Till his 70th year, my father regularly visited barber’s shop once in every 20 days for haircut. Being a policeman, he had not only followed the police discipline in hair styling, but taught us the need to have a disciplined hair style. For majority of his life, my father had Mr. Narasimha as his barber. […]
Category: Death
100 years of LIFE
We are told as children that we have 100 years to live! Unbelievable, I thought. 100 years? What the hell am I going to do with 100 years? My father, mother, teachers, and the bus driver – everyone looked old. I thought they may have another 30 or 40 years to go; and I am […]
Application for Employment for the Accountant Post
Jhumri Telaiya, 19th July, 2024. Dear Sir, Sub: Application for employment for the Accountant’s Post – Regarding I refer to the recent death of the accountant at your office, who had died due to heart attack while on duty. Hence, I hereby apply for the job as a replacement to the dead accountant. I assure […]
RIDER WITH BLACK HELMET
I peered through the window, hesitatingly. I could see the entire activity on the street. Everyone appeared extremely busy in that market place. On the opposite side to my house there is a famous general store called ‘Kerala Vijay General Stores’. A person named Vijayan migrated from Kerala, and in the course of time he […]
A LIFE WELL LIVED
Early morning today, while going to the library, I saw this pigeon – dark bluish ash color – sitting on the ground in the front yard of my house. From its look I understood that it was old. The bird was in the middle of my front yard. It has stopped flying. Its majestic wings, […]
Life is Death
It is not sufficient to be alive to understand life. Many people tried to find what the hell ‘life’ is quite unsuccessfully and of course; I am no exception! You have to be at the right place, at the right moment and must be doing the right thing. And this vast universe has chosen me […]
DEATH OF CHARACTER
During my childhood, long, long ago, my father introduced to all his children the following famous quote: “When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; When health is lost, something is lost; When character is lost, all is lost” As a part of Moral Education, he told us this quotation umpteen times and stressed the importance […]
DEATH OF A WHITE RABBIT
The white pink beautiful pet rabbit died midway while giving birth to its fourth issue around 3:30 pm under the neem tree in the front garden. Along with the rabbit the three kits have also died. For the information purpose: A baby rabbit is called a kit. I was in love with this rabbit, especially […]
MY FATHER’S FIRST DEATH ANNIVERSARY
Today is Father’s 1st Death Anniversary – as per the Hindu calendar. It is said by Pujari Shashank that there is an Extra Month (Adhika Maasam in Telugu) and as a consequence the anniversary is being performed today i.e. on 11th April, 2024! There is a division of opinion among brothers about the subsequent yearly […]
