[This is a short memory piece on Anna Tharakan (Pennamma to her loved ones) (1921-2021), who pursued her love for music from the 1920s till her passing in 2021. It is written lovingly by Reju George, as an FB post in the group Byegone Plantation Days (25 June 2024)]
Annamma/Pennamma Tharakan was born with an ear to music on Oct 15 , 1921 to a Syrian Catholic planter family in Kanjirapally.Her father K I Thomas was a First Generation Planter.
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