The Blind Minstrel

The minstrel was not completely blind. He had hazy vision that helped him go on his rounds. He left the village at dawn, with his musical instrument a dry pumpkin with a handle, over which were strung a few wires. He returned before sunset. We children loved Thejappa....

Intimacy In Marriage.

“Love is a fever. When a man is in love, he endures more than at other times; he submits to everything,” says Freidrich Nietzche. However, the very act of marriage sometimes serves as an antipyretic, bringing down Love’s fever to a tepid state. Then the man...

‘Living-In’ – Democracy In Personal Life.

The following poem called the Gestalt Prayer, was printed on one of the coffee mugs I picked up in a supermarket. It said, “I do my thing, and you do your thing, I am not in this world to live up to Your expectations; And you are not in this world to live Up to mine....

Bobbin Lace -A Vanishing Art.

Due to the mechanization of traditional life, Arts and Crafts are fading away. There was a time when accomplishments like sewing, embroidery, crocheting or lace making, were assets in any girl of marriageable age. It enhanced her value as a homemaker. Today, “Time” is...