Shail Mohan's Blog, page 70
September 17, 2018
The uncomplicated moss rose
I remember bringing home a wee bit of the succulent flowering plant Portulaca grandiflora, from a house we were looking …
September 16, 2018
…what died was not a cat
Today I read totally diverse reviews from two different friends, on the very same movie, on Facebook. This is nothing …
September 15, 2018
The dragonfly from next-door
The other day I told a friend that I had just got back from clicking a dragonfly and he replied …
September 14, 2018
Oranges and apples or coconuts and jack-fruits or whatever
Whenever I hear discussions (or should I say shouting matches?), on television, I feel people are not asking the right …
September 13, 2018
The spear and the pot
There’s a saying in Malayalam which goes, ‘Kuntham poyaal kudathilum thappanam’. It means that if you happen to lose a …
September 12, 2018
Beautiful Kerala or Billboard Kerala?
Last month we drove to a place called Kollam to look up my aunt, cousin and her family. Kollam is …
September 11, 2018
Time for the cat to enter left-centre
The look on the cat’s face says it all. You?! The disdain and horror therein is unmistakable, the former because …
September 10, 2018
The ash gourd story
Have you seen ash gourds growing on electrical wires? Well, if not, take a look and read its story as …
September 9, 2018
What I said and what he heard
Sometimes things that you say or do can have effects you hadn’t dreamed of, not even in your wildest dreams. …
September 8, 2018
A lesson remembered
There are a lot of lessons mother tried to din into my head while growing up, and I in turn …
