Existence

Do you exist?

Brain asked !!!

Did you exist?

Heart asked me !!!

I said,

Yes, I do !

Perhaps, as a clown !!!

.....

(180224)

One more feather is down...!

22nd Jan 2024

It was not a good day to remember and a bad day to forget.

The day on which my country lost her glittering identity of secularism, unfortunately, it fell on my birthday.

The religion in which I was born (which is actually a civilization), always respected and accepted every other beliefs.

But now, it's Hindutva, not Hinduism is ruling the minds of people.

From this year onwards, the majority of Indians will mark this day as the beginning of a new era of Ramrajya !!!

What a horrible way to celebrate my day!!

This year, people are bombarded with wishes. A few surprised with wishes and love. Inboxes were flooded with love.

With those books, the plants, the cakes... You people watered my day with happiness.

The day ended with another big surprise. As she always did, Chattambi Manjappan came with a cake. (14 years back, she only made me cut a cake for the first time on my birthday)

But this one wasn't an ordinary birthday for me. Even though my inboxes were filled with wishes from others, one chat window remained empty, which always used to make me smile in the morning.

Mema, I missed your message and call.

I know I'll miss it forever, and, I have to accept and live with that reality.

But it's really tough...

The day was incomplete without your wish mema...