Comments on: Alphabet Soup

By: tilo

tilo — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:51:05 +0000

no eau de death at the funeral? How strange is that.
Now I am off to write a post about thatha’s funeral.

and some other commenters have threatened to go off on their own nostalgia trips after reading your post

so we will have an entire book at the end of it .
Of course nothing will beat Ramesh Mahadevan’s a “Grandmother Remembered”.

By: Karthik

Karthik — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 13:04:04 +0000

Subash, That *is* high praise. Thank you.

Tilo, no cologne, but they had lots and lots of incense sticks through the house. The atmosphere is hard to describe, but it is something I’ve come to associate with death.

By: tilo

tilo — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 21:27:39 +0000

I just loved the first paragraph – that’s how a child’s imagination would work.

and was there no eau-de-cologne?

By: Subash

Subash — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 16:50:33 +0000

Excellent post.
Your “My Life” posts remind me very much of the “Slice of Life” by V. Gangadhar. I used to read those with relish (and coffee) on sunday mornings , much as I read your posts now.

By: Ravages

Ravages — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:37:43 +0000

Machaan, Panni-madai cracked me up. Good. I think the first post I write after I come back from my retirement is the story of my own name

By: Suyog

Suyog — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:07:09 +0000

Perhaps a trifle bit toooo long, but entertaining and hilarious alll the way!!

Cheers

Suyog

By: DesiPundit » Alphabet soup

DesiPundit » Alphabet soup — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:08:42 +0000

[...] Karthik brilliantly narrates a story about his grandfather, puzzling initials, and the search for the truth. A fun read ! [Hat tip: Prashant] [...]

By: Karthik

Karthik — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:29:45 +0000

inlivenout, Thanks. I’ll pass on your suggestions to him, but I doubt he’ll be convinced enough to fill out a change of name form for his passport.

Sibyl – I promise I’ll mail you a free copy

By: Sibyl

Sibyl — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:23:41 +0000

Very nice, even the safely skippable prologue.

Hey, and would you let me know when you publish a book…I’ll be in line!

By: inlivenout

inlivenout — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:38:05 +0000

LOL;kudos for the loooong,(funny)square,thought provoking ) post.And,I guess your cousin made a very big mistake by not choosing ‘Pannimadai’.The good ol americans would’ve converted it into a stylish ‘Panny Maddie’;sounds better than “Pal kad”!

By: Karthik

Karthik — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 08:44:04 +0000

Lavanya,DoZ: thanks very much. For the kind words, and for ploughing through an overly long post even by the standards of this overly wordy blog.

By: Lavanya

Lavanya — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 07:21:06 +0000

Karthik – brilliantly narrated! You have a wonderful knack of making the life stories tremendously interesting. Clap, clap.

By: DoZ

DoZ — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 01:01:44 +0000

PS: You inspired me to tell my own funny form story: http://booksmovieslife.blogspot.com/2005/12/forms-and-skeletons.html

By: DoZ

DoZ — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:39:46 +0000

Awesome post. This is the first thing that’s cheered me up all day.