Had got up at our usual time, gone through our chores and were ready well in time. Meanwhile, three workers had come to work on the rubber plantation around the house. The work involves removal of the wild grass and weeds, bolstering of the platforms on which the plants have taken roots and application of manure at the end of it all.
I and my sisters, then, left for Kottarakkara to finish the bank work. It did take more time than I'd anticipated but dad and mom's connections with the bank were terminated, once for all. When Jacob Mathew, the manager of the bank, crumpled mom's ATM card there was a tinge of sadness - an account that was opened in the early '70s had changed hands from dad to mom in '12 on his passing away, technically, though they were two different accounts!
Our association with the bank had come to an end! We'd, then, gone across to Mini's account to complete the formalities.
On return and after a quick lunch, we were off to Thiruvananthapuram to look up Indira kunjamma, Maman and Sindhu - had not been able to make it there during Vichani kujamma's passing away but the visit to that house was a no-show as there was nobody in the house! Hadn't informed them because we wanted to give them a surprise but got surprised, instead!! Enroute there was a brush with a two wheeler which gave yet another gash on my Chevy!
We reached back by a quarter to 9. The KSEB made our lives miserable because of frequent power interruptions and when we were going to sleep, there was no power. It was resumed quite late into the night but thankfully, the heat was manageable because of the late evening showers.
1. The Fourth Phase.
The fourth phase of elections - covering 71 seats across the states of Maharashtra, Orissa, Bihar,
Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, UP and Jammu and Kashmir - got over by
the end of this evening. Violence marred the peaceful atmosphere in a few booths in West Bengal!
The '19 elections are, now, poised beyond the half way mark!
2. Manishankar Aiyar at it Again.
After the rumours that Manishankar was killed in Balakot by the IAF bombings as said by a
lot of false messages, he'd surfaced showing that he was alive and kicking and got into his
favourite pastime - Modi bashing! He still doesn't seem to have got over the hangover of a
'chaiwala' making it big! Sad!!
It's these narrow minded guys that rule us subsequently!
3. And Now, the Claim.
The Congress has now said that Priyanka Gandhi's no-show at Varanasi was a 'collective decision'
without realising that it was never an issue, in the real sense. How many more stories will be
in circulation?
A perfect example of flogging a dead horse!
4. Complaints of Bogus Voting.
Bogus voting has been reported from Mavelikkara and Alappuzha too. Well, and they talk
about their adversaries manipulating the EVMs to their advantage!
The election commission's actions are anxiously awaited!
I and my sisters, then, left for Kottarakkara to finish the bank work. It did take more time than I'd anticipated but dad and mom's connections with the bank were terminated, once for all. When Jacob Mathew, the manager of the bank, crumpled mom's ATM card there was a tinge of sadness - an account that was opened in the early '70s had changed hands from dad to mom in '12 on his passing away, technically, though they were two different accounts!
Our association with the bank had come to an end! We'd, then, gone across to Mini's account to complete the formalities.
On return and after a quick lunch, we were off to Thiruvananthapuram to look up Indira kunjamma, Maman and Sindhu - had not been able to make it there during Vichani kujamma's passing away but the visit to that house was a no-show as there was nobody in the house! Hadn't informed them because we wanted to give them a surprise but got surprised, instead!! Enroute there was a brush with a two wheeler which gave yet another gash on my Chevy!
We reached back by a quarter to 9. The KSEB made our lives miserable because of frequent power interruptions and when we were going to sleep, there was no power. It was resumed quite late into the night but thankfully, the heat was manageable because of the late evening showers.
1. The Fourth Phase.
The fourth phase of elections - covering 71 seats across the states of Maharashtra, Orissa, Bihar,
Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, UP and Jammu and Kashmir - got over by
the end of this evening. Violence marred the peaceful atmosphere in a few booths in West Bengal!
The '19 elections are, now, poised beyond the half way mark!
2. Manishankar Aiyar at it Again.
After the rumours that Manishankar was killed in Balakot by the IAF bombings as said by a
lot of false messages, he'd surfaced showing that he was alive and kicking and got into his
favourite pastime - Modi bashing! He still doesn't seem to have got over the hangover of a
'chaiwala' making it big! Sad!!
It's these narrow minded guys that rule us subsequently!
3. And Now, the Claim.
The Congress has now said that Priyanka Gandhi's no-show at Varanasi was a 'collective decision'
without realising that it was never an issue, in the real sense. How many more stories will be
in circulation?
A perfect example of flogging a dead horse!
4. Complaints of Bogus Voting.
Bogus voting has been reported from Mavelikkara and Alappuzha too. Well, and they talk
about their adversaries manipulating the EVMs to their advantage!
The election commission's actions are anxiously awaited!
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