‘Ammalu, why stand there? Come and sit on this bench’ ‘SP Sir, I’m not Ammalu madam. I’m your new tenant Valsala’ ‘Where is Ammalu?’ ‘She has gone out sir’ ‘It is ok. You can sit on this bench’ ‘That is not a bench. You are sitting in a chair’ ‘So, what? You can also sit’ … Read more
‘Ammalu, with my world – wide popularity, razor sharp intelligence, admiring acumen to assess the abilities of men and women, all round expertise in all fields, I never appointed an ineligible candidate to my office. Wonder how I selected you, as my wife!’ ‘Answer, simple. You acquired those qualities only after my joining you!’ ‘Ammalu, … Read more
Last night, no light; power off for an hour, Struggled we two, me and my brother. I cried, ‘match box’, He bought a soap box ! I yelled’ ‘torch light’, He bought a cooker weight! No cells in the torch No sticks in the match No trace of a candle Waste was my wandle. Mind … Read more
Men of muscles and mighty elephants Pushed the chariot in full force. ‘Dwarakadeesh!’, cried the crowd, But, not an inch, the chariot moved. Seven elephants from the worlds above And seven from below, All mighty, majestic tuskers, Came dashing, all together Pushed the chariot with great force Their trumpets trembled the mountains Their foot … Read more
Like waving a toffee box before a kid And asking him to shut his mouth Heavy downpour last night, Now, heat returned in full might. ‘Why a/c for me?’, I asked my son, long back. ‘You need it dad’, he said. Not me, my children know what I need! ‘Why a new birth for … Read more
Yes, my body, the Sun scorches To mind too, the heat reaches But who tore my body into two And took away a half? Certainly not the Sun And whom to ask who did it? Injuries inflicted, came without calling, Some healed, some healing, Some will never heal. The Sun didn’t do it. And … Read more
We drove from Madurai to Rameswaram in the morning of March 23, 2017 and returned the same evening, through the Pampan bridge. That one day experience will ever remain with me, especially the pitrukarmas on the sea bed. ‘Iyer Mani onkalai gavanitchuparu- will take care of you,’ said the influential businessman at Rameswaram, … Read more
My new neighbor was staring at the balcony of the house next to his, seated on an easy chair, near his front gate. I warned him. ‘Kounder, the owner of the house might think that you are looking at his wife. He is a man with strong muscles’ ’How old is he?’, enquired my neighbor … Read more
This short poetry appeared in my mind during my recent train journey , while reading a post on Arjuna’s chariot catching fire soon after Lord Krishna got down from it, at the end of the Kurukshetra war. English meaning added in the end. എന്റെ തേര് തീപ്പിടിക്കാതെ, മണ്ണിൽത്തആഴാതെ കാക്കുവോൻ എന്റെ മർമം നോക്കിവരും അസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ ഏറ്റുവാങ്ങുവോൻ എവിടേക്കു തിരിഞ്ഞാലും … Read more
‘You touch, hug, kiss and rush back Can’t you be with me for ever?’, Complained the shore to the ocean, ‘Can’t you be with me, my lover?’ ‘How?’, asked the sea, ‘is there a sea with no shore And a shore with no sea? Won’t your serene smile cease for ever? Won’t your sand stop … Read more