seasons, Vancouver

On a safe wicket

The pitch was ideal for the protagonists [Team?] of “less clothes, more comfortable”. And, they were going great guns, attracting even the ones who would protect themselves head to foot, rain or shine. The day starts at 5.00 AM; and from 6.00 AM onwards only the clock can tell you whether it is noon or evening. If you are getting ready for an evening walk or to spend an hour or two at the nearby parks with your kids, you need not be in a hurry, cause, it will be as bright and sunny at 9.00 PM as it was at 6.00 PM!
When the “rain, rain, go away” people seemed to be in ecstasy, the true color of the city brought an end to the prolonged innings of the sunny days and it was rain rain all the way but the next day the sun reappeared with a message, ‘it is only a short break, my friend… Be patient”.

Author: P U Krishnan

First things first. I am one of those retired chaps who are young at heart. I watch cricket matches and jump for joy when Tendulkar scores yet another century. I read newspapers and books too, though I am not crazy about them. I think I have a mind free from hatred and I owe it to the wonders of nature and music. I scribble something now and then and call myself a writer! Though I have settled in Ooty, a lovely hill station in Tamil Nadu—I must emphasize the fact that I was born and brought up in Tellicherry in North Kerala and studied in the good old Government Brennen College. Of and on, my mind goes back to my ancestral house at Tiruvangad in Tellicherry in front of an ancient Sri Ram temple. I am indebted to this wonderful place which inculcated in me a love for cricket and literature. But all said and done, I am an Indian first.

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