Thaipoosam on Sunday, Jan 24, 2016-said this morning, my brother Vicha from Hyderabad. My father used to go to Pazhani every year for Thaipoosam festival and he used to carry me too, when I was a child. The Meter gauge train from Olavakkode would be overcrowded with pilgrims coming from North Malabar and I … Read more
Am I the head or you or your mom, here, in this family? I want to have an answer, now, right now’ ‘You and you alone, for me’ ‘What does your queen mother say?’ ‘She too says that you are the head and I’m the tail.’ ‘Wah, what a great … Read more
In the old village houses, kitchen was the ‘ living room’, for the womenfolk, especially in combined families, where they had to spend major portion of their time. It was kept neat and tidy, despite the emanating smoke and scattered charcoal and timber pieces from firewood and charcoal ovens which were based on the floor. … Read more
I have been observing that many good men suffer in life and die in pain. Most of them are honest, kind, courteous, generous in helping the needy. Not only that, they have been followers of the rule of the land as well as the prescriptions of the scriptures. Why should they suffer? I have also … Read more
‘One more vadi ( stick) has fallen,’ commented Chakku( C.M. Jacob) when we were discussing about Chandu( M.C. Chandrasekaran’s passing away, this morning. He didn’t forget to add, ‘only two more sticks are left, you and me!’ Last night, I had called Chakku, to greet him and enquired about Chandu. ‘He is fine, but for … Read more
‘Why do you sweat, when there is a fan right above your head and it’s switch at a reachable distance? Can’t you get up and switch it on?’ ‘Me, getting up and switch on the fan? Me, the head of the family? What are you for, my royal queen?’ ‘I’m here to teach you that … Read more
‘Money is not that important,’ He told her boastfully, ‘I love you for what you are and not for what your father has’ She was excited and cooed, ‘could you buy me a pair of footwear, please?’ ‘Foot wear? Ask for something costlier’ ‘No, thanks. Only footwear now,’ she replied. The footwear she chose was … Read more
Longer I live, more I see – more people, more births, more deaths, more happiness, more sufferings. The common denominators for luck and ill luck, happiness and unhappiness are their variability and impermanency . A particular object or event or even talk, which makes one happy could be the cause for the unhappiness of another … Read more
Seniors settling in foreign lands with their sons or daughters, is a sensitive issue for them, not withstanding the assured support available, which is essential, from their children. The main stumbling block is the feeling of not belonging to the country of settlement. Even while in India, there are many who would like to … Read more
‘How do you spend your time here?’ Some of my friends in India, who comes to USA on a holiday, ask me, within a few days, ‘how do you manage to spend your time here?’ They have a point. Neighbors here, don’t come home for a ‘chai par charcha’ in the evenings or we … Read more