Chinnathambi, Arunachalam and Thenan just called us to share some honey which they had extracted from a hive under some rocks, whilst clearing part of our land. Talking to them, looking at how they function, I wonder about their lives and the lives of the next generation of villagers which seem to b...
I went into Thekambattu, one morning, last week, to "check my mail" (at the Post Office) and was passing the time of the day with Vellian, when the "Oppari" wailing started on the loudspeaker.
Vellian told me that Ramasamy, who had broken stones to build our house, was dead. He had committed sui...
At the shandy, on Saturday, I was treated to a cup of tea by an old man who rode pillion behind me to Karumandurai. Then, I got into a conversation with Shiva, my kaaikaran (vegetable vendor).
He very sweetly warned me about the danger to children of consuming "Gold Winner" (the most common pack...
Russell was a whirlwind Scott
Who came one Thursday noon.
He left after five days' stay,
And oh! that was much too soon.
His visit leavened many things,
Not least our painting skills.
Sourdough Bread, of course, was baked;
Cakes cooled on window sills.
We learnt to 'sit' while he pain...
BALA MANIKANDAN C (in BLOCK letters, in English) came up a couple of days ago, for help with filling a form for "Teacher Training".He is the only student from Valagapattu to have written the XII std exam this year and he passed with just over 50% marks.
What and how he will teach, were he to qua...
Phoenix is scheduled to land on Mars at about 4.30 am, IST, tomorrow (26 May 2008) according to Badri Baba, who got this information from a Countdown timer at the NASA site when he was doing various other "looking for"s.
I remember, some thirty years ago,when I was Badri Baba's age, Viking...
Our neighbour, Duraisamy has just bought a Diesel Engine and pump after at least two years of saving and skimping. So we were worried about all this talk of soaring Oil prices and Rationing of Diesel...
Duraisamy was pushed in this direction by various things. Till now, he cultivated Tapioca whi...
"Plant your words where Profit lies; Whiter cloth takes faster Dyes": This from the Panchatantra.
Both Sonati and I have been feeling/wondering for a while now about putting up a blog. to "interact" as it were. After all, we do read blogs, visit other sites etc.
Then came Sumana's article on Ho...
Leaven (Starter):
Take a tablespoon of atta and add water to make it chutney consistency, and leave for 4 hours.Dilute this (after 4 hours) and discard half the "batter". Add more atta to get it back to chutney consistency.
Repeat this at least 5 times over two days (You can leave it for 8 hours o...