Vanakkam Doctor !

Naive ignorance with Subtle variations Indelible screen saver in my perennial mind screen Alas, Cushion for the troubled mind. She is always there And utterly reliable, Friendlier than most of my friends Culinary expert with a razor sharp brain Practicalities and hospitalities Run very parallel in her hand. Having gone through a lot She managed to gather us as a lot I am forever amazed by   Ever growing mental strength Never waning even whilst losing her physical strength. Period of difficulties Interspersed with patches of life’s oddities Duly enhanced by lack of its basic commodities. She can be complex And be very simple Like all of us, Donning the perspective coat, And spinning the life’s odd ball When going gets tough , her Tough gets going. We are in her mind In her thought process In her breath and

I t’s been a while; since I had bragged about myself and in the process almost self inflate my sagging EGO! Well, we had been to a violin concert last week.   It was a south Indian Carnatic classical violin duet concert, performed by the famous Ganesh and Kumaresh brothers from Chennai. It was my first violin concert, especially since I have started learning the same.   We were all there apart from Nila (daughter), who was bit busy with her drama classes. It was Priya’s (my wife) and mukil’s (son) first concert too.   Priya was in fact more motivated than me to attend this concert, as she been learning Veenai for a good six months and her interest in Carnatic music is literally growing taller than her! The concert was held in the famous Bridge water Hall in Manchester and was well organised and held over two hours. The programme started with the composition of Saint Thyagaraja in Ragam Andolaki, followed by a Kambeera nattai (remember “Innum enna