*From To Sathish* - Thread 3 - Page 97

Rajanikanth makes onions cry

Rajanikanth can delete the Recycle Bin.

Ghosts are actually caused by Rajanikanth killing people faster than Death can process them.
Rajanikanth can build a snowman... out of rain.

Rajanikanth can strangle you with a cordless phone.

Rajanikanth can drown a fish.

When Rajanikanth enters a room, he doesn't turn the lights on,... ... he turns the dark off.

When Rajanikanth looks in a mirror the mirror shatters,because not even glass is stupid enough to get in between Rajanikanth and Rajanikanth.

Brett Favre can throw a football over 50 yards. Rajanikanth can throw Brett Favre even further.

The last digit of pi is Rajanikanth. He is the end of all things.

Rajanikanth does not know where you live, but he knows where you will die.

Bullets dodge Rajanikanth.

A Handicap parking sign does not signify that this spot is for handicapped people. It is actually in fact a warning, that the spot belongs to Rajanikanth and that you will be handicapped if you park there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlYCmfCQ1ok

Flashdance - I'll be here where the heart is

t's the song that just keeps playing on the radio
And you know I haven't seen you for a while
I lie awake at night
And I wonder how you are
And I wish that I could see you again

Jannal oram -22

The heavy thundershower slowly began to abate as if the clouds were finished with their crying and the accompanying tantrums of lightning and thunder too vanished.The rapid military type of drumbeat sounds that the heavy rain had made as it met the synthetic and waterproofed cover of the auto rickshaw they were travelling in also now changed its aggressive tune and it sounded like the sweet and gentle pitter patter of a toddlers footsteps that wants to walk straight into its mothers arms but takes steps to the left,to the right and goes everywhere except in the direction of its expecting mother.

The driver yelled " saidapet" and also wanting to know where to go now and both raman and jeeva pushed the skirt like covers that hung by the sides of the auto protecting them from the rain and also that had granted them a heavenly privacy a few moments earlier.

Raman looked up at the skies and knew that there was a chance that it would let go its burden of water any moment and suggested to jeeva that it was better if he dropped her off at her home and jeeva agreed.

" Jeeva,just in case you want to protect your privacy,maybe i will get down at my house first and then you can go on to your house."

The auto rickshaw driver looked in the rear view mirror and smiled to himself " how many couples,how many different couples of varying ages,shapes and class me and my auto have seen and it is always the same ritual.Love,ellam love panra vellai.even an high court advocate is not spared from its clutches.serves him right."

Jeeva gave directions to the driver and a few minutes and a few potholes and many puddles later they reached a street and jeeva pointed to the two storeyed house that gleamed in the night with its cream clothes.

The auto driver cursed everybody from the govt,the corporation loudly and complained that a few minutes of rain and half of chennai was flooded like a lake and looked like a tsunami had hit it.

Raman saw a lady standing near the door with a worried look and deduced that it must be jeevas mother and suddenly panics and feels very shy for he has never been in a situation like this and hopes that jeeva won't call him in for a cup of coffee and also to meet her parents.

Thankfully,the auto driver maybe knowingly or unknowingly saved him by whining that they better get a move on since he needed to make some more money before heading home to his family.

Jeeva too was thinking the same thing and wondering whether to invite raman or not hurriedly said bye and ran into her house.

Raman felt relieved for he knew that he would be meeting her parents soon but today was not that day,not after sharing some of the most beautiful moments of his life with her lips and with her passion still raging in his heart.

The auto driver started the auto and raman saw jeeva leave her slippers at the door and lifting her saree a bit wipe her feet on the foot mat and the flash of her feet sent shivers down his spine and now he was a believer.

Now raman began to understand how famous poets wrote the way they wrote about the woman they loved and where they got the inspiration from to write and create such beautiful poetry.

His lips mumbled

Minnalgal Koothaadum Mazhai Kaalam..
Veethiyil Engengum Kudai Kolam..
En Munney Nee Vanthaai Konja Neram..
En Vizhi Engum Poo Kaalam..
Udal Kothithathey.. Uyir Mithanthathey..
Hiyyo Athu Enakku Pidithathadi..
Edai Kurainthathey.. Thookkam Tholainthathey..
Hiyo Paithiyamey Pidithathadi..

