A12– Everything under the Sun

I should never be so blunt in my talk, I realized. Late realization, though. I was meeting her after four years. She was standing on the road side waiting for me when I was returning from the Friday vegetable market, holding bags in both hands. ‘Hi, ChintAmani, why do you look so sad?’, I enquired. … Read more

  ‘You are arrogant. What is there for you to be so proud of? Your eyes are duplicate, your ears are duplicate, your —–‘, chided a friend. ‘Wait, wait,’ I said, ‘my heart is original, my kidneys are original, my lungs are original, my wife is original!’ ‘Ha, ha! where is your wife?’ He questioned. … Read more

    Worrying? PanikkurAthu- serves no purpose. Thinking of solutions, go ahead, but don’t worry. “If no solutions found, can I worry?” No, PanikkurAthu, serves no purpose. “Then?” Let the problem find its own solution. “If it didn’t, shall I worry?” No, PanikkurAthu, no purpose. “Damn it! What do you want me to do then?” … Read more

Youth is the ideal time for building up a strong future. If that golden period is wasted by spending in building castles in air, imaginary castles above the ground, that loss is irreparable. I saw just now an young friend lamenting, ‘chirakodinja swapnamgal’- means dreams with broken wings. I’m his well-wisher and feel sorry for … Read more

  She addresses her husband as ‘ na Devudu’ or ‘my God’ . Not once, but always. And that good – for-nothing guy, my friend doesn’t have any godly qualities in him! In fact I should be called God but none including my wife does so. ‘Avunayya, he is my god. Dammundae go and ask … Read more

Smile, smile always’, people propagate. But, should we ? I have a friend, who used to smile at women who come across, on the street, whether he knows them or not. Many ladies smile back considering his age but one woman did not respond kindly and asked, ‘who are you? Why are you smiling at … Read more

Holding me almost by my shirt collar, mother of a FB friend, made me to sit opposite to her in a cloth shop where we met and she said in desperation : ‘We have suffered your highhandedness for ages. Enough is enough. No more’ ‘Me, madam? I never came anywhere near you. Aren’t you holding … Read more

  Wonder often why God didn’t attach a filter to my tongue! A friend from another State who was aspiring to come and meet me has cut off her friendship with me, from the moment I asked, ‘why do you want to come all the way spending money?’ Yesterday when my Mohanasister said she would … Read more