Neathakki vanda salwar kameezai kandu Nadunkarathukka unnai valarthaen, Pathumasam vayathilae ketti kappathi, pathumasam pinnae palai ootty? Kaivalaruma, kal valaruma ennu on melae, Kannilae ennaivittu pathu,pathu. Kondakuduthane oru croppu thalai kku, Vandai chutharathukku ava pinnale. Nethae veraikku nee puliyai irunthai, Innaikkeppidi poochai kutty aanai ? Marunthai kuduthalo, mayayai pottalao, Maharaasi ennodu maattuppon than. Aarukkittae intha kashtathai … Read more
In response to KVA’s note, sharing his health problems with his beloved readers, I shot a mail advocating how he should face his problems boldly, in an admonishing style which only friends are empowered of doing. This was early morning yesterday. I developed suddenly severe muscle pain, last night and screamed at Srikanth, my last … Read more
Venu is one of the handful of classmates, I am in contact with. He lives in Palakkad. For the past seven months, while I was away from the country, I didn’t speak to him. Yesterday, I casually called him and there was no response. After sometime, he called back and informed that along with his … Read more
————————————————————————————————– ‘Crey, crey, crey’, the front door screamed when he entered home after a tiresome day. “Damn, it!” He screamed, catapulting his office bag on the sofa, ” noisy home, screaming kids, no peace even at one’s own home!”His wife came out from the bed- room after putting her baby to sleep. The bed room … Read more
Children, This is for you. After praying to Mahaganapathy to remove obstacles and to Goddess Sarswathy, to enrich us with knowledge, we will now pray to our Guru for his blessings. Guru is practically the one who provides us tools for a purposeful living. Later, you will lean that Guru is an elevator to your … Read more
It was on my return trip after attending a music program in Tampa along with my daughter Aparna and her kids that my avaricious eyes happen to fall on her- a black beauty on a multicolored, golden- boarded, carton inside a movable, transparent-shuttered freezer in a Patel-shop. Mesmerized by her charm, I grabbed a dozen … Read more
Dear children, this is for you: You are familiar with this picture of the goddess Saraswathi , सरस्वती, on the bank of a river, adorned by a pure white silk sari with golden borders, holding a book and beads, playing music on Veena, a peacock by her side admiring her serene and calm face .This … Read more
This is for you, children. At dusk, when the reddish divine disc, descends with admirable glory, behind the western hills, visible from our house , we children used to sit before a brilliant big brass lamp that illumined and sanctified the small enclosure called ‘sree kovil’ in our ‘naalu kettu’ big house, where we were raised. Focusing … Read more
Vishu musing – Appa’s four anna coins, I failed to preserve “Don’t open your eyes, till I wake you up early morning tomorrow,” Amma warns, the previous night. But I get up before the dawn breaks, for cracking fireworks before others do, though pretend that I was still sleeping. She comes to my bed and … Read more
Kavus, Devi shrines and Sarpa kavus, shrines for the Snake gods are the specialities of Kerala, sanctioned by the great ParasuraAmA., as per the legends. In every house, there used to be a Sarpakavu, in the special corner allotted in the open, beneath a tree, where lamps were lighted every evening and special Poojas performed … Read more