Recliner Reminiscences

It was one of our nephew’s landmarks 60th Birthday 'Sadabishegam,' as it is called. Thirukkadaiyur is the destination for many people...

In my own family functions, I could never sit as the 'collector' of gifts. After all, I had to be busy organizing the function. But in...

While relaxing after the function is over, at some point in time, the urge, eagerness, and uncontrollable desire to open the gift...

At all these functions I talked about, lots of gifts are bound to be received. And how to know who has given what? A big package may not...

Many of the dhotis, especially gifted during such special occasions, are the longer ones worn in the ‘panchkatcham’ style. So how to use...

After retirement, since I stayed most of the time in the house, the dhoti became a regular outfit for me. So convenient. I worked my way...

A funny description of our famous dhoti or veshti came through one of my colleagues. He had visited his son in the U.S. When his son’s...

My elder son was in the habit of leaving for school a little late but would always reach on time. My younger son was the total opposite....

It was supposed to be for the pleasure of the kids, right? But the loving yet strict taskmaster in me made my elder son do odd jobs. He...

By some luck, I got my first cycle when I was 11. I should say "we" got it because this was shared between my elder brother and me. It’s...

Just before the pandemic, my weight was showing signs of misbehavior as I kept finding new excuses to reduce my walking and exercise. If...

Most of you must have seen weight loss advertisements. They typically feature a man with a precariously protruding paunch, seemingly...

I think only during their college days my sons celebrated their birthdays with some of their close friends. Never on a grand scale. Being...

All these biological and chronological ages are fairly recent developments. How I got interested? My interest got acutely, actively, and...

Whenever the nephews and nieces visit our house to invite us for any function, invariably the dreaded words would come out so eloquently,...

Guessed what the subject could be. NO, not the +1 we do after 10th. I have never entered that space and can’t hereafter. This is the...

When the Institute of Bankers Exams results had come and I was awarded, among others, my own institution’s award, the Regional Chief had...

In a Tamil movie in a song sequence, MGR is asked by the heroine, "Up to what level have you studied?" The answer would be, "Truth is the...

Being prompt and on time—Is it good or not? How can they cause any issues? Thinking back, I can recall at least some, if not many,...

This short pilgrimage trip was heart-warming and awesome. A salve to my guilt and wounded feelings for having avoided visiting the very...