Minnalgal Koothadum Polladhavan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiaGvZVM6Ak

The auto driver smiled happily " saar,nalla jodi porutham.you look like rama and sita and i hope you get married soon."

Raman looked at the driver " How do you know that we are not married? You could be wrong you know with your assumptions."

The driver chuckled loudly " Boss,we auto drivers see couples like you many times a day and sometimes we spend an hour or more travelling with them and using my rear view mirror i can safely assume a few things correctly."

Looking at raman's curious eyes " saar,when we left parrys it was raining and so i covered both the passengers sides and then i also let drop the center cover to shield you both from my vision and also to give you privacy.But you did not protest or lift the cover back and enjoyed the privacy and that means that either you both are in love or are carrying on some other kind of affair.But one look at the lady and you,my instinct told me that it is pure love and first time love for that is the sweetest and best moments of a person in love."

Raman mumbled " bloody hell,this guy would have made a damn good criminal lawyer and would have broken any witness on the stand under cross examination."

The auto driver came to a halt outside raman's house and raman tipped him generously and the driver saluted him happily and wishing him the best and sped away.

Raman stood watching the speeding auto and as if in a trance walked into his house and then looked at the empty hook on the wall and to his left arm where his coat should have been when his arm reached for it as it did every night as he entered the house and realised that the coat was wrapped around jeevas shoulders.

Raman stood smiling,staring at the empty hook and felt sad for himself and cursed the coat for it had jeeva for company to spend the the night with and raman wished he was the coat,wrapped around her shoulders,around her neck.


Jeeva made her way into the room totally oblivious to the fact that a black coat was wrapped around her body and she was clutching it tightly and she was totally unaware that both her parents did not say one word or ask any obvious questions.

Closing the door,she ran to the window and stood watching the rain as it began to fall accompanied by many sections of orchestral noises as the rain drops made as they met earth and its constructions.She slowly sank into her favourite old cane chair and listened to the drops meeting car roofs,asbestos covering,fibre class sheets and sensed their rhythm and joy as they slipped and slided to the muddy arms of mother earth.

Mazhai Varum Arikuri, En Vizhigalil Theriyuthey
Manam Indru Nanaiyuthey, Ithu Enna Kaathala Saathala?
Pazhagiya Kaalangal, En Paarvayil Viriyuthey
Paathaigal Nazhuvuthey, Ithu Aeno Aeno?

Un Tholil Saayumbothu Urchaagam Kollum Kangal
Nee Engae Engae Endru Unnai Thedi Thedi Paarkirathu..
Unnodu Pogum Bothu Poo Pookum Saalaiyaavum
Nee Engae Endru Ennai Kaeta Pinbu Vaadididuthey..

Veppam - Mazhai Varum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gds2_1I6Fk

Hi people,

After so much of action,killing and deaths in redemption, and the previous stories my soul whispered that i should ramble and scribble about love in its various forms.

There is so much beauty in love,falling in love,being in love and most importantly sharing love.Every moment next to your lover becomes a poem and every word becomes a story and a memory.

Love like god in the end cannot be researched,analyzed,understood for it just exists and just is.More important than the whys,do's and dont's is just being in love and having faith in your lover.

I take liberty in adding songs not to make this story a musical but just because it adds to the words and makes it more enjoyable for you and for me and also reintroduces beautiful tamil ballads for all of us.

I give you all my best wishes and i hope all of you have a wonderful weekend.Be well.Love satish.

Thanks Satish for those words and for your wonderful stories.

There is another aspect of love which you have written about before and that is a mother's love.
A lot has been written and sung about motherhood over the years...centuries...
and yet it feels very different to be on the receiving end of those words.
It is the purest form of love as now I can see everything around me through a mother's eyes.
It feels very god-like...very surreal...very content and peaceful to be around my own little creation.
It is my very first Mother's day with my little baby.

I wish all mothers a VERY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Happy mothers day spain and to all you beautiful mothers in this forum.

Yes,i have written a lot about the relationship between a mother and her child through the eyes of mani and his ghost mother Aashritha.

Then there is the beautiful and emotional bond of the blind mother Aavini and her sacrifice to bring Azhagan into this world and that emtoional scene where she dies in his arms.

That beautiful journey of Thenmozhi and the young monk Yeshe and the final voyage of thenmozhi into the stars carried by her son.

