Sivasubramanian Perinkulam That strike was so harsh that I thought the world had come to an end. No, it hadn’t. After a while, I realized that the world was very much there and only I had gone blind and deaf. Again after sometime I could hear a melody flowing in the air. I was not deaf! Then, … Read more
There was a woman who knew my in and out and she is on sabbatical now. There are two now in her place, my daughter and daughter in law. They know accurately the climate change in my mind, so precisely, the former by hearing my voice on phone and the latter by watching my … Read more
We are all shining objects but with a black dot on our head! ‘Janma, mrithyu, jaraa thaptha Jana visraanthi daayini!’ is one of the namas of Ambal in the Lalithasahasranamam, one can meditate upon, for long. ‘You are the ultimate solace for the sufferers from the routine of birth, aging and death, Mother!’ The … Read more
Ammalu, a friendly advice. We should not fight when guests are there at home or when we go out together. I’m worried as it brings a bad name for you and you alone as people know me as a honorable gentleman ‘ ‘I too know you as a honorable gentleman. And I know something more … Read more
Pattu says I don’t look more than 55. Do I look more than 45, Ammalu? ‘No’ ‘Your ‘no’ is not emphatic. I can walk before you and show my agility’ ‘No need. Anyway, if you want to walk, hold my hand to get up from the sofa’ ‘Oh, that is too emphatic, Ammalu’ ————————- … Read more
Oldies are funny, many of them. They want their children to grow fast and become self dependent, but when they become that, they don’t like it. ‘Where to?’ Enquired Seshu, when his son was leaving home. ‘Dad, if I tell you the truth, you will be angry with me. If I don’t tell you the … Read more
Ammalu, I believe in telling my opinion ‘phat’ at the face of anyone, without bothering about their reaction, wife or her mother or even God or Goddess’ ‘Not a bad idea’ ‘So, you understood?’ ‘Yes, of course’ ‘Tell others too’ ‘My mom knows already. To the’Now, Ammalu, you are telling me ‘phat’!’ ‘I was … Read more
‘Ammalu, I bought this meeta pan for you, for the Mother’s Day’ ‘How sweet of you SP! You bought a sweet stuff that I like!’ ‘Ammalu, you never get angry with me?’ ‘You are my child, SP, youngest of all my children, most innocent to the extend of talking at times, irrelevant, irritating things. Will … Read more
I have relatives to call me, ‘Appa’, ‘ThAtha’, ‘Anna’, ‘mama’, ‘Athimbar’, ‘Periappa’ etc. My parents used to call me, ‘Konthai’ I don’t miss their call, as my daughter calls me, ‘Konthai’. She calls me ‘dadde’ too or ‘Konthai de’, when my disobedience goes beyond a level. And finally she gains her cool and says … Read more
‘Hope you don’t mind my asking you a plain question, Ammalu?’ ‘Plain question? What is that?’ ‘Had I married someone else, do you think I would have been happier?’ ‘I don’t know about you, but I would have been happier’ ‘How? How???’ ‘Because, because, no other husband will ask such stupid questions as you do!’ … Read more