A PAGE FROM LIFE – DEATH OF MY FATHER

I was about eight years old.We were sitting in the portico of mother’s house , we say ammath, at Naruvakulangara, when a lizard fell on my head. Pozhichoor namboodiri, who was a frequent visitor at that time, recited a stanza in verse, which meant that if a lizard falls on the head, it is a [...]

COIMBATORE

  After the experience of Trichur, which is bursting at the seams owing to bulging traffic and full of buildings offering nothing else to the eyes, Coimbatore in Tamilnadu is a welcome relief! Here space seems to be unlimited. Buses are plenty for movement in the town, minimum bus fare a mere two rupees, compared [...]

OMENS

We believe in omens. If the first thing we come across, as soon as we come out of the house, is a cow, a prostitute, a or milkman(the list is long), it is a good omen and you are distined to succeed in your mission. A bull, a widow or wood fuel are bad. My [...]

RAINBOW LOVE

Every body loves a rainbow. While working in Kaiga Atomic Power Project, our departmental bus used to travel over the bridge across Kali River. Once I noticed an extremely beautiful rainbow, as if an arch had been erected spanning the river, every detail clearly visible, the sky being cloudless, as if I was seeing a [...]

SHOCKING FAILURE OF MOON MISSION CHANDRAYAN

It is shocking to learn about the failure of our moon mission We should learn a few lessons The first point to note is that our scientists are not equipped to embark on such a mission. Technically we are far too behind the new rich nations like China and Japan Secondly, they have money, we [...]

NEIL O CANT

  His name was NEELAKANTHAN. Perhaps he didn’t like it. As he was an admirer of Germans, he changed his name to Neil O Cant. I am talking about my uncle’s first son. As he was anuj (aniyan in Malayalam ) to the eldest ( daughter named Devasena ), he was called Aniyan by all, [...]

MY UNCLE

UNCLE My mother’s eldest brother, whom I shall simply call uncle, was of Spartan habits. At home, he wears a big Kerala style bath towel, hand woven, white and easy to remove water by simply folding it and squeezing the water off by hand. He never uses soap or the powder of the bark of [...]

I WISH ALL MY VIEWERS A HAPPY ONAM!!!

An invisible and inexplicable bond develops between us. ONAM is the harvest festival celebrated only in KERALAM. It lasts for seveal days. The main day is on 2-9-09, this year. Predictably, the focuss is on eating and all people, irrespective of religion or caste, take part in festivities. It is like hartal or bundh. YOU MAY [...]

A PAGE FROM MY LIFE – OPPOLAMMA

  If anybody really loved and cared for my mother, it was my father’s first wife! She was wealthy and handsome. My mother was of the same age as her own daughter who was a real beauty. We, my brother and I, used to call her Oppolamma, meaning sister’s mother, as was customary among us. [...]

IRINJALAKUDA RAILWAY STATION

For the first time, I got down at the above station and found out that the town by that name is eight K.M away. Actually the name of the place is Kalletunkara. It is a god forsaken station, but has, unblievably an SBI- ATM, which, I am sure, has not been used by anybody. Why waste [...]