Atoning for my sins

Dear Sri,
For your writing
You know the importance of a pinch of salt than anyone else in IL. A cookery columnist need not be a good cook!
I leave you"scot free" because all said & done, you are a Madurai Mappilai like Vish.
Illavittal pitiththa kaattil koNtupoy vittiruppaen ! You would have had it !

My dear friend, tasty vadai can be made without salt ! Freshly made Kalkandu Vadais will be delivered at your place, on request !

You are very back-dated with recipes if you think
eatables specially made for diabetics!
are less tasty !
Read this FB received by me for my diabetic diet recipe, this morning
Dear chithra,
Oats idli ! superb, superb, superb, just now had hot hot idli with spicy chutney. I think for the dieters its a boon to get wonderful recipes from ur treasure.

So my harmmless sin list will also be
superb, superb, superb,

I wonder if I should send you the list at all, on second thoughts.I just thought you could derive some guilt free enjoyment, inspite of sinning - you seem to be thinking of giving me Reverse Names to tease me ! Why take all effort ?

Jokes apart, I loved best your statement to Kamla
Reading the Obituary column is like applying Vibhuthi on the forehead. Both are meant to keep reminding us of our utter mortality in order that we are kept in due bounds all the time!
Time & again, you prove your versatality with words - I salute you, Sri.
Love,
Chithra.

 

Cheeniyakins,

Thanks for a warm response to my post. Mea culpa yet again! I think I write too long in reply to your posts/all posts. Somehow, never got to practising 'brevity is the soul of wit'.

Nice to read that sin is not only geographically bound but also time bound; from your reference to lust. What with the likes of John Abraham and Tiger Woods doing rounds, lust must be the most virtuous sin these days!

But just think, sinning has become such a profitable market for organised religion. With craving indulgences, nerthikadans, even zakath to an extent- how often do we even act in virtue if not to atone/compensate for a sin??

Loving all responses here, AC has a pithy way of saying things.

regards
Vidya

 

Dear Cheeniya sir ,
On seeing the title , I started reading ur post with a serious ( rather heavy ) mood . But you just made me roll in laughter until I finished it !
Its quite natural that when we get ‘ marana bhayam ‘, we repent for our sins & want to become a flawless human being ! . If we really put our mind to it , we are sure to attain that stage !
You don’t have to feel much for the sins you have made so far -because they can easily be blamed as ‘ paruvakkolaaru ‘ ! But a few sins ( you have mentioned ) – eventhough they too are quite common - are not easy for me to digest . Kindly excuse me for poining out them :

• "Telling every classmate(F) that no one affected me as much as she did " ( like ‘ naan avanillai ‘ Gemini ganesh ! )
• " Spending long hours in clubs and reaching home after my kids had gone to bed " - ( how they would have longed to see their dear dad )

• Plucking the flowers from my neighbor’s garden for doing pooja – ( in forties … you did it ? Really its unbelievable , sir ! ) ( but … don’t worry sir – your image can never be lowered by any confession made by you ! You are a person to be admired & respected by all the Ilites - the whole family of our IL ! )
• All your replies were enjoyable – especially your reply to Leelal was very funny :
• " Actions must relate to age. If we did not perform an act relevant to a particular age, there is no way we can rewind and perform it now. It will be like my talking in mazhalai! Imagine me going round and deflating cycle tubes now!
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• And I would like to finish my fb with one more nice proof for your excellent sense of humour . Your reply to chithra : "Are you really drafting a list of sins? Fresh ones for use by future generations? You can sign it as Unam being the reverse of Manu who prescribed a list of virtues to follow! “ ! ! :whistle
• With high regards ,
• Indhu .
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