‘Ammalu, I’m an old man, poet in heart. I see beauty in Nature, women, trees, hills, everywhere. You can’t ask me to close my eyes and walk on the street’. ‘I never asked you to close your eyes and walk on the street. I said, ‘shut your mouth when you see women’’ ——————- Ammalu, did … Read more
‘Ammalu, you admit and you’re happy that I look much younger than you. What do your friends say?’ ‘My friends too admit but they are not happy’ ‘Why Ammalu?’ ‘They thought that you’re a baby and they can buy inchi mittai, ginger toffee for you’
Ammalu, my eyesight has become so poor that I lighted the agarbathi at the wrong end’ ‘That is ok. But be careful when you talk to my friends. Their eyesight is not as bad as yours’ —————— ‘Allow me to go wherever I want to, allow me to do whatever I want to. Who’re you … Read more
‘Ammalu, don’t waste your time on me. I’m what I’m and I won’t change to suit your whims and fancies ‘ ‘SP Sir, I don’t want you to change and my attempts are only to keep you as what you’re so that I don’t miss the charm of life. Which other woman in the world … Read more
‘Oh, Ammalu, my dear sweet girl, in sound sleep last night, I had a feeling of a peacock feather gently moving here, there and all over my body. It didn’t, however, take much time to realize the truth that it was your hand movements. I’m elated, you’re back to your good old days!’ ‘Sorry for … Read more
‘Ammalu, I have every right to question you, as I’m your husband. Any doubt in that ?’ ‘Doubt in what, you’re my husband?’ ‘Talk sensibly. You have any doubt in my right to question you?’ ‘Not at all’ ‘Then, what is your problem?’ ‘You don’t question me at all. You stand in attention, looking at … Read more
‘Mama, my mother in law, of late, hates me. She often quarrels and calls me Orangutan’ ‘What sweet food, she likes most?’ ‘Paruppu pradaman’ ‘Feed her that’ ‘Oh, no. She is a diabetic’ ‘How old is she ?’ ‘93’ ‘Simply feed her with plenty of payasam’ —————- ‘Mama, your trick worked. My mamiyar has turned … Read more
‘ ‘Abandoned by sleep, I sat under a mango tree last night, when I had a sort of enlightenment like Lord Buddha had, Ammmalu’ ‘Did Lord Budha sit under a mango tree?’ ‘’That is immaterial. What was important is the question awakened in my mind- why shouldn’t we live like husband and wife?’ ‘Are we … Read more
Ammalu, Poor old woman, the talk of the town today ‘’was my Vishukkaineettam and not your Vishukkani ‘ ‘True. My friends were wondering how you managed to collect so many ‘chakrams’, the minimum valued and outdated coins of Thiruvananthapuram Maharaja’ s days’. ———————- ‘Ammalu, between a husband and his wife, there can be hundred reasons … Read more
‘Ammalu, am I fit only to eat iddlies?’ ‘Certainly not. Who said so?’ ‘Your dear mom’ ‘I have to rethink’ ‘You have to rethink ? OK. Rethink. Let me, in the meantime, to prove my mettle, climb the coconut and mango trees and remove the fruits. Or shall I dive into the well and pick … Read more