Mystery of The Missing Mom
A.Charumati Ramdas The child was not crying, but there was bewilderment on his face. A smart elderly lady was taking care of him. Another boy, with exactly similar features, but with a sober and serious expression on his face was seated on the chair next to him. A middle aged person, again with the same features, too was frequently coming…
Read Moreसिर्योझा – 13
लेखिका: वेरा पनोवा अनुवाद: आ. चारुमति रामदास अध्याय 13 समझ से परे आख़िर सिर्योझा को बिस्तर से उठने की इजाज़त मिल गई, और फिर घूमने फिरने की भी. मगर घर से दूर जाने की और पड़ोसियों के घर जाने की इजाज़त नहीं थी : डरते हैं कि कहीं फिर उसके साथ कुछ और न हो जाए. और सिर्योझा…
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THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING VESSEL 🙂
It had vanished! I am talking about a vessel that I had left on the stove. I had gone to the backyard – garden – to pluck fresh coriander leaves. As I walked back into the kitchen after washing my feet, I was shocked as that divine flavour of the rasam was missing. I remembered the rasam boiling in the…
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*******A Picnic At Kregnaino********
*******A picnic at Kregnaino******** When I was in school, picnics were a part of routine activity. I am not sure if the present-day children know the meaning of this word, but to us, it used to bring an immense thrill. It was customary for the school administrations to take the children to picnics at least once a year. Come summer…
Read MoreShaving Sessions
One of the most enduring memories of my child hood were scraping, probing, groaning and blood letting sessions that grandpa undertook which could loosely be describes as having a shave. The whole tedium started with gathering all the implements of ordeal and stacking them on a table outside in sun. A convex mirror was of particular interest to us as…
Read Moreसिर्योझा – 12
लेखिका: वेरा पनोवा अनुवाद: आ. चारुमति रामदास वास्का के मामा से पहचान होने के परिणाम कालीनिन और दाल्न्याया रास्तों के बीच ख़ुफ़िया संबंध बन रहे हैं. चर्चाएँ हो रही हैं. शूरिक यहाँ-वहाँ जाता है, भागदौड़ करता है और सिर्योझा को ख़बर देता है. ख़यालों में डूबा, अपने साँवले, माँसल पैरों से वह उतावलेपन से झपाझप चलता है, और उसकी…
Read MoreCovid19 vaccination scorecard – 1
Now that vaccination for Covid 19 has started across countries in the world, I am watching the scorecard to see the progress. The run rate is not great at the moment, but then the innings has just started. The run rate differs amongst countries and also the controversies arising thereof. Regardless, I am expecting things to be a lot better…
Read MoreRush of memories- Three Poems
RUSH OF MEMORIES Again I am a little boy with ruddy cheeks With twinkling eyes and bruised knees Running up the stairs two at a time Breaking into a song on a lonely climb Again I am a trusting soul for my friends so dear As I whisper secrets after drawing them near I spread my arms and lean…
Read Moreसिर्योझा – 11
लेखिका: वेरा पनोवा अनुवाद: आ. चारुमति रामदास वास्का और उसके मामा वास्का के एक मामा हैं. लीदा ज़रूर कहती कि यह सब झूठ है, कोई मामा-वामा नहीं है, मगर उसे अपना मुँह बन्द रखना पड़ेगा : मामा हैं; ये है उनकी फोटो – शेल्फ पर, लाल बुरादे से भरे दो गुलदस्तों के बीच में. मामा की फोटो ताड़…
Read MoreIndian Budget 2021
Beginning of February is the budget time in India. The finance minister announces the budget for the coming year, which usually includes policy statements from the government. Railway budget used to be a separate event earlier. Now it is combined into the general budget. Which makes it an even bigger event. I have been a big fan of the budgets…
Read Moreबुदम and his Dilemma with ‘illiterate’ Mom
Let me take a break from my next episode, I want to get back to my ‘illiterate’ Mom, who was/is at the center of everything happening in बुदम’s life. बुदम noticed one thing, all the siblings in the family avoided him, loved him, and were extremely nice to him whenever बुदम used to be around them. But बुदम never saw…
Read Moreसिर्योझा – 10
लेखिका: वेरा पनोवा अनुवाद: आ. चारुमति रामदास आसमान में और धरती पर हो रही घटनाएँ गर्मियों में तारे नहीं दिखाई देते. सिर्योझा चाहे कभी भी उठे, कभी भी सोए – आँगन में हमेशा उजाला ही रहता है. अगर बादल और बारिश भी हो, तब भी उजाला ही रहता है, क्योंकि बादलों के पीछे होता है सूरज. साफ़ आसमान…
Read MorePrem and Prem Leela
Prem and Prem Leela In childhood, the truth value of any news or any piece of information cannot be suspected. You will jump out of your chair if I tell you what all I learnt about..sex (what else??) during these informative exchanges. There was no other source, no TV, no internet. Every little bit of information was important and it…
Read Moreबुदम and his crude business models
बुदम was a dreamer to become big in his life. But ‘work hard’ the main ingredient was missing to achieve his educational goals. बुदम was miserable for causing pain to his Dad (Mahesh) and wanted to pay him back. बुदम knew deep inside that he had hurt his Dad immensely, and he could/can not repay his debts. Most of the…
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