Got up with the alarm, went through our chores and was ready well in time. The walk and the prayers went off fine, while Rema and Padmakumar were up and about, interacting with Lekha who was busy in the kitchen. Achu was allowed to sleep a bit more and he got up at a quarter to 9.
Rangoli, on the television was on, in full blast, which was a 'Madhubala special' as it was her 86th birthday last week. Being familiar with her photograph taken just before she'd passed into the mist of time in '60, I can't really visualise as to how she'd have looked at 86 yrs! And I don't want to, either!!
It was a boisterous breakfast of appams, egg curry and stew and Preetha sauntered in just as we were winding up. Got Rema and Achu to help me with the certificates to be rendered tomorrow in connection with mom's life time arrears. As I finished with my day's work on the laptop, Padmakumar, Rema and Achu went to the Guruvayur temple to have a darshan of the good Lord. It was a boisterous lunch on their return and after a bit of yakkitiyak, all of us decided to have our 40 winks.
Rema gave me a nice massage around the shoulders that was having a dull pain probably because of the wrong posture during sleep and my insistence on using two pillows!
The annual festivities of the Guruvayur temple is on. Today was the 'Aanayottam'(the elephant race) that marked the beginning of the 10-day festival. Twenty two elephants of the Guruvayur devaswom took part in the race and tusker Gopikannan came first. He'll, now, have the honour to carry the deity's golden replica all through this festival!
Soon it was teatime, we all had tea and then, the three of them had left for Palakkad. Padmakumar has a night bus to board from Coimbatore at 2200 hrs today to go to Mysore for doing some personal work. Achu will be at Palakkad, tomorrow as he has got some work at his company's outfit at Kanjikode!
And then came the news that two youth of the Congress party had been murdered in Kasaragod by the CPM cadre and a 'hartal' has been called for tomorrow! The first casualty is that Preetha, the maid, would remain absent! Lekha's gonna have a tough time.
Tailpiece.
Back home, the annual festival of the Thrikkonnamarkodu Devi temple had also commenced today. Our caretaker keeps me updated about it everyday! Damn sweet of him!!
Rangoli, on the television was on, in full blast, which was a 'Madhubala special' as it was her 86th birthday last week. Being familiar with her photograph taken just before she'd passed into the mist of time in '60, I can't really visualise as to how she'd have looked at 86 yrs! And I don't want to, either!!
It was a boisterous breakfast of appams, egg curry and stew and Preetha sauntered in just as we were winding up. Got Rema and Achu to help me with the certificates to be rendered tomorrow in connection with mom's life time arrears. As I finished with my day's work on the laptop, Padmakumar, Rema and Achu went to the Guruvayur temple to have a darshan of the good Lord. It was a boisterous lunch on their return and after a bit of yakkitiyak, all of us decided to have our 40 winks.
Rema gave me a nice massage around the shoulders that was having a dull pain probably because of the wrong posture during sleep and my insistence on using two pillows!
The annual festivities of the Guruvayur temple is on. Today was the 'Aanayottam'(the elephant race) that marked the beginning of the 10-day festival. Twenty two elephants of the Guruvayur devaswom took part in the race and tusker Gopikannan came first. He'll, now, have the honour to carry the deity's golden replica all through this festival!
Soon it was teatime, we all had tea and then, the three of them had left for Palakkad. Padmakumar has a night bus to board from Coimbatore at 2200 hrs today to go to Mysore for doing some personal work. Achu will be at Palakkad, tomorrow as he has got some work at his company's outfit at Kanjikode!
And then came the news that two youth of the Congress party had been murdered in Kasaragod by the CPM cadre and a 'hartal' has been called for tomorrow! The first casualty is that Preetha, the maid, would remain absent! Lekha's gonna have a tough time.
Tailpiece.
Back home, the annual festival of the Thrikkonnamarkodu Devi temple had also commenced today. Our caretaker keeps me updated about it everyday! Damn sweet of him!!
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