”Ammalu, be prepared to laugh and roll on the ground. Our Ammini is pregnant” ”Had you told me that her husband Nair is pregnant I would have rolled on the ground laughing. Anyway, you got your message wrong. Her daughter is pregnant” “But Ammalu, it is Nair who gave me the news” ”Didn’t you quarrel with … Read more
A stranger came home the other day and said he wanted to talk to me on an important issue. ” Please come in; let us talk over a cup of coffee”, I welcomed him. After enjoying the coffee, he asked for some snacks too, which I gladly provided. After enjoying my hospitality, he looked at … Read more
“Ammalu, had I not married you, what would you have done?”” Would have married another boy, selected by my father” ”Your heart is made of unpolished granite stone . I expected you to say that you would have waited for another seven births, to become my wife” ”I would have waited no doubt, had you … Read more
” Ammalu, what is that ‘tub’,’tub’ noise from Pattabhi’s house ?”” He is washing clothes by beating on a stone “”Kyom ?””Pattu gave him a punishment for telling a small lie “” He never tells small lies. What was that ?” ” He told his wife,’ I love you ”’ ” My friend would have … Read more
”Enough of this wife-battered life”, my friend Pattabhi lamented when I met him an year ago and vowed in utter desperation,” if you want to meet me next time, you should climb the steep Himalaya mountains or plunge into the deep Ganges”. ” Where is that good lady, your wife? I am not seeing her … Read more
” ‘You are too modern, Ammalu is too conservative’, say my friends” ”No problem, SP. I will change in a jiffy” ” SP ? Jiffy? What language is this Ammalu?” ”The first lesson in modernism . Shall we go to the next?” ” Let us remain illiterates but live in peace and dignity” ”Your friends?” … Read more
“I was casually going thorough an old ledger and found that a sum of Rs. 500.00, promised by your father, towards dowry is still outstanding. I am mentioning this just casually, Ammalu. ” ” You have seen only one side of the register. In the next page there is a debit entry of Rs. 4500.00 … Read more
“You are blooming. What is the matter? Did Ammini say that you are the most eligible bachelor in the world ?” “She was about to say that but had a choke in the throat. She simply said that I am the best husband” “That idiot should say that to her husband and NOT to MY … Read more
” Aren’t you talking a bit too much , since we came here ?” ”Ammlu, unlike you, I have with me a treasure trove of wisdom to be passed on to people” ” I know you have; but this is a wrong place. This is a clinic where people, like you, have come to … Read more
” I simply don’t like your saying,’ I love you, I can’t live without you’, and all such rubbish ” “Why Ammalu ?” “As there is no other way for you but to love me, as you have married me ” “It is not necessary for me to love you just because I married you!”‘ … Read more