Tuesday, May 31, 2011

a stretch of green

between the road

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and, a river

the Meenachil river

that flows by silent and deep

the Meenachil

through rain and sun

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the Meenachil river that flows by my hometown in Pala in Kerala. Arundhati Roy's 'The God of Small Things' is set by this river.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

living

in a rubber plantation, in a quaint little house,

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with God watching over them,

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and tall trees for company, beyond what the eyes can see.

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the lady,

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with her elder son

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and the younger son, (that is my daughter)

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with their dog,

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and their cricket pitch :)

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the tapper, the head of the family was with my father-in-law, reporting to him of the week's work in the plantation. this is in Arakkulam, in Idukki district of Kerala, the land of my husband's fore-fathers. we then proceeded to our ancestral house two hills away, where our aunt made us black-tea. the children had guavas and local fruits, including the one below.

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