My Thoughts

The mofussil   wakes up from its usual slumber when something new happens or a new visitor turns up.  This time the stimulus was Prof. Kurup. The […]

From a tender age itself, snake boats and vanchippattu (boat song) had been a craze amongst us. I still remember the day when we went in [...]

Valiamma used to wake up at 4’o clock in the morning. Preparing the kitchen was the first among a long list of daily chores. Devakiamma, her […]

It was big news. King Kong v/s Dhara Singh. The wrestling ring in Madras was jam packed with 30,000 spectators. Both the combatants being Goliaths in […]

Mannanam junction had an anti- venom clinic operating in an old building that belonged to the local church. A Benedictine Brother from the church was the […]

Mannanam and Kaippuzha are siblings separated at birth by just a ferry. In due course of time, plans to [...]

Picnic. Children the world over simply love it. So did us, at the Mannanam St. Ephrem’s School. Our farthest picnic destination would be Kochi or Alappuzha. […]

‘’For grandma’s wedding sadaramam play was there.’’ I heard this from a relative on a holiday visit to our home. Thenceforth, my enquiry on the said […]