‘ Ammalu, it dawns on me that our marriage has been a failure. I realized it late but better late than never. What shall we do? You are always ready with novel ideas to solve problems, come on, tell me what shall I do? If we get separated, our children won’t spare us. Our daughters … Read more
Ammini says that all my teeth are in tact, in full shine where as yours are all in disarray. She said that smiling.’ ‘What was your reaction?’ ‘I too smiled’ ‘You smiled or laughed showing all your teeth?’ ‘I just smiled. You want me to laugh next time when she repeats?’ ‘No, you bite her … Read more
She wants perfumes from Paris! ‘If you don’t like me, tell me, Ammalu. I can get cosmetics from Paris and make me better -looking’ ‘From Paris, how? None of our children are there’ ‘Ammalu, I have my friends all over the world. I’m not a kitchen mouse like you’ ”I don’t like you’, … Read more
Intelligent couple sort out their differences if any, by discussion. In our case, the pity is, my intelligence is on the top in the scale and yours at the bottom, though by virtue of my influence, it has gained a few points, that too only of late’ ‘Knowledge goes up. Does intelligence go … Read more
‘How many times haven’t I told you Ammalu, that I don’t like needles?’ ‘Not needles, noodles. This is for my mom’ ‘That old fashioned bird wants to peck a new fashion food, the needles?’ ‘Don’t unnecessarily needle me about noodles. These are noodles and not needles’ ‘An Appa Iyer School third … Read more
Ammalu and my pre – marriage habits. On the first night after our wedding, I told many things to Ammalu but neither I can tell you what all I told her nor you will be interested in hearing that. But, one thing I told, which was nothing but truth, I want to share with you: … Read more
How many fingers do you have ? I have ten. One of them, got cut, while performing a rare act of cutting vegetables. Just one finger, out of ten, partially and temporarily became less active. That hardly 10% disability played havoc and I had to depend on Ammalu for many of my routines, ever … Read more
After many years, I met my old friend Appunni Nayar in a wedding party. Those were the days when terylene shirts were the fashion of the day. In the sweating Madras May wedding crowd, Nair was posing and flirting, wearing that uncomfortable shirt, which indeed was glistening. ‘Shirttu kasari, sundarakuttan! Evidunnu kittee?’ I admired his … Read more
Just for fun, Ammalu, can I call your mom by her pet name and bolt through the back door?’ ‘Front door is better. She keeps her walking stick near the back door’ ——————————– Do you have any objection to my wearing ripped or truncated jeans, Ammalu?’ ‘Not at all. When shall we go to shop?’ … Read more
“Welcome, hearty welcome. come in please. There, on the wall is Yesu, our Kartha ; here on the table is your rosary. There on the left is your bed room and here on the right is your wash basin.–bye the by when are you returning ?” “Damn with your ‘here’ and there’. Tell me where … Read more