Pichle episode mein….
The ‘abomination’ bumps into a guy who had proposed to her years back in school. She is instantly flooded with the memories of those days and gets to penning them all down. AP initiates her into the world of puppy love with a ‘love letter’. She stands largely misunderstood by many young men [...]
Archive for March, 2009
The ‘love letter’ and other stories part-2
Posted in Thoughton's column, tagged love letters, puppy love, teenage on March 31, 2009 | 17 Comments »
The ‘Love letter’ and other stories
Posted in Thoughton's column on March 25, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I received my first love letter when I was in 6th STD. It was a small paper rolled beyond its capacities to look like a parchment and was handed out to me by ‘AP’, a guy who was reputed to have proposed ‘all’ the girls in my school.
On my visit to Cochin this time, [...]
My own ‘Indian Terrain’
Posted in Nature, Oh so pretty things!, tagged Calf, casual photography, Chennai Trekkers, Indian Terrain, village colours on March 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Remember the Indian Terrain ads? The one that had Kunal Kapoor sitting in smart Indian Terrain brand clothes against a small tea shack with ‘bondas’ and a little Indian girl on either sides? I loved the composition of those photographs (and the model Kunal Kapoor) so much that after it was released, I went ahead [...]
The ‘Sage’ tree, ‘Pavizhamalli’ and an ‘Om’ howling dog
Posted in Thoughton's column, Uncategorized, tagged Family, home, Om, Palghat, pavizhamalli on March 19, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Atop a small rubber estate, a few kilometers from Palghat, is a home that holds a special place in my heart and one that I crave to go to everytime I think I need some space of my own- my dad’s sister’s place. 8years back, my aunt sold her house in the city and bought [...]
Namma ’savannah’…
Posted in Nature, tagged african plains, clouds, lion, lion king, Savannah, Tamil Nadu, train travel on March 14, 2009 | 5 Comments »
While going through my various photo files taken during train journeys in Tamil Nadu, I found this one pic that I hadn’t quite noticed when I took it. Now this might sound crazy, but it somehow reminds me of the African ‘savannahs’!!!!
The rough and untamed terrain, the thorny vegetation, the earthy colours and the marvelous [...]
The mysterious life of an ‘abomination’
Posted in Thoughton's column, tagged abomination, adventures, amma, beauty, childhood problems, discovering, guruvayoor temple, job, life, money, paiting, parents, security, singing, the good life, writing on March 9, 2009 | 9 Comments »
After deciding to exit my mother’s womb earlier than she had wanted and everybody had expected, I created a series of complications for myself and for the people around me, to finally make what has come of it today to be my life! I had made my point early in life that nobody but me [...]
