Ente Achuvinu Snehathode

Genre: 
Non-Fiction
Author: 
Prof. C.K. Thankachy

This book is written on the memory of the Author's pet dog, Achu. Written in Malayalam, and published by Rachana Books, Kollam, it was released by Mrs. Chitra Iyer (famous singer and animal lover), on 11-Aug-09. The author is still conversing with Achu, and the book is written in the form of letters to Achu.

Reading this book, the reader feels for animals, and understands the bond of love and duty that exists between Man and Nature. It also conveys a number of important messages to our future generations.

Excerpt from the English version (coming soon!):

I called you 'Aaruni' when you were brought to me as a pup, only days old. Aaruni was the name I held close to my heart, the name of a character in C. Radhakrishnan's novel 'Munpe Parakkunna Pakshikal'. I fell in love with the name so much that I had wanted to call my child, if at all a girl, but I had a son instead. But you came into my life, and I called you 'Aaruni'
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My dear, I could read your eyes, you talked to me through them, be it hunger, thirst, whatever, I understood.
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You were my brother's gift to me. But I responded rather sharply: "Are you trying to replace my son with this puppy?" That was my harsh question. Yes, I had just lost my only son of 21 years to fatem, my love. And my mind was a whirlpool at times, Achu, sometimes a furnace.
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I had changed, changed into a different person, a stranger to even me. And you came like a cool breeze...