAloshy even saying anything..

..Martha knew what

he had in his mind .

lyob tried to teach his children

the life that he was faimiliar with.

Aloshy, this is the opportunity. Hit.

lfyou waste this minute,

you won't get him back.

Gradually, lyob undentood

thatAloshy was not like him.

He was likeAnnamma.

Hey!

ln that house

his life became more m'iserable.

Don't hit me. Don't hit me. Father!

Other than Martha the only other

companion thatAloshy had was Chemban.

Chemba!

l had gone to your house.

There was no one to be seen there.

They must have been inside.

All are suering from fever.

There are boils all overthe body.

Mother! Mother! - Its An epidemic.

Let me know, if anyone

in nearby area suffers from it.

ln those days..

..if any family got aected

with epidemic..they were burnt alive.

..with evil pleasure..

He stood helplessly

and saw the plight.

Chemba! - Father!

They were affected with disease.

- Mother!

Mother! Leave me.

What is this, boy?

You're always after the cow!

Get lost b*tch !!. - Come.

Move from the way.

You are acting over smart.

l'll complain to your father. Come.

Sister!

ln that house, the servant girl's

death was considered natural.

By sanctiing the house,

bad omens vanished.

AccidentlyAloshy happened

to see the recruitment process..

..forthe Indian British Navy.

ln order to fight many

wars for the British..

..like many others even Aloshy

joined them and began his journey.

By the end ofWorld war Il, the

British started to descend the hills.

lnto the turbulent world,

they swarm like ants.

When they went away,

a new class appeared..

..wearing their discarded attire.

The local foreigner.

Aloshy's letter from Mumbai.

Nothing special.

Just the usual greetings.

My youngest son is an

oicer in the Royal Navy.

lt is his letter. Aloshy.

There is news.

Madurai Muthu Ravuther's son..

..Angoor Ravuther and

brother has entered the forest.

Call Ivan.

Father.

This time the Tamilian

must not cut the trees.

lvan, don't create problems.

It is a government order.

Move away. - Who are you?

Don't die worthless.

Gun has.. not only

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