A teacher's global classroom for Malayalam poetry

SARASAMMA TEACHER'S POPULAR YOUTUBE ACCOUNT, 'KAVITHARAMAM' WITH AROUND 1,30,000 SUBSCRIBERS, IS ONE OF HER NEW CLASSROOMS FOR SHARING THE LANGUAGE'S POETRY WITH LOVERS OF VERSE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Sarasamma Teacher, 80, is neither a poet nor an author, but something perhaps more vital -- a devoted conduit for Malayalam poems, ensuring they flow to a new generation.

In her retirement, she has defied her age, turning to YouTube and other online platforms to bring this rich literary tradition to a modern, global audience.

Her popular YouTube account, 'Kavitharamam' with around 1,30,000 subscribers, is one of her new classrooms for sharing the language's poetry with lovers of verse from all walks of life. The teacher is already a well-known figure among the children who compete in the State School Kalolsavam in Malayalam poem recitation; she says most of the participants render the poems they have learnt from her YouTube channel.

"More than 75 singers have recited poems on my YouTube channel as it is growing in popularity. Both children and adults recite the poems for my viewers," Sarasamma Teacher told PTI Videos.