And now we have shalini and her son rahul in kodaikanal in the return of what if.

Soon renuka will join the list with the coming of rudrans son and that should be a story worth telling.

I give you and your son my blessings and my best wishes and i hope and pray that this day and all days of your journey are filled with peace and happiness.

Redemption 189

Renu was lost in a deep and comforting sleep and it was a state that she had not lain in or been in for a long time,at least not from the moment Rudrad left to delhi on some secret mission.With a new soul burning inside her womb,her soul had gone through so much of torture and pain for she had been worried sick about rudran and yet her baby still just a few months old seemed to tell her to stand in the morning sun and feel its light.

For a few months now,renuka had been rising with the morning sun and letting its early soft rays enter her body and her child's and she always felt the stirring and movement in her womb.Although strange and unnerving in the beginning,renu had stopped thinking too much about the goings on for she knew that rudran himself was searching for answers as to his origins and the truth behind his ancestors.

Renuka got up from her blissful sleep for she felt the pangs of hunger in her tummy and her child's tummy too for she now had to eat for two of them,until birth and until the baby stopped feeding from her breasts.Feeling her child whispering to her to get up and eat,renu slowly opened her eyes to the cool darkness of her air conditioned room and woke up to the gentle snores of her lover and her man.

A smile of motherly love and protectiveness bloomed on her lips for she knew in her heart that she would fight and die protecting both of them with her last breath.The few hours of passionate love making had left her tender and sweet all over and taking care not to wake him up,she slowly let her feet drop to the carpeted floor and stood up and looked down at his sleeping form.

A thin ray,a sliver of light from the sun that was now high above in bright white,passed through the crack between the two curtains and renuka sensing that the light might wake him up from the sleep and rest that he must be needing,slowly went and adjusted the curtains and saw in that little light that fell on rudrans back the story of what he had endured.

Scratches,deep scars hastily stitched and crudely healed burn marks made a map on his bare back and her eyes shifted to his strongly muscled legs and she a freshly healed pink scar that ran on his rear left thigh.

Her hands clenched in frustration,anger and sadness for she could see for herself the hell he had been to and had come back from.Without even realising what she was doing she knelt down by his side and slowly ran her fingers on the many scars and rudran stirred from his sleep.

" Baby,it is not decent for a woman to stare at the naked form of a sleeping man for there will surely be consequences for such immoral behaviour."

Rudran turned around and saw renu in tears and gently wiping them " what is it renu? why are you crying? I am here now and so you dont have to worry anymore."

Renuka reached and switched on the table lamp and gasped in horror for even the front of his body was peppered with scars and some looked real bad.

Her fingers gently touched the scars and she looked into his eyes " Is it always going to be like this.Will a day come when you might not return to me and your child?"

Rudran stared into her eyes " Sweetie,every army mans,police mans family ask him the same question or at least think it day in and day out and honestly there is no answer for it.But that is the fate of all people who voluntarily take up arms and form a barrier against evil and chaos and i am just a soldier who is doing his duty and will go and join the ranks when my name is called.But please remember that i go to protect not only you and our families but i go with the purpose of protecting all innocent souls and their loved ones."

She placed her head on his strong chest " I can't lose you for i cannot imagine a life after that."

Rudran kissed her eyes and cheeks " renu,it is not only me you have to worry about but our child who depends totally on you and only you."

Rudran looked up at the clock and saw it was nearly 12 and hurriedly looked at renuka " God,we have been here for nearly five hours and i wonder what your parents must be thinking."

Renuka blushing,kissed his lips " really i too am wondering what my dad and mum must be thinking is happening to me and that with a stranger in a locked and darkened room."

He tried to grab her but she slid back and beckoned him sweetly with her finger " Come my tiger,for it is time you bathed for both of us are smelling too much of sex."

Rudran placed his hands on the tiles and let the warm water from the shower rain down on him.Turning the faucet off,renu slowly lathered his body with soap and rudran " renu,whatever you are lathering me with is too fragrant and feminine for my senses."

Renu gently hugged him " Shall i just step outside and ask my dad if i can borrow whatever soap or bathing foam he happens to use."

Rudran grabbed her and both stood under the water holding each other tightly as if it was the last time they were going to see each other and be with each other.

