 | Posted 13th September 2009 at 11:34 PM by Chitvish (My Twilight Thoughts, posted on Alternate Mondays.)
Updated 13th September 2009 at 11:37 PM by Chitvish
The following appeared in the "Hindu Metroplus" last year. I have very slightly modified it from second person to first person, because I am one myself! "Who said old age is boring? Remember, with silver in our hair, gold in our teeth, stones in our kidney, lead in our feet and gas in our stomach, we are worth a fortune”! My young Friends, never underestimate us! The status of senior citizen is not always dull and boring. On some days I think 24 hours are not enough....
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 | | Posted 14th December 2008 at 10:35 PM by Chitvish (My Twilight Thoughts, posted on Alternate Mondays.)
Friends, I earnestly hope, you don’t skip reading this, assuming it is the typical old age prattle of senior citizens. Not that, I rule out your doubt completely also!! Three to four decades back, the pace of life was not so fast as it is today. What I mean to say is, there was time to do everything we wanted to do! The schools started at 9.30AM and classes will be over by 3.30PM. We had enough leisure in the morning, atleast one full hour to study. Tuesday & Friday...
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| | Posted 5th October 2008 at 11:16 PM by Chitvish (My Twilight Thoughts, posted on Alternate Mondays.)
Friends, I hope you are not already grumbling that I refuse to accept the case of sour grapes! In fact, far from it.
First, I love this stage because, week-ends and week-days are the same to us. We no more anxiously wait for Friday evening, looking forward to unwinding completely from a set routine, for two full days. Even if I sleep for half an hour extra in the morning, it does not matter at all. No need to cook in a hurry and pack a lunch box for the office-going spouse. I have all...
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| | Posted 25th August 2008 at 03:18 AM by Chitvish (My Twilight Thoughts, posted on Alternate Mondays.)
Friends, those of you, who are younger than thirty, may not enjoy this blog – I warn you! That is because postman is "past- man", for the younger generation. In my younger days, the post-man was the most eagerly awaited person between 10AM to 12 noon, except on Sundays. My grandfather used to wait for his pension cheque, in the first week. Amma will eagerly wait for her parents' letters or one from her siblings. Appa will wait for the cheque bringing the monthly...
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| | Posted 15th June 2008 at 10:51 PM by Chitvish (My Twilight Thoughts, posted on Alternate Mondays.)
Friends, for a South-Chennaite, nothing like Pondy Bazaar for shopping – can I use the word “bindaas shopping” (it is very often aimless shopping, but fashionably called window shopping) with your permission??!! It is just this lovely place in Chennai, which, if you decide to visit once, you cannot resist going for the second time. The pavement shops offer you a wide range – unbelievable, but true. We will walk through the platform shops first. Let me start auspiciously...
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