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Amminja
Meenakshi
cupped her little palm over Amminja:

This, my school
my bag
my colour pencil
my friend Thithu
my Class One textbook
my eeny meeny miny mo
my mother
© 2004, Anita Thampi
From: Muttamatikkumbol
Publisher: Current Books, Thrissur, 2004
 
 
 
 
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© Translation: 2010, Anita Thampi (with inputs from Arundhathi Subramaniam)

Translator's Note: Amminja is the Malayalam word to denote a nursing woman’s breast, commonly used when speaking to child