Vanakkam Doctor !

Fringe on Booze (you wish!) Binge on curries Bike trips to cinema halls Whilst eye picking the lady birds….. Morning spent on Kites Late mornings on ensuing fights Bickering and smouldering Ever friendly neighbours Cold shouldering…… Rain to follow Being a spoilsport every other year More fun to swallow…. Nobody cares down the line Crammed with Kites, North Madras skyline Whilst the rain takes A leisurely bite! Binge on curries Yet cringe from a real break Albeit now the turn of crackers Whilst we are still knackered……. Still Binge on curries Now Cringe on Booze (you really wish!) Bike trips to cinema halls Whilst eye picking the lady birds, How we wished the day never ends……………

Deepavali!!! It is once again, that time of the year. First 10 years: Oil bath, food, crackers, fire works, kites, friends, and lots of fun Second ten years: Fire works, kites, entertainment, television, movies, food, friends, girl friends and lots of fun Third ten years: Just the odd sprinklers or rockets, friends, Old monk, beers, Whiskies, dance, looking at kites, bladdered and lots of fun Currently: Very few drinks, friends, food, dance, and kiddies having lots of fun!! My earliest memory of Deepavali goes back to, when I was possibly four or five. Appa came home that evening with a big bag full of fire works, most of which were diverted to my uncles in Kanchipuram. Well, we were very young to fire them! The next one was when Appa got himself incarcerated in Chennai central prison!T his was in 1976, following a union strike at his work place which was also the emergency period in India . We were actually...