Sumathi was in a Predicament, just when she was getting ready to enter one of her favorite restaurant after spending a couple of hours in a shopping mall, fully exploiting the weekly freedom granted by her hubby who was busy even on Sundays. To her shock and surprise, her ex-lover was sitting in a corner …
Category: P U Krishnan
Anxious Parents
It was a typical winter morning and I was on my way to the nearby milk booth to buy some milk in anticipation of a guest. A middle-aged man who was far behind me over took me and stopped for a while and asked an elderly person, “Did you see my daughter anywhere near the …
Books of the hour
The winter in this hill station has a deceptive look. It is bright and sunny all through the day and yet it is bone-chilly even if you protect yourself with warm cloths. The only remedy is to make yourself active. As usual, I went out for a brisk walk and returned home at lunch time. …
Twinkle, Twinkle!
“I know it is a sarcastic smile… making fun of me? When his highness is still there, I look pale and tiny. You know that but… Still, you mock at me. Yes, I hear you… Twinkle, Twinkle little… I may not be all that big but when darkness sets in, your entire street lights pale …
BIRDS OF A SAME FEATHER!
With a five-star hotel up there and several new buildings on the near-by hills and valleys, my vexed mind got some relief from that solitary hill which has withstood human encroachments so far. But how long?, I wondered. Anyway, right now, it has managed to protect itself from crazy chaps. As I moved on and …
YUMMY!
At long last, we were at the ‘Big city’ and soon our taxi cab became a part of hundreds of slow moving cars and buses. Here and there, a few motor bikes and auto rikshaws were struggling to squeeze through narrow gaps. All through the morning, it was a pleasant journey, right from the hill …
SACHIN IS SACHIN!
“Oh, a cheeky single…. sachin just managed to cross over before the ball hit the stumps”. Sachin was just four short of his century and there was one over left before stumps. The bus in which we were travelling entered the Mettupalayam bus stand.I hurried to the nearby Teashop to watch those exciting moments. there …
Glorious Uncertainties!
Cricket is said to be a game of uncertainties and this saying has come in handy for some of us to explain away the humiliating defeat suffered by India at the hands of the visiting English team in the 5-day matches. As far as matches played on home grounds are concerned, India used to have …
The art of settling down!
Back home after a gap of eight months is a strange experience. Off and on you are haunted by the happy-go-lucky experiences you had had, all these days, with your kith and kin. Simultaneously, you have to struggle a bit to regain the routine life. Yeah, its calls for a lot of diplomacy and patience …
WOW!
We were on an aimless evening walk. There were several new houses, big and small, in that area and we were at liberty to choose any path that served the purpose! A subway here and a bypass there, we moved on and on, saying “Hi, Hello†in response to greetings from strangers whom we met …