Mothers of daughters -to -be married can be more courteous. A friend in Chennai with prior appointment went to meet a woman in Mambalam after his son and her daughter, both working abroad, had telephonic contacts and the boy suggested his father meet the girl’s mother and proceed with the negotiation for the alliance. … Read more
My son managed to find a chair in a big shopping center seeing me tired after making a few rounds. I wanted to click pictures of women of different dimensions and skin colors and hair styles and tattoos but had strict instructions from my children not to do that and land in the hands of … Read more
Waited behind the partially opened front door, in the early morning, to catch red handed, the culprit who steals my flowers. 5, 10, 20 minutes passed- a hand extended towards the plant. Wanted to return to bed, if it was bangles-adorned. (Flowers are after all for whom? For God and women!) .But it wasn’t. … Read more
“Thunder showers soak Hyderabad city” – news paper report this morning. We, in Habsiguda Central Park area had only thunder and lightning, but no showers but I enjoyed the thunder sound, lightning flashes and strong wind waves. I Was in fact excited, when the night sky’s mood suddenly changed sending down cool wind, giving unexpected … Read more
Big has its own charm! Remember a man of abnormally big size, who used to visit us often, when we were children. His name was Madhavan Panicker but his size earned him the nickname of ‘mathan’ Panicker. Mathan is pumpkin in Malayalam! Though he was discarded merciless by his wife and children, we found him … Read more
I can make anything to happen! ‘Which idiot is calling me at midnight?’, I yelled and opened the front door, eyes half closed and half opened. The huge figure wrapped in a big sari, the lady in the opposite house was there and I rubbed my eyes to make sure that it was not a … Read more
At times my brain works at abnormally high speed. A recent example. Time 3.30 pm. Vicha ‘s electronic clock woke him from his post-lunch nap, for a purpose. ‘Anna, kaappi’ Wait man, let me solve this Sudoku four star. Minutes, one, two— ‘Shall I make kaappi?’ He turns restless. I rushed into the kitchen. To … Read more
‘Ayya, anaeka kodi Namskarams. I was longing to have a glance of you, even from a mile away. Now you are standing before me like Kothanda Ramaswamy ’ That was Naidu, an old friend, who had borrowed money from me last time, on the day I returned from USA, telling me a lie that his … Read more
Apart from the mesmerizing winds passing through the opened windows of the sleeper class train, which kissed me all over, hugged again and again, shared some secrets and sang a Pallavi, there were other interesting aspects during my recent return trip from Kerala. I have, in my blog, already an emotional story on a similar … Read more
My new neighbor was staring at the balcony of the house next to his, seated on an easy chair, near his front gate. I warned him. ‘Kounder, the owner of the house might think that you are looking at his wife. He is a man with strong muscles’ ’How old is he?’, enquired my neighbor … Read more