The flip of a page on the calender and it's a new date and a new month!
As a kid, I used to like flipping the pages of the calender and desperately wanted it to move fast so that I could grow big and take my own decisions.....and now, I'm far from enthusiastic as one more day becomes history!
The months of July and August have 31 days and this is the only time when two consecutive months have the same number of days, every year. Today also happens to be the 16th day of the Malayalam month of 'Karkkidakam' - the Ramayana recital is on in full swing and today, it's poised at Sri Rama, along with his brother Laxman, having embarked on his quest for Sita. He comes upon the dying 'Jataayu'* - who's been reduced to this state by Ravana when he'd chopped off both his wings while trying to prevent the demon king from whisking away Sita in his 'pushpaka vimaanam'. Sri Rama is, thus, aware of the whereabouts of his wife and knows as to where he should be headed!
And I shall gloss over the other important happenings of the day, which are:-
(a) the ferocity of the monsoons seems to have reduced though the sky was overcast throughout,
punctuated by intermittent showers.
(b) the 45 day ban on trawling by mechanised boats have come to an end since midnight and so,
the tempo of fishing activity, off the coast, has picked up after the lean period.
(c) the deadline of filing individual IT returns has been extended by another five days.
(d) the prices of petrol and diesel have been hiked by Re.0/70 and Re.0/50 respectively since
midnight.
Tailpiece.
Kurup kochachan is already with us and my maman had fetched up in the evening, from Delhi. The dining table, for a change, had become crowded and it's a boisterous supper!
PS.
* Sita wishes the 'jataayu' a slow death so as to be able to apprise Sri Rama of her plight and consequently attain 'moksha' from the curse that he'd received, earlier on, from a sage.
As a kid, I used to like flipping the pages of the calender and desperately wanted it to move fast so that I could grow big and take my own decisions.....and now, I'm far from enthusiastic as one more day becomes history!
The months of July and August have 31 days and this is the only time when two consecutive months have the same number of days, every year. Today also happens to be the 16th day of the Malayalam month of 'Karkkidakam' - the Ramayana recital is on in full swing and today, it's poised at Sri Rama, along with his brother Laxman, having embarked on his quest for Sita. He comes upon the dying 'Jataayu'* - who's been reduced to this state by Ravana when he'd chopped off both his wings while trying to prevent the demon king from whisking away Sita in his 'pushpaka vimaanam'. Sri Rama is, thus, aware of the whereabouts of his wife and knows as to where he should be headed!
And I shall gloss over the other important happenings of the day, which are:-
(a) the ferocity of the monsoons seems to have reduced though the sky was overcast throughout,
punctuated by intermittent showers.
(b) the 45 day ban on trawling by mechanised boats have come to an end since midnight and so,
the tempo of fishing activity, off the coast, has picked up after the lean period.
(c) the deadline of filing individual IT returns has been extended by another five days.
(d) the prices of petrol and diesel have been hiked by Re.0/70 and Re.0/50 respectively since
midnight.
Tailpiece.
Kurup kochachan is already with us and my maman had fetched up in the evening, from Delhi. The dining table, for a change, had become crowded and it's a boisterous supper!
PS.
* Sita wishes the 'jataayu' a slow death so as to be able to apprise Sri Rama of her plight and consequently attain 'moksha' from the curse that he'd received, earlier on, from a sage.
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