I wish to thank:
Professor N. Balakrishnan of Roshni, Thottada, for helping me with invaluable facts and information about my grandpa and the Thappalli House.
Gyan Singh Jat, formerly of Claypot Technologies, for carefully scanning the entire dictionary of over a thousand pages, and then working on each page during its journey towards digitisation.
Rajesh Patil of Adobe, for his invaluable advice and technical inputs towards digitally restoring the dictionary and printing it.
And finally my wife Vandana Nambiar, for excellent editorial support, and for the depth and energy of our discussions.
Abhilash Nambiar
Mumbai
May 2016
