Malabar saga 10
Ammu’s memories of Kuttichira were filled with Crossandra infundibuliformis flowers. Ammu remembers how Ramani’s competant hands mastered over the firecrackers and Jasmine flowers . White Jasmines were tied together with the apricot orange flowers. They looked pretty . White and Orange. They were the two dominant colours in Ammu’s life.

Ammu never missed Jasmine and firecrackers in Kerala Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Goa, thus making her orange memories robust and rugged. Red hibiscus and green tulsi perished with time in her, but her orange memories stood sturdy and strong. She loved it in the dark .