I am a Brahmin, I am a Muslim, I am a Christian!

For all u ppl wondering if i have lost my head you can be rest assured tat apart from certain periodic moments of insanity, i am SANE!

Scene I
2 weeks ago i was back in Calicut, Kerala and taking a walk down the lane. I was thinking of nothing in particular, apart from "eeeks" , footwear n greens when this typical mallu lady walks upto me. She smiles the smile, i smile back. She come close to me, whispers "molle nee Muslim aano??" (*Child, are u a Muslim?). Lakshmi tells grandma, grandma takes lakshmi's holds lakshmi's forehead, whips out her eye liner n fervently draws a bindi stamping her religious roots on her forehead!

Scene II
Dad's surgery is over. He's recovering well. So the water can was empty and I decide to take a walk to the cooler and refill. The nurses come over and ask me ''which sect molle?" Me thinking 'sect' is a (medical?) term for a hospital room no. (!!!) answer in all innocence (read stupidity), "540". Response? Blank look! she asks again "No no..ur a christian elle, which sect?" sigh.."No sister. My name is lakshmi, remember the goddess? the Hindu equivalent of the World Bank?? I am a Hindu"

Scene III
I am at work and trying to work (heh!) and a new tech writer (who is a sweet gal) comes to me to solve a query. we do the general gup shup. She asks me "where do u stay?" Me "Sembakkam". She says "you are a Brahmin na" Me, "No i am not. long live chicken, long live fish n other animals"..

Moral of the story.. Lakshmi has a lot of options and alternatives :) Long live Secularism..Jai Hind! sniff* :)

bday pains!

Twas' the night of my birthday
the town was asleep,
not a soul stirred in slumber
except for poor ole' me..

No it wasn't birthday excitement.
nor was it any spooky encounter
but a nagging pain starting from,
somewhere around my denture.

And then around around 4 a.m.
an explosion in my ear
accompanied with writhing pain,
what a way to start my year!

I screamed, n cried,
n yelled some more
but that didn't help the pain,
oh no sir no!

So off to the hospital
in my pajamas i left
along with a worried dad
and a terrified mother wept!

I bawled at the doctor,
the nurses and the peon,
woke everyone up,
n conveniently swooned.

The next thing i know
the pain is dull,
injections and medicines
made the torture totally null!

The bday gal slept
relieved from the pain,
knowing that her hearing,
will never be the same again!

"happy bday lakshmi!!"
said friends n loved ones
she smiled serenely,
with a blocked ear drum!!