Goes Round And Comes Back

Srama · Feb 16, 2020

Everything goes around or comes around in circles seems like - even the glassed and lost lens. BTW did you guys buy from the same shop ? It must be the glasses! enjoyed reading it.

satchitananda · Feb 16, 2020

A fun read, Umaa. Palakkad is one place I still want to visit. Have heard so much about it.

heron · Feb 16, 2020

Like Culture Club said... Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon ... you come and go.. you come and go.. ooo

Very funny read.

Thyagarajan · Jun 28, 2020

@umaakumar
How I missed this lovely humorous anecdote. First it was or it could be “Fashion”. After several years, with passage of time, it iTunes out to be “myopic”.
Super read and soft end . Could visualise and imagery effect of the entire story.
Thanks and Regards.

iyerviji · Jun 29, 2020

Enjoyed your snippet

Thyagarajan · Aug 31, 2021

umaakumar said: ↑

At that point in life I had never visited a beauty parlour.
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umaakumar said: ↑

Oh **** The lens should have fallen somewhere, could you not tell me”. I looked at him and said “I thought it was the fashion..
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umaakumar said: ↑

removed my glasses and Lo and behold it was missing one lens.
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I just came here & re read after reading your current story of vaity sarasu. I enjoyed the myopic lense missing and fashion repartee in that goggle!

sln · Sep 1, 2021

umaakumar said: ↑

This happened many years ago. I was madly in love. They say people do strange things when in love. At that point in life I had never visited a beauty parlour. No make up only ponds powder. No lipstick. A little kajal every now and then. I think some people can relate to that time in the late 70’s.

It was a habit for me to meet my boyfriend, every evening without fail. He was the most fashionable person and kept up to date on the latest shirts, shoes, goggles etc. Many girls would give him a second look if he was walking down the street. Whenever I felt his dress sense was off, I would mention it. He would just shrug his shoulders and say “What do you know about fashion”.

It was a similar day and he came to pick me up and as I got ready I noticed something amiss but just kept to myself. Climbed on his bike and we went for a short while and then stopped to get something. As I was getting off he said, there was something funny and he could feel the wind blowing into his eyes even though he was wearing goggles. I just looked at him and said, “your goggles does not have lens over one eye”. His face turned funny and he quickly removed it and said “Oh **** The lens should have fallen somewhere, could you not tell me”. I looked at him and said “I thought it was the fashion....” After so many years I still think of this and laugh. Whenever people say something about dating and how things changed after marriage I tell them this story and we laugh.

Many years have passed after this and we have come a long way. We got married. I met more number of people. I became more fashionable. My dress sense changed completely, started wearing trousers and jeans. Now a days I am more comfortable wearing jeans than with other Indian clothes.

Two years back we moved from Bangalore to Palakkad (Kerala) which is still conservative when it comes to dressing. Women are either in a salwar or their tradition white saree. It has got small hamlets and I stay in one of them. Today I had to go to the hospital. I dressed up like I was in Bangalore and went sporting a trouser and shirt. One more thing is I do not speak Malayalam. I converse with everyone in Tamil of English. So took my token and sat down. Opened my handbag and took out my glasses to read (Bi focal) But however hard I tried I could not read. I removed my glasses and Lo and behold it was missing one lens. I looked around to see if anyone was looking and put my glasses silently in my bag.

I laughed and thought the joke had come back to me.
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Very interesting narrative radiating romance at its subtle best. Ultimately outer beauty attracts but inner beauty captivates. One gentleman however said that it would be difficult for him to carry a magnifying glass every time he met a girl. A beautiful quote in Tamil " Agathin Axhagu Mugathil Theriyum"
Ours was an arranged marriage. When Mythili's health was deteriorating I looked after her like a baby meeting her every whim .Our cook asked Mythili whether ours was a love marriage. She replied "it was not, but it is now" It is eleven years since she passed away and yet I can't erase it from my memory.
SLN

Thyagarajan · Sep 1, 2021

sln said: ↑

she passed away and yet I can't erase it from my memory
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Why you should!?

umaakumar · Sep 2, 2021

sln said: ↑

Very interesting narrative radiating romance at its subtle best. Ultimately outer beauty attracts but inner beauty captivates. One gentleman however said that it would be difficult for him to carry a magnifying glass every time he met a girl. A beautiful quote in Tamil " Agathin Axhagu Mugathil Theriyum"
Ours was an arranged marriage. When Mythili's health was deteriorating I looked after her like a baby meeting her every whim .Our cook asked Mythili whether ours was a love marriage. She replied "it was not, but it is now" It is eleven years since she passed away and yet I can't erase it from my memory.
SLN
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Dear Sir,

Thank you for your reply.

Whether arranged or love, love is the same. You brought tears to my eyes when you said you are missing her every day. How can you erase the memory of a loved one. They say time heals everything, but never a loss of a loved one.

Regards
Uma