Paiyan Paartha Padalam

One thing which occurs in every man’s life (at least in the place where I grew) is the “Poonu Paarkum Padalam”. To say that I hate it would be the understatement of the year. I simply detest it and consider it the most uncivilized thing on earth. It could be a harrowing experience for the concerned girl. Well by gods grace I did not have to through it. (The true reason being I feared the terrible bajji and sojji that would be served, which I have to consume with a plastic smile pasted on my face)

I was in Singapore at that point of time. My wife had come to our place in Coimbatore along with her parents for “Paiyan Paarkum Padalam”. I heard from reliable sources that she had gobbled down half a dozen idlies, polished it off with a few helpings of Kesari and finally washed down everything with a cup of coffee. She had complimented my folks for the great food. Good Manners you see. :-)

I called up home and she spoke with me for some time. I can vouch that she could give all the criminal lawyers a run for their money with the kind of questioning skills she possesses. She had questioned me right from L.K.G class teacher’s name, (It was Lalitha Miss) to what I had for lunch. She decided that I was the right guy for her after the session :-)

Nothing much has changed now, I still answer to a lot of questions though, the nature of the question has changed. :-)

Republic Day Celebrations

A few weeks back we had republic day celebrations going on at office. Each bay was to be decorated to represent a particular state in India. Our theme was West Bengal.

One good thing about that is, I got to meet a lot of creative people who were bursting with ideas and made friends with them. This was quite helpful as I am new to the organization.

We had constructed a Howrah Bridge, Fisherman in a boat, Fisher woman selling fishes, Chat Stall, Darjeeling Tea Estate, Sunderbans etc. All out of thermo coal, chart paper, crepe paper and paints. We also made a Rangoli of the Calcutta Durga using coloured salt. It was real fun. Given below is a picture of the rangoli.