‘You are behaving like Swamy’s grandmother’, said my son irritatingly, for the umpteenth time. For the uninitiated, Swaminathan aka Swami is the adorable character in the first of the trilogy written by R K Narayan called as “Swamy and friends”….you can read the excerpts of the glorious conversation between the two at the end of […]
“I am writing a letter to life for the #DearZindagi activity at BlogAdda”. https://youtu.be/5DkO7ksXY8E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DkO7ksXY8E&authuser=0 Dear Zindagi, Zindagi na milegi dobara, (will not get chance to live life again) for there is no reset button but only rewind and fast forward to past and present, and so I feel it is appropriate that I express […]
It took me 47 years to ride the pale green monster of the Chennai suburban transport, one of the excesses of the Colonial Raj, launched in the 1930s, that has stood the test of time and ravages of people and retained its old world charm amidst the swanky metro rapid rail that dot most […]
A consultation with the Doctor never stops with a solitary visit, we are subjected to a series of follow ups and similar is my post on reunions! For those who missed out on the first part you can read it here . A chance mail from one of the old batch mates ensured that the […]
I was in the middle of an intersection, a circle as it is called in this part of the globe, and had just a few fleeting seconds to decide on which road to take. Just as the signal turned green, one to the right, one straight and one to the left, I allowed my lack […]
Unwinding on the Jayanti Janata Express, all the three of us obviously for three different reasons; Amma overjoyed at the thought of meeting her kith and kin at the affectionate Maratha Mandir(my beloved maternal uncle’s domain at amchi Mumbai), my brother, God knows for what and I am still in the process […]
Glances at the clock furtive Waiting for the elusive The most relevant, conspicuous by absence Mountain of dishes jostling for space Mighty upper hand to do the chores Repeated calls and rush to the doors And then she arrives in style on a dirty carpet Wielding a look of hurry and unkempt Reverberation of […]
Rishi Agasthya would say she is his, Kannadigas claim their stake to her while the Tamilians wager on her at all costs! While Sage Agasthya had her confined as Lopamudra in a Kamandala, (pot used by hermits that has water in it) probably foreseeing the wrath, if she was let loose until Lord Ganesha came […]
Run up to the reunion – part one Ajith, Bindu, Hari, Jayaram, Krishnakumar, Meena…no, this isn’t the roll call from the attendance register that I am so used to these days nor are they prospective Indian baby names but yes they are evergreen names of a family of nomenclature, that belong to the exclusive and […]
I was the privileged one among the cantankerous cousins making merry at my uncle’s house every summer, with the fortuity of being a young patient of my benevolent uncle. An annual rendezvous of the paternal family, gave us the unmatched happiness of the entire brood coming together and painting the small town of Madurai red […]
I have the privilege and honour of presenting to my beloved readers and followers,, my husband G Ramaswamy, who has just authored an academic and technical book on the rudiments of electronics. The book is titled “Basic Electronics” and is a comprehensive textbook for first/second semester BE students coming under the ambit of VTU in […]
