കൊച്ചിലെ ജീവിതം എത്ര ലളിതം ആയിരുന്നു! മുകളിൽ ആകാശം, താഴെ ഭുമി അതിലും താഴെ പാതാളം (നരകം) … അത്ര മാത്രം! എത്ര ലളിതം. ആകാശത്ത് നിറയെ നക്ഷത്രങ്ങൾ … അതൊക്കെ എത്ര ചെറിയ മിന്നാമിനുങ്ങുകൾ, ഇവിടെ തൊടിയിൽ രാത്രി കാണുന്ന മിന്നാമിനുങ്ങുകൾ പോലെ തന്നെ. മരിച്ചു കഴിഞ്ഞാൽ ഒന്നുകിൽ സ്വർഗത്തിൽ അല്ലേൽ പാതാളത്തിൽ, അവരവരു ചെയ്തു കൂട്ടിയ പാപങ്ങളും നന്മകളും അനുസരിച്ച് … ഒത്തിരി ഒത്തിരി ദൂരെ നിൽക്കുന്നത് കൊണ്ടാണ് നക്ഷത്രങ്ങൾ ചെറുതായി കാണുന്നതെന്ന് ആരറിഞ്ഞു? നക്ഷത്രങ്ങൾ മാത്രമല്ല മിന്നാത്തത്…
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Usha’s shawl
Usha and Varkey are our best friends. Actually they are my husband’s classmates & best friends. Husband’s friends do not mean that their Chemistry should click with mine. But this couple became my close friends too. A Karnataka girl so fluent in Malayalam, you will never see in your life that is Usha! Both Usha…
Daivasneham (Infinite love of God)…….
This is the last night I have with Maya & Nora my grand-daughters on our short visit with them. Tomorrow they have School. So they have to go to sleep early. It is already past 9:15 pm. Nobody will be here, in this house, to say “goodbye” to us when we leave tomorrow around 11:00…
A mother’s heart…
“My Heart is aching. I don’t know how to explain to you my situation.” It was the beginning of a long distance phone call between Soumya & I. She is my College-mate. Soumya is a bubbly character. Her face all lighted up with a big smile, is what comes to my mind when I think…
The Dollar Bill and the unknown fruit…
After the church Service, the five miles walk to my home was always tedious. Hunger, thirst & tiredness are the main reasons. Even though we would have reached the church half to one hour late, the long Service would still take another two hours or so to end. At an Orthodox church most of the…
How my iPhone proved this: “Do not assume”….
I started using the wireless Phone probably in 1995, when I had to travel about sixty five miles to reach the work place. It was bulky and it was placed in a big handbag of its own. The other details of it, like its make, range etc. I don’t remember. But it was a necessity…
Why does color matter?
I can write hundreds of Blogs about this subject. The main reason is that I am dark in complexion. I am the darkest in my family. I was not that conscious about it until I heard from my mother. She was worried about my color and was thinking way ahead about my future. I have heard…
Remembering my Grandfather..
Because I was the last-born in my family, I was not lucky to know my Grandfather closely or get pampered by him. Yet, my memories about my paternal Grandfather are vivid. I remember him as a very tall, slender man who appeared quite healthy and elegant and seldom worn a shirt. The usual occasions when…
About Michael, a memoir from my time in Nigeria…
There was a time in my life when I taught Mathematics & Physics to 8, 9 & 10 grades in a Technical College in Nigeria. I was in my early 30s. Nigerians give very importance to education. Even though Nigeria was a gas-rich country at that time, majority of the people were poor. Most of…