The Bird Cage
Filed in Fiction, March 31, 2011, 9:31 am by Priya RajuTweetWhen I started working in Chennai, I rented a small flat in West Mambalam. I didn’t have any roommates for a while, and Valliyamma, a retired sweeper (janitor) kept me company. She used to work in the college where my mother was the Principal (Dean). I couldn’t afford to buy a TV for a month, […]
Fine Tastings of the Week v2.0 – this time inspired by twitterrers
Filed in General Interest, March 27, 2011, 5:25 pm by SukumarTweetProlog I used to do this series called Fine Tastings of the Week – the fine links i came across in my journey across the Internet. Lot of people appreciated that series but i couldn’t keep up with that series due to a variety of reasons, chief among them my laziness 🙂 i did this […]
Guilty of Innocence
Filed in Fiction, March 25, 2011, 7:00 am by Priya RajuTweetThe minute I entered the classroom, I knew something was amiss. The girls were huddled together in groups, their faces bent forward, discussing something in whispers. This was not new, but strangely enough, even my group – the “Grand Band of Geeks” – was discussing something animatedly. I wondered what common topic had united my […]
The Happiness Quotient – Part 2
Filed in General Interest, March 22, 2011, 7:00 am by Priya RajuTweetEver since the Richter 9 Earthquake struck, we’ve been haunted by images of Tsunami ravaged Japan. Its hard to describe the tragedy unfolding in that country – A woman searching for her nephew among the rubble; the swollen sea sucking school children in; Stark images of battered bodies torturing us from our TV screens. Many […]
The Happiness Quotient – Part 1
Filed in General Interest, March 18, 2011, 12:09 pm by Priya RajuTweetI know an elderly woman – perhaps 60, looks 70 – who’s a sweeper in Blue Cross. She’s single and has a bed-ridden sister to take care of. She used to own a flat – “617 SQFT, madam”, she told me – but lost it due to her gullibility. She now lives in a hut, […]
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