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A dark room, a stranger's corpse and an embrace: the shock of these three images together sinks deeply into the reader's mind. What is central here is the lifeless, cold, loveless state. An embrace without love draws close in body while the heart is far away, and Valluvar shows it with this stark image.\n\n'Aethilaar' means a stranger, someone unknown. The word adds strength to the simile. Because it is the corpse of one with whom he has no connection, there is no love, concern or bond in it. The dark room symbolises the state of mind in which a man does not know the truth of his mistake. When the truth is known, one sees how empty the embrace was.\n\nThe verse may seem to attack women harshly. But the target of the simile is the 'poimmai muyakkam', the false embrace. False affection brings emptiness in any relationship, no matter from whom it comes. We may also reflect that the one who feigns love feels the same emptiness.\n\nApplied to present events, any friendship or relationship that forms with an eye on money or position is like this. As soon as what is in our hand is gone, they go. Then the truth appears.\n\nSo, in judging relationships, the measure should be the inner affection, not the surface paint. 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\u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","story_title_en":"The Chettiar and His Relatives","story_en":"This is an imagined tale set in a Chettinad mansion at the time of Deepavali.\n\nIn a town near Karaikudi lived an old merchant, Ramanathan Chettiar. He had a large mansion, granaries of paddy, and chests full of ancient jewellery. After his wife died he lived alone, with no children. So his relatives began to visit even before Deepavali.\n\nThey were always smiling and attending to him: \"Uncle, how is your health? What do you need? I made this sweet for you.\" Each of them would hold the Chettiar's hand and speak affectionately. Pleasant as it was, a small doubt rose in the Chettiar's mind.\n\nHe made a plan. One evening he called the relatives and said sadly, \"My business has recently suffered a great loss. This mansion too may come up for auction.\" All were stunned. One said quickly, \"Oh, I have other work.\" Another said, \"It's time for my child's school.\" In a few days the mansion fell quiet and the plates of Deepavali sweets stopped coming.\n\nBut only a distant relative, a young man named Murugan, came. He was a simple teacher. \"Uncle, your health is what matters. Wealth comes and goes. I will do whatever you need,\" he said. Expecting nothing, he came every day, served the old man's meals and read to him.\n\nOn Deepavali day the Chettiar called everyone and told the truth. \"My wealth is as it was. I did this test only to know the measure of your affection.\" Some bowed their heads in shame. Some tried to explain themselves. The Chettiar had only Murugan sit by his side. \"Today I have learnt what real kinship is,\" he said.\n\nThe tale tells us that an embrace aimed at wealth is not as alive as it looks. Only when the light comes is the truth of the dark room seen.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bae\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"If your fortune disappeared tomorrow, whose warmth would stay and whose would quietly go?","image_prompt":"An old Chettiar merchant seated in a Chettinad mansion courtyard with carved teak pillars, relatives hurriedly leaving, a young teacher serving him a meal, Deepavali lamps, palm-leaf manuscript and Tanjore-painting inspired style, ivory, ochre, copper and deep teal palette, ornate gold border, no text or letters in the image."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/1115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/verse"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/1115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1901,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/1115\/revisions\/1901"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adhigaram\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=1115"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=1115"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=1115"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=1115"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=1115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}