Superstition can even go to the extent of killing, though it is really difficult to decide what superstition is . My firm belief , may be superstitious for you. Even atheism is condemned as madness by some. Superstition has killed people before and it is a pity it continues to kill even now when science … Read more
I haven’t seen before, the world in such a desperately gloomy state as now. Thousands of innocent lives are just wiped off in no time, like animals and birds caught in a wild fire, leaving behind their families heart-broken . The tragic part is that the patients know they are dying ; they know their … Read more
‘Who can stop if destined to die from the virus?’. With that well known quote entered my house, a friend to chide me for cancelling my air ticket to Baltimore, fearing infection from travel. ‘Totally agree’, I endorsed his views and as usual, added a quote learned during childhood- ‘. വിധിയെ എതിർത്തൊരു ജന്തു നീന്തുമോ ?’ … 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
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
I’m observing that the enthusiasm to get married amongst the earring middle class womenfolk is drastically dwindling. Main reason is their economic independence. Another one to avoid troubles in raising children. Sex was a necessity, had a purpose. No more now. Sex was a pleasure when the avenues of pleasure were little. No more now. … Read more
The cost of living has skyrocketed in these four years of my absence from the country. The plantain cart wallah came near the gate. ‘Babu, dozen entha? How much a dozen?’ ‘Dabbhai. Seventy rupees, Sir’ ‘Seventy rupees for a dozen banana!’ I couldn’t believe. I tried to calculate the cost of each plantain. 70/12–? 5 … Read more
“More you give, more you get”. What is it? ‘Help’ ‘No, abuses’ ”More you fill up, more you have space’ . What is it? ‘Cotton wool bag’ ‘No. Desire’ “More you gift ; more she asks for?’ Who is that? ‘Your wife’ ‘No, Chethal, wood worms’ ‘More wrongs ; more pinches ‘. Who is that? … Read more
Head to toe, sorry, head to toe nails, need our care, attention. God created indicators like, pain, sweeping, itching, burning etc to draw our attention to the weak points. ‘Only the baby who cries get milk,’ say others, not the mother. Yes, our body parts need our close watch; Our family too. Our activities … Read more
There was a war like situation in the Malayalam literary world on dwitheeyAkshra prAsam in poetry. It was about using the same letter in the second place on all the four lines of a stanza, for better rhyming. Keralavarma Valiyakoyil thampuran (1845- 1914), a great scholar and elucidated writer in Sanskrit, Malayalam and English … Read more