New year wishes? Nothing Baghavan. What more do I need When you’re with me As my inner flow, outer glow? Keep me as fit, as contended As I’m now. Let my inner machines work And flow continue as now. Let my eyes see, ears hear Nose smell, tongue taste, Legs and hands Obey me. And … Read more
I will win this war
My armor is empty But my arms still move, My horse fell, Chariot broke, My infantry vanished Cavalry vanished, Vanished not my will Not my trust in me Not my trust in God, I will win this war, I will.
Your coffee is ready on the table
‘Give me your blessings uncle. Your blessings, not god’s. I don’t believe in God ‘ ‘Oh!’ ‘I don’t believe in astrology and other worn out practices’ ‘Oh!’ ‘We are in the 21st century, a free world. People forget that’ ‘Oh!’ ‘Why do you say, ‘oh, oh’ and nothing else ?’ ‘You love a girl?’ ‘Yes, … Read more
When 2016 moves behind the curtain.
Unmayai chonna othukkanam- you should admit when I speak the truth- 2016 will be out soon. What happens next? The new Mathrubhoomi calendar will replace the old one! Everything else in the house, including me and my thammudu, will be the same! For our age, the status quo condition is satisfactory ++++ Still, human nature … Read more
Anything more to say?
‘One among us is dead’ That is all they said! And that is my guess. Got electrocuted A crow was hanging on a wire. In no time, crows gathered in the air In hundreds, cawing, fluttering. Yes, in no time, but how? Wi-Fi they have? Was the mother, wife, son or daughter Of the crow … Read more
Panchavady and Meenasister
Time flies in jet speed or in mind’s speed. The shy and stylish girl, whom I brought to Hyderabad, soon after her graduation at GVC, for joining NIN, is a happy grand mother of six children now with the latest arrival of Rishi Skanda. My Meenasister was fashionable right from her schooldays, not very … Read more
About me and my people
After my BSc, I started my career in a field survey under a WHO project and our unit was at Trichur. My job was to collect blood, urine and feces samples from the farmers and other workers in the remote villages where malnutrition was prevalent, by early morning visits, exam those at our Laboratory … Read more
Perinkulam kitchen bulletin
Having led a life of leisure, luxury, laziness and lethargy for over three years with my children in USA, my sudden active life now is really interesting. I like it. I learn many new dishes. Vicha wanted Roti for dinner. Came up well, especially the potato curry, thanks to Aparna’s guidance. When Vicha says, ‘Anna, … Read more
Beyond the land of the Sun, moon and stars
Meghana’s pre-dawn prompting, ‘my personal favorite and bias is your poetry, appa!’, propelled my feeling from the cavern of my heart and the result is this forest stream. Compressed feelings and thoughts need only a match stick to flash as a flame. Thanks Megh. You made my day. ——————- ‘When and where did we meet … Read more
Ammalu is always right
Facebook ‘awesome’, spreads to home! ‘You are awesome,’ says a kind FB friend. ‘I’m’, I concedes humbly. ‘How?’ Asks Ammalu, after living with me for four decades. ‘You want me to prove?,’ I ask her beating my chest. ‘Yes, please’, submits the innocent, ignorant woman. ‘I can tell you accurately, the sum of 2 + … Read more