My head- load is increasing Ammalu, please stop teasing. You weren’t a pumpkin as now When I first carried you on my head, You were a ripe plantain peel Shot at me by your mom, Expecting you to pull my legs Wisely placing you on my head I handled you like a kid; Now you … Read more
Chakka Pazham enikkishtam Can’t eat much, bahu kashtam! She gave me just one chola I looked her swarna vala Chola I liked, vala I liked ‘Not both’, she said, ‘take this’ I ate chola and touched her hand I got 10 for chola + bonus for gentle touch 20 = 30 points. She gave a … Read more
Back home, my own sweet home, But what a mess, all things amiss. The mess will go in no time Thank god, not the memories. Many a time, I painted the walls, Everyday, I wash the floor Glad not gone my kids’ palm prints And their mom’s food prints. Is therein’t a little one, look, … Read more
Sitting leisurely under a tree is a luxury, that I miss in USA. Even at Hyderabad there are a few places on the roadside where you can sit under a tree and relax. In many village corners trees with bases welcomes you not only for an evening chit chat but also as bus stops and … Read more
Oh, man! A silly twist in my knee muscle Twisted and turned my life into a tussle Till now, at the sight of a beauty I used to whistle Sorry, no more, let me face the body’s wrestle! The moment my right leg touches the ground A flash of lightning, in the brain goes around … Read more
Cornering the Kampala diplomat In a corner? No,I see her with him! Only a wife can do that- Cornering and honoring! To four corners of the earth With him, she moves And the soft corner they have for each other Has helped them to turn the corner Not once. She never put him in a … 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, 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
‘Ammalu, you’re totally mistaken if you consider me a good-for-nothing husband saying, ‘yes, yes’ for everything you say’ ‘No, never’ ‘Yes, you do. This is a challenge- anytime in my life, if I say, ‘yes, yes, yes’ to your idiotic commands, messages , talks, pleadings, begging, you can say Triple talaq and send me out’ … 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