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A small mistake while parking the two-wheeler meant that the left side of the bike was damaged as it took a fall on a concrete surface. So, the rear wheel's breaking mechanism and all other functions associated with the left side was damaged. I happened to drop this bike to an authorised service station which was around 2 kilometres from my home.  Post the handing over the bike for repair works, I had to find alternate ways of transportation to reach back to my home. Due to the present Covid scare I was quite averse to sharing the travel space through a six-seater or any other form of public transport. No personal service of an auto rickshaw was to be seen nearby. I started walking back this distance that I have frequently covered through the two-wheeler and as I reached home in the next 14 mins, I was close to being tired tired.  As I was consuming the necessary fluids once I got home, I realised the usual walks that I take, the frequent routes and their possible distances. A...

Mentally...

According to a traditional practice of the society that I am raised under, the religion does not allow the rituals in honour of a departed family member to be conducted at the home of a daughter. Since she is married to another family, she loses the said right to host the said rituals; if she has a brother. So, reasons like this prevents my mother to perform such rituals at my home for my departed grandparents.   But to honour and celebrate the life of my grandparents, every year on the day of observance my parents prepare food for the needy and distribute them before they have their first meal of the day. And this tradition continues through many such auspicious days throughout the year.   As Kanchipuram is filled with Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu, Lord Muruga, Ambal temples and every coroneted form of the divine around, naturally the needy throng the city's temple and its premises. Once such gentleman is often seen around the streets of Chinna Kanchipuram. This man is ter...