As the great Malayalam writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair once observed, "In every Malayali, there is a poet and a punster. The Pooru is when the punster wins." So, the next time you witness hypocrisy at your workplace or politics in your neighborhood, don't get angry. Just smile, recall a classic Malayalam Pooru , or craft a new one.
For instance, a Pooru regarding a cruel landlord: "Achan ariyum, kshaniyum; pakshe palishakkaran ariyilla..." (The father knows cultivation, but the manager knows nothing...). This subtly insulted the landlord's son who inherited the land but not the wisdom. malayalam poorukal
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