Sivasubramanian Perinkulam ”Ammalu, our Vijay asks,’Is it not time to share with your friends the secret of your youthfulness?’” “What did you reply?” ”I told him, ‘Ammalu keeps me nagging throughout the day, which keeps me awake and active. He was happy with my answer. Then he asked, ‘what is the secret of Ammalu’s youthfulness?’ I replied, … Read more
“Ammalu, I prostrate before your mother, as she is a mother in law and all mothers in law are venerable. She is your mother, which means she is my mother in law and therefore all the more venerable. But, if you expect me to fall at your feet, as you are the daughter of my … Read more
“Happy New Year, Ammalu. My New Year vow- not to waste my time talking to you.” ”I can’t ask for a better New Year gift from you. Thank you. Happy New Year” “Now it is not me but my new discovery that is talking to you; my science is talking to you” ” I don’t … Read more
Elders say when we get up from the bed in the morning, auspicious thoughts should enter our mind. It hardly happens, for me. This morning, my mind was enjoying a train journey, long ago, in an unreserved compartment. As usual it was packed to its full capacity and but for the fresh air so generously … Read more
“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” Alexander Graham Bell Don’t we often, instead of looking for the next option, waste time on brooding over what is lost irrecoverably? The … Read more
”Ammalu, be prepared to laugh and roll on the ground. Our Ammini is pregnant” ”Had you told me that her husband Nair is pregnant I would have rolled on the ground laughing. Anyway, you got your message wrong. Her daughter is pregnant” “But Ammalu, it is Nair who gave me the news” ”Didn’t you quarrel with … Read more
A stranger came home the other day and said he wanted to talk to me on an important issue. ” Please come in; let us talk over a cup of coffee”, I welcomed him. After enjoying the coffee, he asked for some snacks too, which I gladly provided. After enjoying my hospitality, he looked at … Read more
The winter like an armed and masked bugler, is fast approaching Baltimore. The leaves of Maples, mulberries and a few other trees are fading and the green is changing to red, pink, golden yellow etc. The dried leaves fly off or fall down sadly and most of them silently, filling their bases with a brown … Read more
“Ammalu, had I not married you, what would you have done?”” Would have married another boy, selected by my father” ”Your heart is made of unpolished granite stone . I expected you to say that you would have waited for another seven births, to become my wife” ”I would have waited no doubt, had you … Read more
” Ammalu, what is that ‘tub’,’tub’ noise from Pattabhi’s house ?”” He is washing clothes by beating on a stone “”Kyom ?””Pattu gave him a punishment for telling a small lie “” He never tells small lies. What was that ?” ” He told his wife,’ I love you ”’ ” My friend would have … Read more