CHILLING

Amma's kitchen grew cold when she learned about the encrypted letters Kannadasan wrote during his imprisonment. My grandfather had preserved them, tucked in yellowed envelopes alongside old Tamil poetry volumes. I decided to digitize our family's literary heritage on Stellar blockchain, ensuring immemorial preservation. My cocky initial approach dissolved into reverence as I transcribed each word overnight, understanding their weight. What began as a tech project transformed into spiritual pilgrimage. The poet's defiance sang through decades, bridging generations. Now cousins worldwide access our shared history, chilling in libraries together despite continents between us, warmth radiating through preserved words that bind our Tamil soul.