Was up early, went through the chores and was ready well in time. Ranjan, the boy-next-door was cute, in that, he had washed down the car on seeing me try to remove the bird droppings of the previous night! After a heavy breakfast of paranthas and potato curry, we were off to Shenoy Care, once again, to get the medicine(Or at least, its name) from the hospital.
Lekha had met Nina, the junior doctor who'd checked her yesterday, who told her that the medicine was Dacit.M! She was damn cross with the young lady for addressing her as 'ammachi'! We'd, then, made it through Thevara, to the INCS to buy grocery for the month. We took about an hour out there before shaping course back to Guruvayur.
The traffic was sparse and driving was comfortable except for the fact that the car's air conditioning system was erratic and therefore, the cooling wasn't very effective. The heat was stifling. Had lunch at the revamped Food Mall on the Thrissur-Guruvayur road. Was back at 'The Quarterdeck' by about 1500 hrs. A quick unpacking followed by an hour's snooze was enough to get us back to normal.
The evening walk was nice with me trying to highlight the nuances of the 'Garuda Puranam' to Majid and Unni, at their shop, from where I'd purchased a few bananas. Preman was at his usual smiling best while handing over a packet of hot, roasted monkey nuts!
* * *
Heard about the violence and communal riots in Kandy and felt very sad about it. It was just a couple of months back that we'd been there and enjoyed the sights around, during our course get together. The story has it that the violence was triggered off when a Sinhalese man had died at the hands of a mob in the Theldeniya area of the central hill district, popular with the tourists. The Sri Lankan government has declared a state of emergency, for 10 days, to rein in the spread of violence between the majority Sinhala Buddhists and the minority Muslims. Sad!
* * *
The happenings in Tripura are unnecessary and unwanted. I've a few questions connected with the violence and related activities, post-election results:-
(a) Was anger simmering against the communists all these years? Or is it the act of a few
unruly mobs?
(b) Burning of party offices - presumably by the opposing parties, in this case the BJP - are
negative activities and it's the duty of the winning dispensation to be magnanimous over
the vanquished.
(c) Will bringing down Lenin's statues obliterate communist leanings among the common
people? It's a political belief and one needs to respect that.
(d) Electoral victories are fleeting because today's victors could be the vanquished, tomorrow
and hence, people must show restraint in their emotions, over the results.
Tailpiece.
Must visit Radhan chettan tomorrow. He has been brought back from the hospital as the doctors have said that there's nothing much to do, further. His mom, 93 year old Maheshwari peramma is coming in from Bangalore on the 8th to be with him for a few days.
Lekha had met Nina, the junior doctor who'd checked her yesterday, who told her that the medicine was Dacit.M! She was damn cross with the young lady for addressing her as 'ammachi'! We'd, then, made it through Thevara, to the INCS to buy grocery for the month. We took about an hour out there before shaping course back to Guruvayur.
The traffic was sparse and driving was comfortable except for the fact that the car's air conditioning system was erratic and therefore, the cooling wasn't very effective. The heat was stifling. Had lunch at the revamped Food Mall on the Thrissur-Guruvayur road. Was back at 'The Quarterdeck' by about 1500 hrs. A quick unpacking followed by an hour's snooze was enough to get us back to normal.
The evening walk was nice with me trying to highlight the nuances of the 'Garuda Puranam' to Majid and Unni, at their shop, from where I'd purchased a few bananas. Preman was at his usual smiling best while handing over a packet of hot, roasted monkey nuts!
* * *
Heard about the violence and communal riots in Kandy and felt very sad about it. It was just a couple of months back that we'd been there and enjoyed the sights around, during our course get together. The story has it that the violence was triggered off when a Sinhalese man had died at the hands of a mob in the Theldeniya area of the central hill district, popular with the tourists. The Sri Lankan government has declared a state of emergency, for 10 days, to rein in the spread of violence between the majority Sinhala Buddhists and the minority Muslims. Sad!
* * *
The happenings in Tripura are unnecessary and unwanted. I've a few questions connected with the violence and related activities, post-election results:-
(a) Was anger simmering against the communists all these years? Or is it the act of a few
unruly mobs?
(b) Burning of party offices - presumably by the opposing parties, in this case the BJP - are
negative activities and it's the duty of the winning dispensation to be magnanimous over
the vanquished.
(c) Will bringing down Lenin's statues obliterate communist leanings among the common
people? It's a political belief and one needs to respect that.
(d) Electoral victories are fleeting because today's victors could be the vanquished, tomorrow
and hence, people must show restraint in their emotions, over the results.
Tailpiece.
Must visit Radhan chettan tomorrow. He has been brought back from the hospital as the doctors have said that there's nothing much to do, further. His mom, 93 year old Maheshwari peramma is coming in from Bangalore on the 8th to be with him for a few days.
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