His hands began to slowly move as he cupped her butt and she looked at him ' four times in a few hours and now my tiger is ready."

The only reply she got was him inside her and she let him take her and let another storm of pleasure sweep over her and all she could was moan his name again and again and when she came it was even better than before and it lasted so long that she thought her body would melt like wax and she collapsed in his arms with her lips buried in his.


Many minutes later,both of them stood at the door feeling a little bit shy and with thoughts of everyone outside and what their thoughts were about them.

Rudran looked at renuka " My lady,you are my woman and you are my soul.I am a better person with you by my side.Shall we do the honors."

Rudran opened the door with his left hand with his right hand holding renu and a huge form leaped on to him and pulled him down and covered his face with kisses and licks and nudges.

Rudran hugged buddha tightly and then both looked at each other " My friend,how are you."

Buddha whined first with worry and then growled in anger and frustration for rudran had been away for nearly a month.

Rudran kissed buddhas forehead and then looked up to see a bunch of people standing before him.

Arul and jothi immediately went to their knees and placing their arms on the ground greeted rudran loudly with joy " My lord,it is great to see you again."

Rudran gently picked them both up and hugged them tenderly " Thank you arul,thank you jothi for being here and protecting my family."

Arul and jothi both stood shocked and too moved for words for here was their clans leader and the one who they worshipped thanking them for their work and hurriedly jothi mumbled " my lord,we are here to do our duty and need no thanks or recognition."

Rudran bowed his head " No my duty is to you and to your people and it is i who should be protecting you.Send a message to your queen and mother that i will soon be arriving in madurai and that i will put an end to the ones who have been killing and terrorizing our folk and our kind.My people and your clan swore an oath many hundreds of years ago and that oath will be fulfilled by me."


Kandaswamy mudaliyar waited for him to finish and then stepped forward and greeted rudran with a handshake and then hugged him tightly with tears in his eyes " I am so glad that you are back rudran.we were all worried sick about you.It gives us all such great joy to see you again and in one piece."

" I am sorry sir but the situation i was in was a pretty messy one and there was just no chance of getting in touch with anybody.But i am here now."

Rudran then gently took anuradha,renus mothers hand and looking at kandaswamy mudaliyar " Sir,ma'am i need your permission to marry your daughter renuka.I know that both of you know who i am and what it is i do and all the dangers involved in it but i promise you that i will never let any harm come to your daughter and will guard her and care for her more than my life itself."


Kandaswamy mudaliyar looked at both of them and then at rudran " My son,it is you who rescued renu from danger and it is you who has been protecting her and all of us from great danger.I don't think any of us will ever know who you really are or what it is that you do.But i give you permission to marry my daughter with my whole heart for i think you are the right person and the only person born to be with her."

Army special forces Major sanjeev bhatia came up to rudran " Sir,call for you."

Rudran taking the wireless handset,looked at the major who replied " It is the prime minister sir and he wants to talk to you about something very urgently."

This is the you tube link for the web series title Maya Thirrai in which i have acted in.I guess you will see from the teaser as to what a great job the director kaushik and the lead actors Nanda and Eden have done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlWuWxFxP2s&feature=youtu.be

What if-The Return part 7

Each day is like a leaf that falls to the ground and the tree with its roots deep into the womb of the earth seems to know which leaf to drop and when to drop.But come winter the tree of life stands empty bereft of leaves and life and it stands tall and dry and you wonder if the whole life is a lie.

It is a state some might call hell but it is neither that nor heaven but just a state of purgatory where they dwell waiting for eons,waiting for justice and a chance to be part of the cycle of life and creation once again.Many of the souls that call that place home have lost their essence and memories and just float like wispy clouds and some cling to this state of dead and undead as moss on rocks and slumber in a deep hibernation.

But there are some whose lives have been torn away before their time and they rage and scream and beat the doors for vengeance and now their screams have been heard for they see a crack of light,a doorway,a passage back to life as they once knew it.They are awake now and they are stirring and gathering force.They are coming and soon they will be once more among the living.


DIG Arivuselvam sat quietly in contemplation looking out at the sunny world outside and all the things that made up life as Inspector loganathan drove the mahindra jeep up the hills of kodaikanal.His thoughts were not too troubled by the conversation that he had with both his boss DGP Ashok kumar and Bishop thomas paulsamy for he had seen worse than this and yet he felt sad at the state of humans and their mindless need and greed.

