Hh I’m in a totally worry-free, relaxed mood while with my children in USA , for many reasons: 1. The first and foremost is the feeling that I’m in the correct place, where Parents of my age should be. 2. I see their mother in my children and recall their childhood days in my … Read more
You have many to feed you You can enter any kitchen, any time steal butter, fresh and pure. I peep into neighbor’s kitchen ‘You here?’, yells the Mami ‘Can I see you for a minute?’, I plead. ‘Wait in the foyer Till I adjust my sari layer’. I wait for an hour Mami … Read more
‘Soda or juice?’ Enquired the air hostess In a sweet voice, neat dress. ‘Whiskey with soda’. ‘One or two pegs?’ ‘Two, if you don’t mind’ Two pegs of whiskey, too small a base To let my mind for a wild goose chase But wonder how I asked the girl next to me ‘What is … Read more
Your dad a good swimmer, so what? Dad an ace rower, but you got The warmth for water from thatha No doubt in that, my cute Shasta! What a rush in the sky, my moon! When embarks the grand monsoon! Dense dark clouds with heavy sounds Like tuskers in thousands Push and dash out in … Read more
Locks separated from their keys And keys separated from their locks Reminds me Men separated from their women And women separated from their men. I feel sad and preserve this junk. Junk? Comes Abdullah with a push cart ‘ThAlam repair, thAlam repair!’ I gave him a lock, he made the key The lock is happy, … Read more
Man is born selfish and I can’t be an exception. Close to Kalpathy Shivan kovil, Kshipraprasada Ganapathy is there. A few yards away Mandakara Mahaganapathy dwells. But, my practice has been rush to Chathapuram, crack a coconut before God and come out after darisanam with the satisfaction that all the obstacles on the path to … Read more
‘Oh, Ammalu, my dear sweet girl, in sound sleep last night, I had a feeling of a peacock feather gently moving here, there and all over my body. It didn’t, however, take much time to realize the truth that it was your hand movements. I’m elated, you’re back to your good old days!’ ‘Sorry for … Read more
. I don’t claim to have a sadhu or sanyasi as my Guru, though I respect many honest and holy personalities. As an ordinary person, for me, Guru is transmitter of knowledge. Transmitter, according to me can be a living or non living being, even an experience. Like others, for me too, my parents were … Read more
Farewell to another sweet coconut tree of my Olavakkode origin! A relationship of 40 years blown off! Yes, I had to cut another coconut tree, as it started playing havoc not only within the compound but also extending its head towards the road. It was a painful job, as I had brought the seed of … Read more
‘Ammalu, I have every right to question you, as I’m your husband. Any doubt in that ?’ ‘Doubt in what, you’re my husband?’ ‘Talk sensibly. You have any doubt in my right to question you?’ ‘Not at all’ ‘Then, what is your problem?’ ‘You don’t question me at all. You stand in attention, looking at … Read more