“There is a break in the family history, where the ages accumulate and overlap, and the natural order makes no sense: it’s when the child becomes the parent of their parent.” This happens when the father grows older and begins to move as if he were walking through fog – slowly, very slowly, imprecisely. The […]
Tag: family
MY WRIST WATCHES AND TIME
I have over 25 expensive wrist watches. A question arises, at this point of life, as to why I have accumulated so many wristwatches? What will I do with them? What is it I wanted to prove either to myself or to the world? I have also purchased many expensive wristwatches to my family, of […]
THE CURIOUS CASE OF Ms. SAARIKA
I did not expect even in my wildest dreams that I would meet a transgender in my small agricultural village! Saarika was born as a man with the qualities of a woman. In a male body, female spirit is residing. She hails from a poor illiterate family where the culture is a man should behave […]
ON BEING MY FATHER’S BARBER
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. […]
The Devil’s Advocate
The Devil’s Advocate – I watched this movie few days ago. I had downloaded this movie a decade back and never got time to watch. It will be enough for me to mention that there had been no other movie where I had to pause the play in mere awe at the magnificence of the […]
YOUR NEW NEIGHBOR
Dear Sir, I am your new neighbor, moved into the flat very next to yours few months ago. Our working timings are such that we rarely meet. In the recent resident’s welfare association meeting, I wanted to very much meet you, but unfortunately you could not make it due to business commitments. I met your […]
Come at 4 pm for Tea. I Will Wait
After repeated knocking on the window, later on the door, after calling him aloud over 10 times and 15 minutes later, he slowly opened the door. There is an agreed emergency entry into the house, but unfortunately it was latched from inside. Otherwise, I would not have waited for 15 long minutes anxiously. The distance […]
HENCE, I BEGAN JOURNEY AT 5 am, ALONE!
Walking the whole of yesterday was a big revelation. The revelation is that no one walks with me. I will have to walk alone and always. Take any event in my life, I am alone. The so-called company or the society is just peripheral and it is basically bullshit! From these examples it is clear, […]
My Father and Mother
Both my father and mother hail from the old Karimnagar district of the then Hyderabad-Deccan, Andhra Pradesh, and Present Telangana. Both were born in the kingdom of Hyderabad-Deccan of the Nizam. A part of this kingdom later became AP. My mother was born at a small temple town called VEMULAWADA. It is about 35 km […]
The Colorful Bathing Soap
While going to office, near Bagh Amberpet traffic signal, a middle-aged lady carrying a reasonably heavy bag approached, asked: “Sir, we are selling a new bathing soap that not only nourishes skin but also it keeps skin forever young; the smell of our soap lingers all day long”. Her monologue continued. The rate on the […]