He knew that this case would need a lot of finesse and subtlety and that every point should be looked over carefully for the bishops connections ran right up to rome and to the doors of the pope and Arivuselvam did not need any more spotlight on him or his department regarding this matter for they had a lot of that recently what with many of the department's high level officers having been charged with corruption and a few had been suspended in connection with suspicious encounter killings of criminal and innocents alike.

Crime branch Inspector loganathan had been working under his new boss for nearly ten months now and the feelings he had for him was not only respect and admiration but a bit of fatherly love for he saw in him what he had wanted for his son,but who had instead taken up computer engineering and was now in a job in some huge company in silicon valley.

Driving the vehicle all the while maintaining the speed limit,Loganathan remembered all the sneers and jeers when DIG Arivuselvam had taken up the post in Dindugul but all that had now died down and many who thought they could carry on with their sleazy and criminal activities were now either suspended or had transferred out to some other districts with their tails tucked between their cowardly legs.

Inspector loganathan took a glance at his young boss and seeing the hint of sadness and worry in the young and handsome face " Sir,are you all right?"

" I am okay loganathan.Just tired from not having slept a wink in the last 48 hours.But once this meeting is done in kodai,i think i am going to switch off my mobile and sleep for a whole day."

Inspector loganathan with a smile " sir,i don't believe it and neither do you.There is a very good chance that i might switch off my mobile but not you sir,for i have yet to meet a more honest and hard working officer than you and trust me i have seen quite a few in my service."

Arivuselvam looked at his inspector and removing his ray ban coolers " we owe too much to this country of ours and the innocent citizens who grant us with so much power and means to run this country for their sake and it would be a great sin to take that faith for granted."

Loganthan understood and yet found it difficult to comprehend this young officers zeal and capacity for doing his work so earnestly and meticulously for in just one year he had rallied support and respect from the entire madurai and dindugul department and he was now the poster boy for the dept.

Inspector loganathan remembering his wife and his promise that he would return soon and take her to see Bahubali 2 that night " Sir,please don't be offended but could i know the reason for this trip we are making to kodaikanal."

DIG Arivuselvam nodded with respect " Of course loganathan.I am sorry i did not mention it earlier.The bishop called me to request my help in finding a missing priest and there was no way i could escape from that and the DGP felt the same way.So,up the mountain we are going for this case is very delicate in nature as is any case concerning religion."

Then changing the matter just like that,Arivuselvam once again surprised loganathan " Have you and your wife had the opportunity to catch the new Bahubali film?"

" Sir,i don't know how you do it but it is like you always seem to know what is in my mind."

Arivuselvam looked at loganathan " come on inspector,i don't do that.It was just a casual question for that seems to be the only topic of interest in the country right now and that is Bahubali 2 the conclusion and how much it will make at the box office and will it beat all the other big films of the khans who reign supreme in mumbai."

Inspector loganathan smiling sheepishly " i am thinking of taking her to see the film tonight and only if i have the time.But i am sure that i will be snoring and fast asleep when the movie comes on."

" i caught the film in chennai with my grandfather in INOX cinemas and he loved it and kept raving about it although i think he has a crush on that actress with big eyes,ramya krishnan.I think he began to like her from the time he saw her in that neelambri character in the film Padaiyappa.My grandparents took me to see that film and i think it was during my 9th or 10 std.Now that was a pretty good film and one of the best films of superstar rajinikanth."

Loganathan sensed the sadness of his boss as he spoke about his grandparents and understood why.DIG Arivuselvam had lost his parents in a car crash when he had been just a baby of eight months and had been brought up by his grandparents who he thought of as his own parents and rightly so for they had given him the best of everything that life could offer.

Loganathan thought " if you want to judge a person,then all one has to do is look at his family for that is where all good and bad ebbs from and the single most important factor in determining how a child would turn out in the future and as an adult."

Laws ghat road led them away from perumal malai and up and into kodaikanal and soon the chill made them both shiver and yet it was a welcome feeling for both of them and the cool air came laden with fragrances of tea,chocolate and other exotic smells and somehow it seemed to caress away their tiredness away and soon Loganathan left the laws ghat road and entered the Bazaar road and turned into Anna salai for that is where the Kodaikanal police station is along with the kodai womens police station.

