Ammalu, when a dog or a cat accidentally rub its body on our gate, I get scared, fearing that it is your mom’ ‘My Mother is now inside our kitchen. She came in when you went out. She will stay here for another week. So, stay scare-free’ ‘Ammalu, have the basic knowledge that dog is … Read more
‘Ammalu, why this chit on my table? It reads: ‘If you’re pregnant or doubt you may be, please don’t enter the X-ray room without the permission of the technician in charge’ ‘While coming out of the hospital this morning, the girl who took your knee X-ray, asked me to hand over the chit to you … Read more
‘Don’t be inhuman, Ammalu. After all, Ammini is your friend my former colleague for thirty years. You could have given two dosas and sent her home happily’ ‘I would have given her twenty dosas, not two. I would have, if necessary, gone to her house and delivered. But, she wants dosas to serve you, by … Read more
‘Ammalu, a confidential news just received. I’m passing on to you for the only reason that you’re my wife’ ‘Is it about the conspiracy of my club mates to dethrone me by a secret vote?’ ‘Yes, yes. But, how did you come to know about it?’ ‘From my own confidential source. I have another confidential … Read more
A friend commented, affectionately : “Ahhh Thedi thedi kidaicha friend Sir neenga. Please bless us” Meaning. “I searched and searched and got you as my friend. Sir, pl. bless us) I replied: Thedinaen, thedinaen, theruvellam Mamiyar kidaiikavillai. Azuthen. Pulampinaen. Mattini show mudinchu Marumakalae entrazhachu VandAlae maharaasi Vayatherichal kottikka! தேடினேன் தேடினேன் தெருவெல்லாம் மாமியார் கிடைக்கவில்லை அழுதேன் புலம்பினேன் … Read more
Too many messages I receive which I respond with a ‘thank you’ sticker to save time in writing a detailed note. However, only in one case, I responded, ‘enakkum onnai romba pidikkum, romba, romba’- ( means, ‘I too like you very much, very, very much’), in response to a 9 years-old girl, who messaged, … Read more
‘Ammalu, when a dog or a cat accidentally rub its body on our gate, I get scared, fearing that it is your mom’ ‘My Mother is now inside our kitchen. She came in when you went out. She will stay here for another week. So, stay scare-free’ ‘Ammalu, have the basic knowledge that dog is … Read more
‘Ammalu, my house has been turned into a monda ( vegetable) market by our friends who come and go, as they like. Tell our friends not to come, now on’ ‘You tell your friends; I will tell mine’ ‘Your friends are ok. Don’t stop them’ ‘Why? Are they cattle to feed on your discarded vegetables?’
Unmarried, married, or even as widower, man remain a simple ‘Mr’. But, woman? In an annual address at our college, as a student leader, I thanked a girl profusely for her support in the management of the Students Association. (Let me call her Paru, as I don’t want to disclose her name. Who knows … Read more
After millions of lives were washed off in the deluge of Mahabaratham war, Dharmaputra and his brothers went to Dritharashtra seeking his blessings. Burning with anger at his brother’s sons, the blind king, after hugging the eldest Pandava invited the next one Bhima for hugging. Lord Krishna, cleverly pushed Bhima aside and in his … Read more