… I can float ever since I stopped being afraid of the sea. … My table tennis serve is an ace. The rest of my game is not in the same league. … The worm in my left knee is still there. Wriggling more than ever. … My cook sucks. Apart from low IQ, she’s [...]
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Jlt
Posted in Uncategorized on December 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Do Not Go Gentle…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged marital relationships, Short Story, story on December 7, 2009 | 6 Comments »
When it was not crumpling as she cried, mother’s mouth was set in a firm line. To those who knew her, it meant she had made up her mind. She sat close to the freezer box, touching it occasionally. Inside the freezer box was father, cast on a white sheet so the ice wouldn’t peel [...]
A.R.Rahman salutes MJ
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged a.r.r., michael jackson on June 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The following is the text of A.R.Rahman’s tribute to Michael Jackson, reproduced in full… “I am shocked at the untimely passing away of Michael Jackson, one of the greatest musicians of our time. MJ, for most of our generation was an icon who made uncompromising music. He pushed the milestone of Pop music to unbelievable [...]
The Living Dream jarred
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The IT Corridor from a bridge
Posted in Uncategorized on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In Law, In Line – 6
Posted in Uncategorized on July 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
“Ha!” Shruthi’s mother-in-law nearly spat her triumph out, “Even God is on my side! How would the Congress win the vote of confidence then?” Shruthi recognised the first rumblings of a familiar irritation, “God? What did God have to do with that? It was all about money. You saw what happened in Parliament. They tried [...]
Oh, to eat my words…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged canteen, lifestyle diseases, oil, transfat on July 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Not six months after I made this statement, I find I have to eat my words. Not that things have changed dramatically since then. At the canteen, the menu pretty much is the same, unvarying as the days of the week. Except, the consorts -the oily stuff – misshapen bondas and vadais and soggy bajjis [...]
In Law, In Line – 4
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged in law, in line on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When they found her body washed up on the shore, the sun was just rising in the Bay of Bengal. The orange orb was spilling gold on the sky, the sea and even the sands of the Bay; it seemed as if she was a bloated statuette of gold. About the same time as the [...]
Cable wars
Posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2007 | 8 Comments »
If you ask my cable guy, he’d probably tell you that I’m a totally evil person. And if you ask me, even if you don’t, I’d say he’s the most odious vermin that ever suffered to crawl upon earth. In addition to being immeasurably evil. He is rude, uncouth, abusive (verbally, of course), tells lies [...]
A few of my favourite smells
Posted in Uncategorized on August 27, 2007 | 13 Comments »
There is a smell to boiling greens, faintly reminiscent of a rainy earth. And good fresh cooked drumsticks hot from the stove… The smell of cotton fabric fiercely sun-dried Honeysuckle…Hmmmmm… Furious raindrops on a dry earth Lawn grass being watered Frying potatoes… Seasoning sizzzzzling into rasam Buttered Corn popping in a machine Sharp fresh betel [...]
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