Kochi, Kerala · b. 2015
Ganapathy Madom
Who she is
A ten-year-old voice in verse, story, dance and public health. She recited fifty-one poems from memory at six, published two books of her own by nine, and has spent two years asking India's doctors and ministers what children should eat.
19 June 2021 · Asia Book of Records
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poems of Kunjunni Mash, recited from memory in twenty-two minutes. She was six years and two months old, and became the youngest Grand Master of the Asia Book of Records.
From the publisher’s note · Little Green
വാക്കുകളിലൂടെ അവതരിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ചിത്രങ്ങളും അവയ്ക്ക് ഭംഗിയരുളുന്ന താളവും ഈ കവിതയുടെ പ്രത്യേകതയാണ്. നിഷ്കളങ്കതയുടെ താളവും സ്നേഹത്തിൻ്റെ ഈണവും ഈ കവിതയെ ചേതോഹരമാക്കുന്നു.
“Pictures painted in words, and a rhythm that gives them beauty — the cadence of innocence and the melody of love make these poems enchanting.”
She writes in
Blessing from a master
When she wrote her first poems,her father showed them to M.K. Sanu.He began filming her reading them,for joy rather than publicity.
Eventually Sanu Mash himself urged the family to publish. He read every poem, smiled and laughed, and corrected only the spelling, believing a child’s creativity should not be shaped too tightly. The book came out two months before he passed away. The second volume is dedicated to him.
And from the poets
Two more of Kerala’s poets have since blessed her.
Balachandran Chullikkad
ബാലചന്ദ്രൻ ചുള്ളിക്കാട്
Poet
Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri
കൈതപ്രം ദാമോദരൻ നമ്പൂതിരി
Poet, lyricist and composer
Both published by Little Green, the children’s imprint of Green Books, Kochi. The first carries Prof. M.K. Sanu’s blessing; the second is dedicated to him.
മയിൽപ്പീലി, the peacock feather. Kerala children keep one between the pages of a book and wait for it to multiply.
Volume One · 2025
തീർത്ഥ വിവേകിന്റെ കുട്ടിക്കവിതകൾ
The poems that entered the International Book of Records in 2024 — twenty-seven of them, in Malayalam, English and Hindi — with an introductory note by Prof. M.K. Sanu, who read every one and corrected only the spelling.
Volume Two · 2026
തീർത്ഥ വിവേകിന്റെ കുട്ടിക്കവിതകൾ · ഭാഗം രണ്ട്
The second collection, written between the ages of eight and ten, and the poems that took her into the International Book of Records for a second time in 2026.
Recitals, speeches, travel and the people she meets — on her own channel, in her own words. Tap a frame to play it here.
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Reciting her poem at Aliah University, Kolkata
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam National Award · July 2025
02
Sanu Mash — a divine journey of love
with littérateur Prof. M.K. Sanu, who urged the family to publish her
03
പ്രസംഗം · വായന — അറിവിന്റെ ജനാല
a speech on reading
04
The story of Valmiki — a prize-winning speech
based on the Ramayana
05
A child inaugurates
opening a school programme at R.P.M.H.S. Kumbalam
06
Thank you, from the heart
her vote of thanks at the release of her book
07
A journey to Kolkata
a travel diary · Eco Park, Science City · 2025
Poems, read aloud
Short recitals of her own verse, filmed on her phone.
കാക്കത്തമ്പുരാട്ടി
a poem · Short
സാനു അപ്പൂപ്പന്
a poem for Sanu Mash · Short
Since April 2023, OFSSA’s national series has put a paediatrician on screen every second and fourth Saturday. Theertha opens each one, introduces the doctor, and asks the questions — as Child Moderator & Ambassador.
Each brochure is released by a public figure: former Union ministers, Members of Parliament, the District Collector, police commissioners, a former Governor. Those releases are the photographs below.
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webinars, No. 1 to No. 37
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brochure releases by public figures
46
newspaper reports
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states: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
The releases · Apr 2023 — Sept 2025
Healthy Food Habits
22 Apr 2023 · released by Dr. Abraham Varghese
Food Born Diseases (FBD) - Causes & Precautions
27 May 2023 · released by PC Thomas
Food Habits and Childhood Diabetes
24 Jun 2023 · released by Adv. A. M. Ariff
UPF (Ultra Processed Food) and Risk of Cancer
22 Jul 2023 · released by Adv. Jebi Mather
Increasing Childhood Cancer & Importance of Food Safety Awareness
26 Aug 2023 · released by Gokul Suresh Gopi
Kid's Healthy Eating Plate
23 Sept 2023 · released by Hibi Eden
Impact of Food Quality on Growth and Development of Children
28 Oct 2023 · released by NSK Umesh IAS
Impact of Food Choices on Nutritional Quality of Childhood
25 Nov 2023 · released by Major Ravi
Impact of Food Allergy on Skin Health
13 Jan 2024 · released by K. Babu
Impact of Food Poisoning on Children
10 Feb 2024 · released by P. Rajkumar
Health Risk of Prolonged Consumption of Red Meat Products
22 Jun 2024 · released by Jose K Mani
Health Impact of Food Choices on Children
24 Aug 2024 · released by Jayakumar C
Brochures released by
Full-page profiles in The New Indian Express and the Malayalam dailies, and Kerala Kaumudi, Mangalam, Veekshanam on every OFSSA webinar. Open any page to read it.
Features & profiles
OFSSA webinar cuttings
All 46 cuttings
Kollur Mookambika Temple
അരങ്ങേറ്റം · Sivamallari
her Bharatanatyam debut, Kollur Mookambika Temple
ആനന്ദനർത്തന ഗണപതി സ്തുതി
Bharatanatyam · Chottanikkara Temple, Vishu
ഉലക്ക
folk dance · the Dwaraka curse
ശൂർപ്പണഖ
folk dance · school cultural fest
ഭരതനാട്യം
Bharatanatyam
Her arangettam was at the Kollur Mookambika Temple. Adavus, abhinaya and the geometry of a tradition two thousand years old.
നാടൻ നൃത്തം
Kerala folk
Ulakka, Shoorpanakha and the festival dances of Tripunithura — rhythm learnt the way songs are, by heart.
Aliah University, Kolkata · 2025
Little Poetess National Award
Aliah University, Kolkata · 2025
Best Food Safety Communicator Award
Bengaluru · 2025
2021
Asia Book of Records
Recited 51 poems of Kunjunni Mash from memory in 22 minutes, at the age of 6 years and 2 months.
2021
India Book of Records
The same recitation, recognised nationally in the same year.
2024
International Book of Records
Entered in 2024 for composing 27 poems in Malayalam, English and Hindi — the poems of the first Kuttikkavithakal — and again in 2026 with the second volume.
2025
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam National Award
Conferred at Aliah University, Kolkata, in July 2025, where she recited her poem to the hall.
2025
OFSSA · Bengaluru
For two years as Child Moderator & Ambassador of the Food Safety for Children national webinar series — 37 webinars across Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
2022
Also
Awards for her poetry and her work with children, from literary and civic bodies across Kerala and beyond.
Theertha is a minor. Every message goes to her parents on WhatsApp; they reply within a few days.