Recliner Reminiscences

When you talk about houses, how can interior decoration be ignored? Call it decor, ambience, or energy flow—whatever name suits. But at...

Now, let’s think about music. Remember how I mentioned my younger son, while still in university, knowing my craze for stereos, got me a...

Does this stop with just houses? Definitely not. Old is gold, but new is sold. For us old-timers, there’s an attachment to tradition,...

Let’s talk about the most important part—flooring. Starting with mosaic, we’ve now moved to vitrified tiles, Italian tiles, and so on....

In the old house, the water tank wasn’t positioned at a great height, yet the water supply was always smooth, with more than enough...

In the old days, the water pipes, were always placed outside the walls, clearly visible. Any issues? Just identify the culprit, remove...

The outer walls of our old house, which provided both safety and protection from the elements, were 1’ 1 ½” thick. With liberal...

New and old. Or old and new. Which way do you want to look at it? What replaces something existing is considered new, in a sense. But...

The bathroom on the ground floor is conveniently located—it's directly accessible without having to open any other door. On the first...

The bathroom floor tiles needed replacing. There were plenty of promises when we first bought them: dust-free, stain-free—of course, the...

Spooky events—real or imagined? One can never say for sure. Yet, I’ve heard stories from reliable people, and most of all, I’ve...

With all kinds of complications attacking from every side like marauding locusts, exposure to different types of instruments—and their...

A quick aside. Once, while waiting with my wife in an optometrist’s cabin, I decided to have some fun. The optometrist had stepped out,...

Naturally, the subject keeps coming up again and again, like a person with severe diarrhea who finds both necessity and relief in...

This narrative of the visit is entirely from my memory, so it’s quite possible that the order of events may be misplaced. I’m also not...

Yes, he was! Our taxi driver was very chatty and good-natured. The first stop was Dharmasthala, home to the famous Lord Manjunath Temple,...

Before my elder son left for university to begin his engineering studies, we decided to go on a vacation. On the recommendation of a...

For nearly two decades after Brownie, we didn’t have a pet. Almost my entire family loves animals, but life was busy. Then the pandemic...

My sons, who were always fond of dogs, once spotted a pure white puppy at a nearby house. The family was willing to give the pup away....

I did befriend a dog eventually. During my rural tenure, my elder son, who wasn’t even two years old at the time, didn’t have any company...