September 28, 2013. 40 years ago on this day was born my seemanthaputran, eldest son Ananth S perinkulam, giving fresh life for me and his mother whose period of gestation was under much stress and anxiety due to an alarm bell rung by a gynecology expert. Unable to contain my joy, seeing the 3.2 kg … Read more
I am not a spiritualist. not even a ritualist doing my nithyakramas regularloy or visiting temples frequently. Just an ordinary story writer, I am, living a normal family life with my children, grand children, roaming the world if they finance me and if my health permits or sit below a tree or walk through the woods and rice … Read more
E.P. Balakrishnan Nair, my bachelor room -mate and an ex-colleague passed away yesterday , I was sad to learn. We lived under the same roof , for ten years, along with a few more boys, all from Kerala and worked in the same Research Institute, at Hyderabad. I named the house as ‘ Panchavady’, not because it was a hermitage or any … Read more
When I came out of the college with a poor third class, partially due to a viral attack( which temporarily immobilized me ) and partially due to my poor preparation, I thought that was the end of the world. Believe me, the world didn’t end. I secured a good job and reached the top … Read more
In response to KVA’s note, sharing his health problems with his beloved readers, I shot a mail advocating how he should face his problems boldly, in an admonishing style which only friends are empowered of doing. This was early morning yesterday. I developed suddenly severe muscle pain, last night and screamed at Srikanth, my last … Read more
Venu is one of the handful of classmates, I am in contact with. He lives in Palakkad. For the past seven months, while I was away from the country, I didn’t speak to him. Yesterday, I casually called him and there was no response. After sometime, he called back and informed that along with his … Read more
Vishu musing – Appa’s four anna coins, I failed to preserve “Don’t open your eyes, till I wake you up early morning tomorrow,” Amma warns, the previous night. But I get up before the dawn breaks, for cracking fireworks before others do, though pretend that I was still sleeping. She comes to my bed and … Read more
Subject: [Pattars] I have nothing to teach you My classmate Sri. Krishnamoorthy had this to say about my post on ‘Kavassery and Pallavur ” “Dear Siva, I went through your article on Pallavur and Kavasseri, with a hope to find some guidance about the localities. I am terribly disappointed that it contained descriptions of one or trwo … Read more
Things always happen in a big way for me. This New year day was not an exception. The pick up started two days before, with a series of fare well parties hosted by the physician friends of my nephew Ramu, for his parents who were leaving back home after a stay of 6 months in Vancouver. The … Read more
Went to the Greater Baltimore temple to say ‘Good bye’ to the colorful, Gracious Gods as I will not be seeing them again for sometime. I am leaving for Vancouver and from there come back to US but go to Florida. The Saturday bajan was going on and enjoyed the last part where the NAMASIVAYA … Read more