Kunjatta's Vidhyarambham

 We all call her as Kunjatta .Her real name is Anamika .She is my uncle's daughter .She is now two and a half years old .Till morning onwards my house will be full of noise because Kunjatta wakes up early and disturb everyone who are still sleeping .Even though she is naughty everyone loves her a lot .I am very fond of watching her doings .She imitates the sound of dog , duck , hen ,cow ,crow etc .It is a very interesting thing for me to fight with her .So for that I will try to make her angry  by saying that she is not the daughter of her mother  and they had took her from a market .Hearing this she will call every naughty words she know .It is Kunjatta who makes our home pleasant. 

In India there is a ceremony called vidyarambham .According to custom only after this ceremony a child becomes entitled to write or read .It is conducted annually on Vijayadasami day which is the final day of Navaratri festival .The devotees believed that if the child starts writing the first letter on Vijayadasami day can expect better education in their life. 

In this year Vijayadasami was on October twenty fourth and we decided Kunjatta’s Vidyarambham .My uncle select Ashan Smarakam as the venue .And also we decided to send her to kinder garden after this .But Kunjatta was not fond of this .As a revenge towards us she began to tear every book in the house and tell everyone that she won’t write during Vidyarambham .When my father explained the steps of vidyarabham to Kunjatta she hit him .We all think that ceremony will be a collateral damage .The much waited day arrives all eyes were on Kunjatta .Aunt dressed up her well  and Kunjatta looks like a little beautiful fairy .With the new dress she flies on the courtyard .Yet everyone’s adrenaline level was high .We moved to Ashan Smarakam .There were thousands of people with their child .When our  turn comes me and my father took her inside .Mr Ponnappan Pilla a retired headmaster  was the person for Kunjatta .With a high beating heart we place her on his thighs .Kunjatta was in a good mood, with a little anxiety she replies and wrote ‘hari shree’ on a bed of rice .It was a fabulous moment to watch .Without making any trouble our Kunjatta steps into the world of letters.