அவளின் அன்றைய தினத்தின் நிகழ்வுகள் அறிய முதல் நாள் பள்ளி சென்று வந்த பிள்ளை கூறும் மழலை கதை கேட்க காத்திருக்கும் தாய் போல் காத்திருந்தேன் குழி தோண்டி புதைத்து விட்டேன் என் நினைவை என்று அவள் கூறியதை மறந்து விட்டு ....
The One Legged Royal Crow
It was just another mundane day where you would feel blessed if you could shit freely without having to call god for helping relieve yourself. I wokeup, shit, brushed got ready and Kickstarted the boxer bike and set off for work. True to my penny pinching nature I stopped at the small roadside idly shop to have my breakfast. For sometimes now this had been routine for me and my colleagues to eat in this idly shop. Usually we were the first customers to break into idly Patti's shop and today was no exception. Idly Patti like all the Pattis in the stories had a soft corner for crows. It was idly Pattis custom to keep a few idly outside first before serving us. On that day too she kept idly with chutney (as if the crows would not pay her tips if she missed chutney) on the small slab outside her thatched roof shop. And the heroes of this incident, the crows started to flock to eat the idlis. Had the crows started to caw and fight around idly it would have been another normal day. Bu...
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