Father’s 6th monthly ceremony is over a week ago. Hindus celebrate death this way too, believe that by remembering the departed through these monthly ceremonies, they come to accept the terms of life without them. Only the memories are remaining. I have memories of seeing my father as a handsome young man in the police […]
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WELCOME TO THE PLANET EARTH
How the time flies! It looks like Jyothi and Praveen were married just yesterday! I visited Upparapally village (near Warangal) to attend their simple but memorable marriage. Personally, I do not like attending any function/celebration. I consider the very concept of function stupid. Attending functions is the most efficient way of wasting the precious time. […]
ENOUGH TO END IT ALL?
Many wonder what is enough to end the life? No. Not life. What is enough trouble to end it all? A Peek in this direction is as follows: In 1927, Edwin Wakeman of Manchester committed suicide leaving this note: ‘I married a widow with a grown daughter. My father fell in love with my stepdaughter […]
Guru Purnima or Guru Amavasya
An interesting interpretation of Guru on the eve of Guru Purnima – who is a Guru? Can anyone be a guru? The famous Kabir Doha: Guru Govind dau khade, kake lagun payen balihari Guru apne, Govind dio milay. MEANING: “Guru (Teacher) and Govind (the God) are standing before you, then whose feet you will touch […]
Let Me Know Reddy Saab
Father’s 3rd month ceremony was completed few days ago. Difficult to think that already over 100 days have gone by in his absence. How quickly the injuries heal! All I can think is (as brainwashed) that my father has gone to heaven, where all comforts for eternal life are present. Many more I am told: […]
Friday, 13th June 1941
13th June 1941 – Date of Birth of my Father. Had he been alive he would have completed 83 years, and would have begun his 84th year. What is the day on 13th June 1941? It was Friday! Friday the 13th?! No wonder, and very appropriately he never believed in God. And 13th June 2023 […]
So long…Reddy Saab!!!
Gone to father’s house this morning at 6.30 am, as usual. Yes. I do miss him. In the cot he slept, in the plate he ate, in the wooden chair he sat, in the left over unused sealed medicines, in the stale smell of his closed house, in the calendar that is forever stuck on […]
GANGI GOVU PAALU – Which idiot wrote such a stupid poem?
An anecdote as told by my father: My Tayaji (my father’s elder brother) late Shri. Atmaram ji was reading the following Telugu Vemana Shatakamu poem aloud when he was in his 3rd class. గంగిగోవు పాలు గరిటెడైనను చాలు కడివెడైననేమి ఖరము పాలు భక్తి కలుగు కూడు పట్టెడైననుచాలు, విశ్వదాభిరామ వినురవేమ. అర్థము: మంచి ఆవు పాలు కొన్ని ఉన్నా చాలు. గాడిద పాలు […]
WRITING THE EPITAPH OF TIME
I have completed reading a great book called KOLAGANI MUTHIAM REDDY (KMR). The greatest story ever told. I have lived through his accomplishments, success, failures, disappointments, happiness, sorrows, celebrations, plans, future, professions and much more. In a word, I saw my life in him. I ate when he ate, laughed when he laughed, cried when […]
BABU…GOPI
No Sir. I do not feel like going back to Hyderabad. I am not missing anybody except you. I love this quite environment. The months that fly during the night. The Noise of birds. Do you know I can also hear the noise of the sunrise and the sunset? This entire week I have neither […]
