shivam I was pestering my daughter for the past ten days , to trace a jacket missing from my wardrobe. ‘It’ll be somewhere, dad!’ ‘Somewhere means, where ? I have searched the entire house’. ‘It’s warm outside. Why worry about warm clothes now? ‘If it suddenly turns cold?’ ‘You have a dozen jackets in your wardrobe’ … Read more
My children, compared to me, talk less but say more. Yesterday, on FaceTime, Srikanth, talked more and said more about me. ‘You look worried Appa. What is troubling you?’ ‘Nothing. I’m in high spirits, as usual’ ‘You can hide nothing from your children and you know that’ ‘Yes, I do’ ‘Then come out’ ‘Worried about … Read more
They will never let you down, never! I have high hopes on the youngsters not only those from my family but on all, more so in the foreign settlers, to protect the culture they have inherited. They are intelligent and therefore analyze the old practices and absorb the best and most practical ones. Don’t blame … Read more
A friend has a complaint; ‘My son used to come running towards me the moment he heard my scooter sound on my returning from work, every evening. Now he doesn’t bother even to come to my room after he returns from work. See how time has changed!’ Many parents have the complaint that, in terms … Read more
The mango tree at the back of kitchen whispered – from my blog Time 3.30 pm. Vicha ‘s electronic brain clock woke him up from his post-lunch nap. ‘Anna, kaappi’ ‘Wait man, let me solve this Sudoku four star’ After a minute or two- ‘Anna, still with Sudoku ?’ ‘Vicha, kappi has to … Read more
Annam Brahma. I was not ‘mad’ after food, till I grew old, though I did like food always and ate well. During my bachelor days in ‘Panchavadi’ a 10 years- long period, I used to have lunch in our Lab. canteen and for dinner used to walk eight miles to the Taj Hotel in Secunderabad, … Read more
Live your life, please, especially if you’re young. Living is living, not going to work and earning money alone, not eating and drinking alone, not raising a family and nourishing them alone, though all those and many more are part of life. Living, apart from all the above, is just enjoying the biggest treasure the … Read more
What a wonderful plant is banana! Not tall and tough like coconut or hard and broad like mangoes or jackfruit trees, but soft and smooth with the look of a woman of marriageable age even after presenting a whole bunch of raw banana, which turns its color from bright green to pleasant yellow! I can’t … Read more
The year 2019 is on its way out. It has to go. Anything that came, has to go. Anything which began has to end. And that is the best part of life. Yes, the charm of life is in its extinction! How will 2020 come in unless 2019 quits? Quitting is clearing the way for … Read more
Warning to my young friends to be married soon: Before leaving for your honey moon trip, decide how to address your honey. ——————— What made these two queens, mother in law and daughter in law to break out into laughter ? My story of a just -married couple in their five star hotel … Read more