ONE hundred puppets from the Epics are waiting patiently for their museum to open. Their creator, 58-year-old Ramesh K.V., master Yakshagana puppeteer, has run out of money.
The museum is his labour of love and has, so far, been financed with savings and loans. The building is up in the Pilikunje area of Kasaragod in Kerala, but it is not enough. Much more needs to be done to make it habitable for his puppets and, with their expressive faces, they are biding their time.
Ramesh sits despondently on a sofa in his three-storied house. “I. . .