Chandra Nandini 86-90: Sylvan idyll - Page 14

Originally posted by: amina1

boys are different i guess my brother in law has three daughters all bookwarm my boys now you can only find cricket ball and bat my youngest like all kinds of sports so basketball volleyball god knows what and hammer and nails too and my husband never had a sister and i never had a brother and in my house it was only my father so sometimes its funny and where I know ill scream I don't go like boat ride s rather stay home

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Et tu, Sarika? And what were you up to? I did not read all the pages, so I must have missed it, you naughty girl! Anyway, all that is over and done with. You will all be good girls, and as for me, mo more belans!😉

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: sashashyam

See, my dear Sarika, did I not predict that the first time that girl and her shrewish mother made their appearance?

Yes Exactly aunty, I remembered your prediction about it.

If Padmanand kidnaps that female, and has her nattering away at him for a couple of days, he will be driven round the bend, and will return her to Chanakya with his apologies. 😉And the Acharya, who must have been breathing a sigh of relief at having got rid of her at long last, will be stuck with her again!😉😉

Oh god 🤣

Amina, the rather confusingly located precap reassured me. I was afraid, after what sounded like a throwback to Jodha Begum in Nandini's Mujhe sparsh kyon kiya?, that she was also going to launch into ashobaniya aacharan speeches. It now seems that this is not going to be the case.

That linewas rich, by the way, seeing that she was dreaming of cuddling up to him as long ago as in that bullock cart, and now sleeps with him as a teddy bear every other day!

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: anurao.66

Akka,

Another awesome post by you and you have explained evrything so well. It was a pleasure to read it.Just loved the milking scene so natural portarayed by both of them.

Originally posted by: Sandhya.A

Originally posted by: shailusri1983

It's the same with me. I do what I like and love. During my childhood my entire world must have revolved round books and Carnatic classical music. I used to sing a lot and even accompanied my mother who is a Carnatic vocalist for many of her concerts as a second singer. Nowadays, the minute I open my mouth to sing, my kid son starts shouting, "No song! No sound!" He isn't interested in books either. Even if he is, they interest him only regarding how many pages he can tear out of them or how many thousand pieces he can make out of the pages and scatter them all over the room. During childhood, whenever my father used to go for any conferences or seminars, the only thing I wanted back from the trip was a beautiful picture story book. My kid is a Terminator of any kind of books. Don't know what he is going to do after he grows up.

Originally posted by: BabyHimavari

Aunty your analysis was wonderful and class apart as always...👏👏... Our odd couple is giving such heart melting camaraderie moment now days...😳😳 ... after takhshila track... this village will be another memorable time with them...

I remembered a statement Chandra made long ago... "Agar main chandra naa hota.. aur tum nandini naa hoti,. to humara prarabdh kuch aur hi hota..."

The moment in village somehow proved that statement where they saw each other as a normal human being, the real human within them... coming out of the shell of chandragupta maurya the king and Nand's daughter now magadh's queen consort.. and we can see the admiration clearly for each other...their childish playful moments... teasing each other... (Bandar has suddenly become my fav words thanks to them..😆😆)

Bas aunty... I have mothing more to say.. U have already told everything in your post and the deep analysis gave the inner meaning of every situation which even I couldn't think thoroughly...😳😳

For now I am putting this small reply as I am having a bit problem with my PC... using my android right now and it's hard to type from there...

Originally posted by: shailusri1983

It's the same with me. I do what I like and love. During my childhood my entire world must have revolved round books and Carnatic classical music. I used to sing a lot and even accompanied my mother who is a Carnatic vocalist for many of her concerts as a second singer. Nowadays, the minute I open my mouth to sing, my kid son starts shouting, "No song! No sound!" He isn't interested in books either. Even if he is, they interest him only regarding how many pages he can tear out of them or how many thousand pieces he can make out of the pages and scatter them all over the room. During childhood, whenever my father used to go for any conferences or seminars, the only thing I wanted back from the trip was a beautiful picture story book. My kid is a Terminator of any kind of books. Don't know what he is going to do after he grows up.

Originally posted by: sashashyam

True, but you know, Shailaja, there is nothing like holding a nice leather bound volume in your hands, with gold lettering on the spine, and a silk marker! There is the scent of the leather and the solid paper to add to the appeal of the contents!

I have a fair collection of such beautifully bound English, French and German classics that I bought on my first posting abroad, in Geneva, over 40 years ago. They were affordable then, even on a junior diplomat's salary.Then I inherited my nana's collection as well. It is a treat just to look at them.

Incidentally, in Lamb's essays, do you remember the one in which his sister and he save up to buy the folio edition in the bookseller's window that they covet for weeks before they can get the funds together? How they must have treasured it and rejoiced in it afterwards!

Shyamala Aunty