Another Pen Story of Tough Love
Another pen, another story about the tightrope act called parenting.
Work and Life, Parenting, Malayalam
Malayalam
A Parker Pen from Singapore
About a fifty-year old Parker pen that held an important lesson for me. A lesson in how to be a good father. What it takes is infinite patience.
Humor, Malayalam, Email Flotsam
For Malayalees Only
Only my fellow Malayalees can enjoy this hilarious email I got, unfortunately. If you cannot read Malayalam, please ignore this post.
Malayalam, Email Flotsam, Humor
Moonwalkers
Here is a Malayalee view on what really went on with the fake moon landing pictures!
Columns, Malayalam, The Today Paper
The Worldly Malayalees
I wrote this piece on the World Malayalee Conference 2008 for a Singaporean newspaper. I was away in India during the conference (22-25 August, 2008) and did not see it in print. This post is about my home state of Kerala, its language Malayalam, and those who speak it – the Malayalees. If those words make no sense to you, you may not be interested in this post.
Humor, Malayalam, Email Flotsam
Are You a Malayali?
If you have to ask what in the world a Malayali is, then this post is not for you! This one came as email flotsam and was too funny to pass up. In other words, if you are a Malayali and find this one a bit offensive, trust me, I didn’t write it! Must have been a North Indian lobby!
And the Wind Whispered…
This post is my translation of an excellent short story by one of the most gifted storytellers of our time, O.V.Vijayan. The translation from Malayalam is a feeble effort, because such distant translations are not merely between languages, but cultures. Enjoy!