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SAGA OF FREEDOM AND GANDHIJI Vengrai Parthasarathy My eyes settled on a random page of Gandhi- -Essential Writings, and there was this letter by Gandhiji to Rajaji, which he had signed off with the Tamil words Romba anbudan(which translates to ‘With Much Love’). Tamil is a language Gandhiji learned to read and write when in…

Subject: Pun-fun Here is an interesting episode, a report on which I had preserved among archives. An elderly lady of Los Angeles had lost touch with her son who had gone to New Jersey. “He had not written or called. Will you be kind enough to contact him and ask him to write” She was…

CHEEK TO CHEEK By Vengrai Parthasarathy The story I am about to tell opens on a gold-framed mirror in an apartment. Arjun stared at the mirror for one full minute, He could not believe what he saw. It was not there the previous day. The pink dot. He got up on his toes for a…

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Blast From The Past..Vengrai Parthasarathy JOINT PRIZE FOR BHEL FAMILY (1979) The Tiruchi Unit of BHEL has a House Magazine titled ‘Boiler Plant & You’ And I was the Editor of the Hyderabad House Magazine titled PEP NEWS, The PEP standing for Power Equipment Plant. The Tiruchi Unit’s mag carried the following news feature in…

I got Vasantha’s ‘insatiable’ message for anything that I can remember about her late dad (my brother Sundar). . My memory is slowly fading.Anyway I shall try, but steel yourselves for repetitions. * Kudumi: Sundar had a kudumi , which when unrolled flowed down and was the envy of women relatives. When, ultimately, it had…

IDLI-DOSA SHOOTOUT By Vengrai Parthasarathy The Egmore Friends met again, as they usually do on Sunday mornings, at the Udupi Pankaja . They had their cosy corner where they expatiated on their pet themes and peeves. This time the subject was ,” Idli or Dosa? Thimmappa, a Dosa aficionado, spoke first. What he said in…

NEHRUJI Vengrai Parthasarathy Nehruji was described not just as a man but as a procession of men––patriot, freedom fighter literary figure, statesman and a great humanist. One more quality needs to be added to this formidable list. His capacity to forgive and forget.. Though, during his turbulent career, he had spent over nine years of…

Old Order Changeth Yielding Place to New (Chennai) Vengrai Parthasarathy Madras The laid-back city of ancient traditions, orthodox people, old-world courtesies. Well, it is not there, not any more . The Cooum is there but potable water is not flowing in it. But, metaphorically speaking, much water has flown under the bridge, in the past…

LUCKY STRIKE Vengrai Parthasaraathy During one of her shopping expeditions in the Moore Bazaar, Suchitra saw an antique painting of Baby Krishna, a plump and cuddly, wonder. He and Balarama were stealing butter from a glut of overflowing pots. The picture, for all its years, was still charming . Suchitra was clean bowled by it.…