A rare gift.
Two of my classmates, Jojy and Ramanujan had dropped by this evening. It was a wonderful occasion to catch up and to exchange the stories of our school days. Thankfully, mom, Lekha and Saly - Jojy's wife - were very much part of the conversation and did not feel left out.
Ramanujan has a unique quality. He can pin point the presence of ground water and is constantly in demand by people from across the country because of this factor. A banker by profession, this is an inherent quality that he possesses. To show us the phenomenon, he'd walked on a particular axis with a partly husked coconut - its eyes remaining covered with the husk - laid sideways on his open palm. The coconut slowly stood erect with its 'eye side' pointing skyward indicating the presence of ground water!
Wonder what the scientific reasoning is behind the phenomenon? Ramanujan was honest enough to admit that he wasn't quite aware of it but explained it as a natural gift to him.
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Dharmettan's travails.
Early this morning while Sathiamma was at work, she received a telephone call saying that her husband had gone unconscious in their house. She'd rushed back and had her husband admitted in the hospital where he was administered a revival drip intravenously. He was supposed to be discharged by evening if there weren't any complications but he continues to be on the hospital bed even as I punch in this story.
God, please take care of this simple, decent man and do not put him through too many ordeals. It's taxing the family, financially and emotionally.
Tailpiece.
The remaining half of the Diwali crackers was burst during the course of the evening. An unexplainable anxiety prevailed deep within, on Dharmettan's condition.
Two of my classmates, Jojy and Ramanujan had dropped by this evening. It was a wonderful occasion to catch up and to exchange the stories of our school days. Thankfully, mom, Lekha and Saly - Jojy's wife - were very much part of the conversation and did not feel left out.
Ramanujan has a unique quality. He can pin point the presence of ground water and is constantly in demand by people from across the country because of this factor. A banker by profession, this is an inherent quality that he possesses. To show us the phenomenon, he'd walked on a particular axis with a partly husked coconut - its eyes remaining covered with the husk - laid sideways on his open palm. The coconut slowly stood erect with its 'eye side' pointing skyward indicating the presence of ground water!
Wonder what the scientific reasoning is behind the phenomenon? Ramanujan was honest enough to admit that he wasn't quite aware of it but explained it as a natural gift to him.
* * *
Dharmettan's travails.
Early this morning while Sathiamma was at work, she received a telephone call saying that her husband had gone unconscious in their house. She'd rushed back and had her husband admitted in the hospital where he was administered a revival drip intravenously. He was supposed to be discharged by evening if there weren't any complications but he continues to be on the hospital bed even as I punch in this story.
God, please take care of this simple, decent man and do not put him through too many ordeals. It's taxing the family, financially and emotionally.
Tailpiece.
The remaining half of the Diwali crackers was burst during the course of the evening. An unexplainable anxiety prevailed deep within, on Dharmettan's condition.
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