Chathan to Chandra: Folklore Finds a New Screen

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:10:01 +0000

“It was dark and Vellyechi was on her way back home. She was passing by the Chira when she noticed a black, shadowy figure following her,” says my seventy-seven-year-old grandmother in her subtle narrating voice, recollecting from her past. She continues, “Vellyechi was startled by the figure carrying a Thlakotta-like thing on its head. Chathanmarrrrrr!!” Ammachi pauses deliberately, checking if we are fear-stricken or not.