Ramam was walking slowly, step by step. He was new to walking on a concrete road. The rain just stopped. The sun was blazing forth in full blast. It was still midday, nowhere near cooling down. The cement road was…
Month: March 2014
Malathi Who?
MALATHI WHO? Shakespeare raised The compelling question What is in a name? So I thought too, until now. A query popped up in my head, Who’s Malathi? All the intriguing relationships Among Indians! I am Chinnamma, the little lady, at…
The Pundit by Sthanapathi Rukminamma
The place was Kasi [Benares] and the time midnight in a dark fortnight. The streets were lifeless. There was no light but for the glimmer from the stars. Oil lamps in some far off place were showing the final stages…