The moment the white mahindra scorpio that loganathan was driving with his boss DIG Arivuselvam drove into the small street and parked outside the station,the body language of everyone changed as if charged with electricity and the police constables fell over each other as they rushed to open the door and greet their superior officer.

Arivuselvam stood watching and hearing tables and chairs being moved,scraped into order as the word that the DIG was there spread like wildfire and the sub inspector and a few constables of the womens wings came running to pay their respects and then the kodiakanal Inspector Prakasam along with Sub inspector muthuselvam came running outside adjusting their caps and their ample tummies into their belt which was a pretty funny sight to see for both were in their last legs of service.

Even though he was casually dressed in a blue jeans with a white polo tee shirt tucked in and wearing black boots,DIG arivuselvam looked more like a police officer than all the khaki clad men for that is what distinguishes an IPS officer and that too a high ranking one with academy training.

At nearly six feet and with a lean build,muscles rippling like steel on his arms and a slightly hollowed face and not a hint of fat on his body,Dig arivuselvam looked more like a movie star from mumbai rather than an police officer who handled all the police stations in and around dindugul.

But more than anything his work and achievements screamed duty,honesty and an unblemished record all this made him a a darling of the police department and many of the female constables kept ogling at him with sighs and wondered if they could get a chance to take some selfies with their boss for it was not everyday that he came visiting.

Arivuselvam acknowledged the salutes of everyone and looked at the station inspector " Mr.prakasam,i am here to look into the case of the missing priest,father john."

Inspector prakasam totally lost " sir,if you had called me,i would have come personally and saved you all the trouble of you coming up all the way here."

DIG arivuselvam smiled " It is okay inspector for i got a personal call from the bishop and moreover the DGP has asked me to handle this case and finish it as fast as possible for it is of a very sensitive nature.So,first we will go in and then you can walk me and show all the places that father john was last seen and please leave out nothing,however inconsequential it might be for sometimes that is where the solution lies,in things that don't matter at all and of no consequence."

Saying this Arivuselvam began to walk inside the police station and no one but crime branch inspector noticed his subtle signal which told him to go around gathering information that might turn out to be useful.

With the DIG among them,none noticed the inspector who was also in plainclothes and could have been mistaken for a constable and under that guise,loganathan stepped away from his star boss and walked up to the main road to buy a cup of coffee and smoke a cigarette.

A few kms away,Rahul stood near the window with mani,his ghost father besides him watching the world outside with his innocent eyes and innocent soul and little did their strange family know that two worlds were going to collide and soon the killings would start and the hunt would begin.

Aaashritha stood dark among the trees that allowed little light into the patch that she made her dwelling and she stood looking here and there for something was coming,something was stirring in kodaikanal and it seemed to arouse anger and yet strangely fear too.

She growled a challenge for nothing would cross her and reach the family that was now under her protection,not while she killed and stood guarding the line between life and death.

Rahul looked at his mani " dad,i sense something and i have been hearing these strange cries in my dreams.They seem to be calling for help and i don't know what to make of them or their whispers."

Mani comforted his son " It is okay rahul.I am here and i will not leave your side.ever."

Rahul smiled a sweet smile " Dad you are dead and yet you are alive.will i too become like you and her when i die."

Mani was lost for an answer and just stared out of the window " Who knows my son but for god and frankly speaking i have yet to see him.But i will ask the same question to a friend of mine and maybe he will be able to answer it."

Far away in his permanent darkness,the blind priest father ronald selvakumar sat in quietly in the La Salette shrine church and waited for his strange friend,his quiet friend who spoke so little and yet meant so much to arrive and fill his soul with peace and goodness.


Who is the third who walks always beside you?
When I count, there are only you and I together
But when I look ahead up the white road
There is always another one walking beside you
Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
"But who is that on the other side of you?

T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land

Jannal oram -23

"When I was five years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." John Lennon


The sun peeks into everyones windows and into bedrooms and other parts of our houses and it must be a different sight and a different state of sleep that people wake up from that the wise and mighty sun see and it see everything and misses nothing.

