I won’t have another eightieth birthday.- who said? I will have one more, the third and the last one this year, on December 8th, as it was on that date I was born, according to my horoscope. In fact that should be the correct date of birth, irrespective of what was written on my … Read more
‘I need your help, Thirumeni’ ‘I’m not a Nambudiri’ ‘Aren’t you the Malayali mantravadi, people are talking about?’ ‘No. But I know some mantrams and tanthrams . You want to attract some old woman?’ ‘I can do that myself’ ‘How old are you?’ ‘Eighty’ ‘Oh, then you don’t need my help’ ‘My problem … Read more
(A Facebook post dtd Nov 16, 2o16 ) See the condition of the earthen lamps, which were so beautiful last night, the moment the oil and wicks in them got exhausted! Will I too be like this when my power pack loses it power? Will me too, nourished with selected vegetables and fruits and high … Read more
I’m prepared to give your mom half my properties, if she takes you back, Ammalu’ ‘She will take me back without your giving her a pie. But, what is left with you, if I’m gone?’ ‘Why, my properties?’ ‘What property do you have other than me as all other properties are already transferred in … Read more
Cartoon courtesy Ramki of Chennai ‘With so much load on your head, you are able to laugh and laugh so loud?’, commented Dr.Rao, , who stays a few houses away, when we met last evening. I was sad to see the man who had repaired the legs of several patients had to use a … Read more
A husband and wife fought in the neighborhood . Let them . Why did they marry after all, if not for fighting? But why should I be called to interfere? I don’t even know them! I enjoy such quarrels sitting inside my house near the door or widow so that I get a good view. … Read more
Cartoon courtesy Ramki, Chennai. ‘Ammalu what is your problem if me, as an art lover, enjoy the artistic beauty of the straight lines and curves of kolams, while your friends light the Deepavali lamps?’ ‘You are going beyond the curves and bends of kolam drawings. There the problem starts’ ‘Who is that woman … Read more
Cartoonist. Ramki of Chennai ‘While my grandmother was alive, she used to give me oil bath twice a week. Then, my mother followed that good practice. I had to simply sit on a stool; they applied oil, massaged all over the body and after half an hour washed from head to toe with cheekai powder … Read more
My wife trusted me but not my words. My teachers trusted neither me nor my words. My employer spent most of his time watching through the glass partition to see whether I was in my seat or not. Nothing abnormal in any of their behavior. But, my daughter, my only daughter, to whom I used … Read more
‘Can you write one line in English, without eight mistakes, Ammalu?’ ‘Mom said it was not necessary. ‘Learn to read’, she said. ‘It will help you to read your husband’s earlier love letters to his girl friends, which you should use as a tool to harass him’ I did that, I used; I won’ … Read more