Haasyaavadhanam - Colour Edition

Why is this satirical book named “Haasyaavadhanam”? A friend asked why this book has this title. I told him the answer will be on this page. First the process of paying attention is something I like and respect immensely as a viewer. “Avadhanam” is a folk performance of popular literature in India since ancient times focusing on this aspect. “Avadhanam” originated as a Sanskrit literary genre and took on a somewhat new form over time mainly by Telugu poets. As far as I know the real purpose of the attention process in this ancient art of “Avadhanam” is to demonstrate mastery of cognitive abilities through entertainment. It may be since creativity includes literature poetry music mathematics puzzle solving etc. in addition to observation memory multitasking task switching retrieval reasoning etc. All of this involves very carefully divided attention. Hence this process requires unwavering attention and multi-tasking. I believe that the satire we do and see in our real life like politics mythology school-church house-office small-big wife-husband as seen in this bookHasyaavadhanam is also divided attention alongside multi-tasking. There lies my answer - for the great deal of love and respect I have towards this performance called “Avadhanam” and “Hasya” meaning “Funny” “Satirical” the fusion of these two words birthed this book title Hasyaavadhanam”. Whoever would hear or read the name of this book would think about this wonderful ancient process known as “Avadhanam” would talk about it with those who know of it and would educate those who don’t know of it about its uniqueness and how meaningful it is - and with that I would have achieved my goal! Keeping this exaggeration aside my family name being “Avadhanam” is just a coincidence or it is divine! If you like this name bless it or else forgive this small effort with a big heart!