Thursday, September 26, 2024

somebody coming?

Amma..
Ayyaa......! The sound from portico reveraberated inside the house. the lady of the house came to the front hall worrying why so many beggers at one time? Has India become so poor all of a sudden?
Atleast twenty voices from the other side of the door cried again now a wee bit louder. 
She felt it was not wise to open the door at this hour .It was 8 pm  her husband was not in the house. so.."Ok let me peep through the side window " she thought...Oh!! of course there were more than twenty people and can you imagine ! they all wore white dhoties and whiter shirts. 
 "what! Have the beggers changed their uniform too?"

 One of them saw her face shadowed in the window. and shouted "Amma vangamma....Namma thalaivar vadhukiraaru"" ok ofcourse they do have a leader and ..now wait I can see the flag and phamplets in their hands.."

 she reviewed the situation while the crowd out side became a little impatient. The pressure had built up and she could see the neighbours' doors opened and some from the crowd spreading towards them too. 

She opened the door atlast. And all in a chorus welcomed her in her own house! One of them sensed her insecurity and came forward to expalin all. "we are from the so and so party..you know very well how our leader here has done so much to this place( what!  I dont remember any) new roads(is there a road any where in sight?) and drinking water in all streets..(when did that happen ?) Street lights every where ( Hallo!  you are visible only because I switched on my portico lights) 
"Amma!  your vote is only to us our leader our party the only party which vouch to work for the upliftment of our constituency..." one of the white shirts started..while he handed over the phamplet describing what the party planned to do and boasting what it thought it did.

Now she became more conversing and asked "sir I will definetly vote for you but..."
"tell me amma is there any problem?  Our leader will definitely attend to it immediately" said the leader.
 "yes.. the problem is I dont have a vote in this constituency and it is  in another place where I previously lived....."
She kept talking but then she found there was no one to listen as the beggers moved on to better pastures. 

the train

The train is scheduled to arrive in few minute. He is laid back as he has nothing much to do about .the train about to come has none of his interest. Then why is he there after all is none of your business.” Oh may be he is a tea coffee seller...” you may think. No don’t come to that conclusion. Did he lose his brain and is one of those mental people roaming and rolling all over? No sir. Come on man he must be a Romeo of sorts. Just sight seeing? Don’t you dare think so? He is not that type. Ok... don’t lose your patience. You may come to know about it soon. Mean while there is some rush near the platform. The mechanized voice has injected some life into the waiting crowd. Suit cases roll and porters appear from nowhere…the stalls start moving close by. A sure sign of some train no not goods train but a passenger one coming in. but you look at our hero he stays put. No hurry.
Any way he has nothing to worry. There is  this "Everything is  taken care of"  look on his face or is it that he really has  nothing to take care of?

There is the whistle. The train chucks in. it is an intermediate station .not much time left to board or alight. Just two minutes one passerby is heard saying . Since your train is not this one may be you too just try to relax. But then there you are worrying again why is ‘he’ relaxed. There is only one minute and then he starts to run towards the puffing train trying to get in before it moves.

“that’s all I saw sir before the train blasted and bodies lying strewn all over” was your statement before the police and TV cameras while you lie in the hospital

Monday, May 11, 2009

mothers, mother

MOTHERS ARE MADE NOT BORN
SAY SOME
BUT ONLY WHEN A CHILD IS BORN A MOTHER IS MADE.
SO A MOTHER IS ALSO BORN WHEN A CHILD IS BORN.
SO WHEN TWO NEW BORNS ARE BORN WHO BEARS THEM?
ONLY AN ALREADY BORN AND BROUGHT UP MOTHER CAN TAKE THE WEIGHT.
THATS WHEN THE NEW BORN MOTHER REALISES HER MOTHER AND THANKS HER
FOR ALL THE THINGS SHE DID FOR HER WHEN SHE WAS ALSO JUST BORN.

HAPPY MOHTERS DAY.
FOR ALL THOSE MOTHERS OUT THERE WHO TOOK CARE OF A WHOLE NEW GENERATION.

Friday, May 8, 2009

The train

The train is scheduled to arrive in few minute. He is laid back as he has nothing much to do about .the train about to come has none of his interest. Then why is he there after all is none of your business.” Oh may be he is a tea coffee seller...” you may think. No don’t come to that conclusion. Did he lose his brain and is one of those mental people roaming and rolling all over? No sir. Come on man he must be a Romeo of sorts. Just sight seeing? Don’t you dare think so? He is not that type. Ok... don’t lose your patience. You may come to know about it soon. Mean while there is some rush near the platform. The mechanized voice has injected some life into the waiting crowd. Suit cases roll and porters appear from nowhere…the stalls start moving close by. A sure sign of some train no not goods train but a passenger one coming in. but you look at our hero he stays put. No hurry.
Any way he has nothing to worry. A Everything taken care of look on his face or is it that he has nothing to take care of?
There is the whistle. The train chucks in. it is an intermediate station .not much time left to board or alight. Just two minutes one passerby is heard saying . Since your train is not this one may be you too just try to relax. But then there you are worrying again why is ‘he’ relaxed. There is only one minute and then he starts to run towards the puffing train trying to get in before it moves.

“that’s all I saw sir before the train blasted and bodies lying strewn all over” was your statement before the police and TV cameras while you lie in the hospital

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

spring time

all birds in the jungle started gearing up for the upcoming season...it is spring time and they were told by the parents that it is one of the happiest time of the year for all creatures especially us the birds.

Winter roosting over and the young ones have been trained to be on their own.green leaves sprouting on almost all trees .and along with that worms are also aplenty. even insects had their nesting time you know? And so the young ones started to explore the world of spring time.

they flew from tree to tree had a bounty of worms small nuts and some little cranes even had small fish to fit their mouth. even fish had their eggs hatched you know!

life was so full of other lives eating and eaten and flourishing .of course no one missed the disappearing specimens as all had taken care to have more supply to meet the natural demand.

after some time some adventurous birds thought "it is time we go exploring the world out side .

they left their haven and started flying south wards .because thats what has been registered in their genes.

"april showers may flowers " ....they sang and crossed the ojungle and a small sea. when they landed in a city far away it was very much raining time and hence the birds needed some shelter. of course such a big city should have some real big trees to welcome the guests they thought . "of course there it is" said one and flew fast, only to be hit by the glass panes reflecting the far away trees. ouch .. and it fell down fataly hit. other birds shuddered by the sight rushed to the near by greenary. while the place well taken care of with pruned shrubs mowed lawns a colourful line of daisies well mixed with green non flowering crotons, the place couldn't give the birds the solace they were looking for.

no big trees no fruits hanging down from them not much varieties of birds to chatter with except some species resigned to the well madeup environment

they sweated out with heat of the sunrays thrown back from the glass windows neighbouring the park.

all of a sudden a voice shouted " hey I see some unknown species of birds in the park"

and before any one could say 'click' the flash lights hit the eyes like lightning . soon some experts from the ornithology department of XYZ university were there to assert the species. and in no time the flyers were in the lime light literally and caged .

the junglees (thats what they were called as none could get to know their names you see) had to be well taken care of said a proffessor. and tomorrow we are off to London said another. yeah... they cried in ecstacy..next day ....and the birds needn't have to use their wings at all yet they flew to paris and london and New delhi only to be viewed with awe by the audience of "the world wild life fund" conference!

Happy spring time