Heard this line after every meal of my cousin's day wedding ceremony at palakkad recently , and from whom....from old Mamis ,Patis ,chitthis , chittapapa ...whom i have to actually halt and think for two minutes as to how i am even related to them....and from whom we hear from only on such weddings or family occassions ......
Who are these ppl and what the hell else will my wedding be to them, but just another function to wear pattu podavai and come ,eat and go,....and of course get an update on who got married who hasnt ... , exchange rate of US dollar and UAE dirham , who lives where and who is next in line to the Knot , I was taken aback when 2 paati’s ( 70 + ) were talking about H1N1 and obama.
and my poor parents worried expression after every such comment...
As much as family functions are a delight, being able to be at palakkad ,with cousins catching up and having truckloads of fun with other family members & friends , the dressing up, the singing away, the food ( I just love it , paal paysam , parupu paysam , sambar , olan ,kaalan, kootu,upperi ), the people watching...seeing your fun cousin have fun at his own wedding ...:)
I guess when it comes to you being a topic of discussion it can get a little irritating....
Our's is a Palakkad iyer - Tam Brahm family with ppl living all over.....Chennai ,Coimbatore , Bangalore ,across Kerala ,lots of settlement in the west - Mumbai & of course the US , Gulf , Canada , Australia & even Nigeria for that matter. Thankfully...my cousins werent irritating like the un-known Mamis and Patis were ,who ask.....Kutta enne aachu ? ?
when are you getting married?....so how old will you be next year ? arent your parents looking?..
.hey...settle down now!...i am not dying of some dreaded disease..so please dont look so worried for me....!i am having lot of fun(even be it in solitude) ... unlike you who is already regretting having got hitched...i have a great job and earn a good deal to take care of myself... what are you worried abt..? i cant seem to understand....Never thought i'll be writing one of these...read them ....but really ppl there are old Mamis, thathas and patis for all the questioning.....
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Saturday, May 02, 2009
6A ,5th Main Road
Was at 6A after a 5 months hiatus . Have never been ever since I changed my coordinates . This surely would be one of the places I frequented the most
This house has seen the Childs fight to the street fight , the fall & rise , the ups & downs ,the ego & the sacred self of each one of us in the GUMBAL .
During the school & college days , when we were not that privileged to flaunt the mobiles we do now, one number which my parents knew by heart apart from my residence was 24790725.
This place was also a temple of all leisure activities , people would be playing tennis , cricket on the narrow pathway as well as the terrace ensuring the ball only to be hit in to the next locked apartment in the 2nd floor or to the adjoining house guarded by 3-4 dogs . people would fight to decide who would jump and pick up the ball.
I had also spent many afternoons ,sleeping at this house ,when others would be preparing for the 10th Board ,12th Board & TNPCEE exams . Infact I had many night out at this place , the only motivational hygiene being the biscuit packet & hot tea that PP’s father would get us for staying awake.
This Is also the place ,people would make it a point to drop in religiously whenever they are in India from whichever place on the world map.This place for the last 20years had played a pivotal role in forming many relationships . Though I wont say , that the 3 are the best friends (which isn't ) , but then this place finds a mention on the Trio's ( Vidhya - PP - Natti) life.
Now 6A is all set to add one more new member to the family . Though many of our fellow chininmates have moved on to the next phase of family life , Iam still pinching hard to believe our Pradeep Parthasarathy is all set to shun the elite single tag .
Just as the famous lines goes :-
We are all a little weird And life's a little weird,
And when, like you, you find Someone whose weirdness is compatible with yours,
You join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness & call it love.
This house has seen the Childs fight to the street fight , the fall & rise , the ups & downs ,the ego & the sacred self of each one of us in the GUMBAL .
During the school & college days , when we were not that privileged to flaunt the mobiles we do now, one number which my parents knew by heart apart from my residence was 24790725.
This place was also a temple of all leisure activities , people would be playing tennis , cricket on the narrow pathway as well as the terrace ensuring the ball only to be hit in to the next locked apartment in the 2nd floor or to the adjoining house guarded by 3-4 dogs . people would fight to decide who would jump and pick up the ball.
I had also spent many afternoons ,sleeping at this house ,when others would be preparing for the 10th Board ,12th Board & TNPCEE exams . Infact I had many night out at this place , the only motivational hygiene being the biscuit packet & hot tea that PP’s father would get us for staying awake.
This Is also the place ,people would make it a point to drop in religiously whenever they are in India from whichever place on the world map.This place for the last 20years had played a pivotal role in forming many relationships . Though I wont say , that the 3 are the best friends (which isn't ) , but then this place finds a mention on the Trio's ( Vidhya - PP - Natti) life.
Now 6A is all set to add one more new member to the family . Though many of our fellow chininmates have moved on to the next phase of family life , Iam still pinching hard to believe our Pradeep Parthasarathy is all set to shun the elite single tag .
Just as the famous lines goes :-
We are all a little weird And life's a little weird,
And when, like you, you find Someone whose weirdness is compatible with yours,
You join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness & call it love.
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