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Now, the Ramayana on your mobile

Shyama Rajagopal

EPIC ON THE MOBILE: P.R. Harikumar with his mobile on which one can read Aadyathmaramayanam. Photo: Mahesh HarilaL

KOCHI: Reading the Ramayana during the Malayalma month of Karkkidakom would no longer be a ritualistic affair confined to homes. You can read the epic poem from wherever you are. And you do not need to carry the heavy book.

P.R. Harikumar, a selection grade lecturer in the Malayalam Department of Sree Sankara College, Kalady, has fed three `kandas' of the Ramayana in Malayalam into his mobile phone. The entire epic can be fed into the mobile phone, and one can simply browse through it, he says.

Mr. Harikumar has always been interested in reading Malayalam articles and poems on his mobile phone. It was during one of his Internet browsing that he came across an e-book reader software, which helps download Internet files, pages or text files to a Java-enabled mobile set. This prompted him to try and put the Ramayana into his mobile.

Mr. Harikumar set about the task and downloaded the `Balakandam,' `Aranyakandam' and `Kishkkindakandam' from Ezhuthachan's `Aadyathmaramayanam' to his mobile.

He says the entire Ramayana can be downloaded to the mobile. It would occupy a space of only 800 kb while an MP 3 song would occupy 4 mb space.

Mr. Harikumar feels that Malayalam language would find a new avenue through such usage and it would not be long when short message service in Malayalam would become popular.

The Ramayana on the mobile as developed by Mr. Harikumar is at present not available to the public through any mobile phone service provider. He can be contacted at 0484-2522352 or at 9447732352

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