Jeeva felt the light warm her face and her eyes flickered open and greeted the sun with a loving smile as if she was seeing the face of raman instead of the sun.She slowly touched her lips and felt the intensity of his kiss and at the same time the tenderness and kindness of his touch and she knew as a woman always knows that he was a man who could be trusted and who would stand by her with his last gasp of life.It gave her assurance and confidence this trust amd loving feeling that raman evoked in her and she knew that she was different today than the jeeva that had existed yesterday.

Today she rose,a burden,a weight lifted from her soul and she rose as if new wings lifted her for that is how her legs felt,like wings as she stood up and then everything froze for she saw ramans black,advocate coat on the bed and suddenly wondered if he had come like a thief in the middle of the night and had laid his body next to hers and kissed her goodnight with a kiss that lasted all night.

Jeeva grabbed the coat and looked here and there for a place to hide it and all the while wondering if her parents had seen the coat that had wrapped her shoulders,placed there with love by her lover.

" Obviously they would have seen it,for your parents don't miss a thing that their daughters do" thought jeeva and then taking a deep breath,she calmed down realising that she was not in college anymore and was a working woman in her late twenties and that it was perfectly okay for her to be in love and also knew that in todays world,most parents wished in secret that their children would find someone for themselves and hopefully someone decent and from their own religion.

But she was not worried about the coat or raman for her main concern was about her younger sister suja whose sudden request for marriage was now the priority of their family and it would not make any sense for her relationship with raman to come out at this juncture.

Taking the coat,jeeva hurriedly but neatly folded it and placed it under her sarees but then brought it out and holding it up against her face,took a deep breath inhaling his scent and it sent shiver of her pleasure that put tremors in her legs and smiling shyly,she placed it back safely hidden among her sarees.


Even without realising it,jeeva took a few more minutes than usual to do her makeup which usually involved placing a bindi on her forehead and using a very light shade of lip stick and a dab of roll on deodorant for her armpits and that was it.But today,she stood gently tracing her eyes with an eye liner and dabbed her lips with a slightly darker shade of pink.


Kamakshis,jeeva's mother stood with her mouth open,but manigandan reacted with just a nod.Jeeva watched as her mother ran into the kitchen and came running out and dragged jeeva and made her stand facing the east and then took drishti with the rock salt in her hand and after touching jeevas head and feet three times as if she was doing some power yoga routine " please sweetheart,spit into the salt."

Jeeva watched with embarassment as her mother threw the salt away all the while mumbling some prayer and that was it.If she had expected inititation of a conversation that concerned the mysterious black coat then she was disappointed for mum was the word from both her mum and dad.

Jeeva looked at the steaming plate of vegetable upma sending waves of ghee smell and at the huge bowl full of coriander chutney and looked at her mother " Anything special today,For you usually make your awesome vegetable upma for unique and very happy occasions.So what is it?"

Kamakshi stared at jeeva for a second or so and then gently placed a few kisses on her forehead " I love you so much my sweet and brave daughter and you look so stunningly beautiful."

Jeeva looked at her mum and then at her dad and decided that there was no point in hiding or keeping things from them,not when they happened to be her best friends.

" Listen both you oldies,i will tell this only once and i will really get upset if you dont follow my instructions.Okay,please just do as i say."

Both kamakshi and manigandan sat facing their daughter and jeeva shyly " I have known him for some time now but we have just got along as good friends.We take the same bus to parrys everyday and sometimes but rarely return in the same bus.Yesterday,we decided to take an auto because of the sudden downpour and we realised that we have strong feelings for each other.But this is just the beginning and it can wait until suja's wedding is done and finished with."

At the mention of her name,suja came yawning from her room,stretching her arms and stopped as if she had been suddenly struck by a thunderbolt for she looked at her sister jeeva.

" OMG,who is this sexy woman in our house?"

Without a care,suja plonked herself on her sisters lap and gave her a big hug " you beauty,are you going on a date or something?"

Jeeva softly kissing her cheek " Chee,nothing like that sweetheart.Just that some company directors are visiting out office and my boss has asked me to do the audio-visual presentation.so i had to dress up a little more than usual.Thats all."

Suja looked at her elder sister " jeeva,i wish you were the one getting married instead of me.You know,not a day goes without me praying for the right person to come along and sweep you off your feet."

Jeeva hugged her sister tightly and thought to herself " maybe he is already here and in my life and yes he has swept me off my feet."