Rs 210. Basic pay was too big an amount for a fresh BSc in 1958. But my Appa said, ‘no, I can’t send my son to Assam’ ‘It is an attractive post as a Silt Analyst with hopes for raising’, I tried to convince him. My father and my wife both shared a good habit- … Read more
‘Is it too much to ask, if, as your husband, I expect you to return a small percentage of love which I have given you?’ ‘You love me because, you like me. Your love, in whole, I accept, absorb and it becomes a part of me. There is no question of returning in full or … Read more
‘You see me in your dreams, Ammalu?’ ‘From morning to evening, I see you behind me, wherever I go. Is that not enough?’ ‘You have eyes at your back too, Ammalu?’ ‘I have eyes all over my body. Otherwise, how did I manage all these years to keep you with me and for me?’ … Read more
‘Let us settle this issue once and for all, Ammalu. Is there an element of doubt in a corner of your mind that I’m not all that honest and sincere as I appear to be’ ‘Not in a corner. Is the issue settled once and for all and to your satisfaction?’ “There is a divya … Read more
A lamp before a deity or shrine, yes, understandable. Flowers at the feet of a deity, understandable. But, why those at the feet of a tree? Are these people mad? Imagine how old would have been this tree. Certainly it would have been standing there seeing several summers and winters. Certainly, it would have seen … Read more
I My youngest daughter in law Meena Bhaskar’s Boston kolu. ‘For Bommakolu when your friends come, I can go out if you don’t like me to be here, Ammalu’ ‘No need. Be in your library, pretending to read or write, enjoying our chats secretly. But don’t peep into the pooja every five minutes and … Read more
Savithri was in such a hurry when she entered my house that I thought her husband was hiding behind me and she had come to pick him up. ‘He is not here’, I made the position clear without waiting for her asking. ‘Who is not here?’ She asked. ‘Your husband’ ‘Who wants that old man? … Read more
I blamed my wife when my iPad was not getting charged. ‘Change your charger,’ she suggested. ‘I will change my wife,’ I yelled at her. ‘Do that, if you have courage,’ she warned. ‘The iPad is getting charged,’ I said. The iPad is getting charged. Even the iPad charger is afraid of Ammalu! ‘Ammalu, … Read more
I have noted that after retuning back home, my ledger of problems never shows a Nil balance. Solve one, another problem is waiting behind. So, I have found a way. I don’t treat any of those as ‘problems’ and give importance. Result- I have now only events and not problems! Events come and go. I … Read more
‘Let the Sun rise in the West, let the stars rise in the mid noon. I will love you and you alone, Ammalu’ ‘The question is not that. Can you love me and me alone when the sun rises in the East and the stars rise after sunset?’ ‘Ammalu, behave and talk like the wife … Read more