“Padha, Perias. Airport podham” he hurried me to accompany him to the airport,” Ravi is coming for a short vacation.I have selected a couple of girls for him and I want to perform his wedding if he chooses one of them”. Dr.Rao is a leading cardiologist and his son is a software boy working in … Read more
The story of Big Ben. Pushpalatha ( that is the name of the air hostess ) guided a huge woman with a small, smiling face, towards us and showed the seat next to ours. “Hei, can I sit here please?,” she asked politely turning to Ammalu, who invited her to occupy the seat next to … Read more
Sometime, old people act wisely. http://sreekanteswaramtemple.com/images/head.jpg This is the pic. of the famous Sreekanteswarm Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, adjacent to my wife’s house “Oi, Omma pon ennapennaral -what is your daughter doing,?” Parasu asked his cousin. Krishnaiyer gave some standard reply, which was not of concern for Parasu. He got the information he … Read more
Meera prepared food, mostly north Indian dishes and served. She, then helped Liz to dress up in Indian style, with sari, pottu and bangles and when we were about to start, Meera asked us to relax for some more time, picked up the car key and went out with athai. I could guess that they … Read more
Ammalu gets another daughter Clad in a colourful sari, the air hostess, standing erect at the entrance of the flight, like a lamp post wrapped with colour papers, greeted me with a warm “Namaskar” and folded hands. I was pleased by her gesture, unusual for a girl of her age and blessed her, “Deergha sumaghali … Read more
Chapter 3 – Sambharam and Sarpagandhi “As a security measure, Pantalu garu,” remarked the smiling man on the counter when we went for check- in, “we want to ensure that you packed your suitcases, yourself ” “No, sir. I didn’t.” My reply was curt and with my standard head shake to emphasize my point. … Read more
The curse of the sapthrishies alone was enough to keep Amman disturbed and deprive of sleep for the whole night and added to that was the kavadies, seashells shooting out of the cloth bag , breaking the knot and turning into fearsome karadies ( bears ) surrounding their master to save him from the blood-thirsty ‘yakshi’, the devilish woman … Read more
My maiden US visit. Chapter. 2 Prof. Nandur, my sambandhi, came with his car to take us to the airport. He weighed the two suitcases and found that the weight was about 65 kilos, the maximum limit permitted by the Airline those days. Before his arrival, I asked Ammalu to allot some space for me … Read more
My maiden US visit is a hilarious account of my ever first leaving the country, a subject which was never in my desire- list. But for my children, I would have never crossed the oceans, leave away living abroad for months and years. I landed in USA for the first time, along with my second … Read more
Download View slide show (1) | Download as zip A turbid mind can turn anything upside down The ammaman didn’t have much respect for some of his ancestors. He had heard that one Nanumenon had forcibly evicted a poor farmer family from his land and a kombi menon had misbehaved with a worker woman. Any … Read more