The day saw Achu, who'd fetched up last evening for a day's stay with us, regaling us with his stories on the work front. After months of waiting and having sent his curriculum vitae to many job offers, he was beginning to get disappointed at the 'no shows'. Moreover, the family was using him for running small errands, baby sitting and even looking after the elderly as he was readily available.
He used to unburden some of his woes and apprehensions to me and we - his parents, an uncle, a cousin and us - made it a point to assure him that his good days were about to arrive. Sure enough, he was selected as Assistant Engineer-in-charge, Quality Control in a reputed firm and is currently deployed at Perundurai near Erode since the first of last month. He is enjoying his stint as the person empowered to accept/reject storage batteries supplied by the firm's auxiliaries!
He and Lekha had gone for seeing the noon show of the Malayalam movie, 'Oru vadakkan selfie' and returned quite elated after seeing the hilarious flick. He was seen off by the 6 o'clock bus to Palakkad from where he takes off for Perundurai, early morning tomorrow. I'd, then, gone to the market for purchasing sundries for the Vishukkani.
Like last year, mom, Lekha and me got into the serious yet pleasant act of setting up the Vishukkani around 2200h, after supper. This time, thanks to our neighbour's farm hand, Pushpaakaran, all the necessary ingredients like the Labernum. the small clutch of raw mangoes, jack fruit etc were acquired without panic and well in time. As has been observed over the past decade or so, the Labernum trees bloom earlier than usual resulting in the flowers withering away by the time it's Vishu, giving every Malayalee the jitters as it's the most important ingredient of the 'kani'! Unscrupulous vendors hike the price of a small clutch of the flowers to unbelievable levels towards the run up to the great day.
Thanks, Pushpaakaran, you've been very kind.
Tailpiece.
This year's 'Vishukkani' is grander than what we'd set up last year. Experience counts, huh!
He used to unburden some of his woes and apprehensions to me and we - his parents, an uncle, a cousin and us - made it a point to assure him that his good days were about to arrive. Sure enough, he was selected as Assistant Engineer-in-charge, Quality Control in a reputed firm and is currently deployed at Perundurai near Erode since the first of last month. He is enjoying his stint as the person empowered to accept/reject storage batteries supplied by the firm's auxiliaries!
He and Lekha had gone for seeing the noon show of the Malayalam movie, 'Oru vadakkan selfie' and returned quite elated after seeing the hilarious flick. He was seen off by the 6 o'clock bus to Palakkad from where he takes off for Perundurai, early morning tomorrow. I'd, then, gone to the market for purchasing sundries for the Vishukkani.
Like last year, mom, Lekha and me got into the serious yet pleasant act of setting up the Vishukkani around 2200h, after supper. This time, thanks to our neighbour's farm hand, Pushpaakaran, all the necessary ingredients like the Labernum. the small clutch of raw mangoes, jack fruit etc were acquired without panic and well in time. As has been observed over the past decade or so, the Labernum trees bloom earlier than usual resulting in the flowers withering away by the time it's Vishu, giving every Malayalee the jitters as it's the most important ingredient of the 'kani'! Unscrupulous vendors hike the price of a small clutch of the flowers to unbelievable levels towards the run up to the great day.
Thanks, Pushpaakaran, you've been very kind.
Tailpiece.
This year's 'Vishukkani' is grander than what we'd set up last year. Experience counts, huh!
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