am an emotonal sucker

the whole of today i was remembering her.it was on this day, two years ago, that she said those words to me-" i like you!". and i fell like nine pins. the next eleven days were a lifetime on its own. every moment,every breath.
i haven't met her in six months but got a sms from her a couple of days back,thanking me for my kindness!!!!
we are two of a kind!!! and we are looking forward to a great life, away from one another. she is getting married at the end of the year. so here is wishing her a great life. a happy life.

i am looking forward to a happy life too. a lonesome happy life.

Happy Vishu

today is vishu. and my memories lead me to a time when i was a child of seven in alathur. i lived there with a grand uncle, keshavmama, a grand aunt,mema, an aunt, ammuvalliamma and a hand full of helphands. oh yes, i cannot forget swaminathan, the teenaged houseworker whose favorite errand was to take me to see a malayalam movie every sunday. and that included some real raunchy ones, starring someone who everybody called-"todashree!" which translates into something like-"the thunder thighs"!!!
nandan chettan arrived from trikakkara the previous day and we went and bought fireworks and crackers. he was at that time probably fourteen or fifteen years old. for a lonely child living away from his parents, this meant a lot.
and every vishu, since then, after i have my "vishukanni" my mind always reverts back to that year. its as if i am caught in a time wrap. its possibily the only vishu i celebrated with great happiness in memory.
today, just as we were having breakfast, nandanchettan called from delhi. and we wished each other "happy vishus". thanks nandanchetta.

these photos were clicked by acclaimed iranian film maker abbas kiorostami.enjoy.

hello

hello friends, so now even i've joined the bandwagon of the bloggers!!! frankly, i've so much of time in hand nowadays that i felt this could be a gr8 passtime. i've no idea how this is gonna turn out[& even after living in this world for all these years i still've no idea how anything would turn out finally!] but still i believe there is no harm in trying. so let's see where this takes me or you or whoever may come across it. my cousin,vivek,tells me one merely has to put his thoughts and view points in here.hmm...am not too good at that yet...who knows? i may have a stroke of luck!!

i've named the blog"gypsy diary" as i've always thought of myself as one. and coincidently, destiny too has blessed me with a life about which i hardly have an idea about except that like the rest of the blessed souls in this world, i too am going to end up where you all would. as the economist, Mr Keynes said-" In the long run, we are all dead."

the journey is the important thing. an uncle of a friend used to call me " the rolling stone". of course he used to add "collects no...." you know the old saying? God bless his soul![he passed away a couple of years back]. my life has been an exciting journey. and its these experiences that i may try talking/sharing about here.

we hindus don't leave behind epitaphs. but if there is a possibility, i would love mine to read-" It was a wonderful life,thank you."