A spontaneous smile is something unknown to Rani. Uncles jump and make gimmicks to make her laugh. Rani cannot laugh because she understands that her dad has left her mother. One of her uncles, Mr. Subbu comes through the backdoor to meet his mother. He has married a South Indian girl belonging to other caste. Tensed grandfather, Rangesh stops arranging bhajans because people will comment on...
A video on the beginning of chapter four which depicts the grim phase of Rani’s life. Life rotates into a new phase. Rani’s brothers and sisters are too small. The youngest brother is six month baby. Karnesh, a cousin joins them during daytime. The new house has two iron cots, trunks filled with clothes and beds rolled and kept in a corner. There is nothing as kitchen shelf or table...
Hullo! this video is on the end of chapter three of ‘Ripples Roping Memories’ ‘Paon chhu lene do, phulon ko inayat hogi…..inayat hogi’ This song belongs to the black and white Hindi film belonging to the Mughal period in India. It idealizes conjugal love. The story is of a prince who is in love with a beautiful woman. Mughal drapery, especially of the heroine is...
Hullo! This is the tenth video on an Indian story, ‘Ripples Roping Memories’ During one of her trips to Sompur, Rani gets the experience of playing alone on a mound of sand. She takes two white stones and strikes them together. After rubbing the stones, she is delighted to find sparks of fire coming out of it. Masked dances are performed during Dashera, the tenth day which marks the...
Hullo! the festive mood is on in the beginning of chapter three of my fiction, ‘Ripples Roping Memories. o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-pankh— . Rani is conscious of the blaring note of this popular Hindi song. The song thrills her and fills her with joy. The tune reverberates and Rani skips to hop out of the house. She knows the Vanita Steels corporation have set up the stage for oncoming Navratri...
Wishing you all a happy spring season! This is a video on the end of chapter 2. Rani’s mother bears the burden of another baby girl, Uma. Mother takes care of Revathi and Uma. She does not allow Rani to lift or carry them because Rani is sick and frail. Both the toddler’s are adamant and are not ready to get down from their mother’s hips. If mother keeps them down on the floor...
Hullo, here I am with the next episode of chapter 2 Paramount High School is cosmopolitan. There are many Punjabis, Sindhis, Christians, Maharashtrians, Malayalis and Goans. One day the class is taken upstairs to a hall in the new building. A horror movie in black and white is shown. Ghosts in white, lifting chairs and shrieks of fear are heard. Rani cannot understand most of it. Rani is not good...
Hullo, I am here with the second video on the second chapter of my fiction. Sagarpur is more of open land, trees, open coastlines and lashing waves of Kathiali sea. Sthaipada has tall palm trees, mango and jackfruit trees- a good lot of wild vegetation. Trees nod to the breeze and the air smells of mango flowers, ripe and unripe dates. There are wild, sweet smelling flowers. Various sounds of...
Wishing you all a happy weekend! Frightened, children wade through flood water under the Kelami bridge in Pehrauli. Whirlpools are formed by swirling water under the bridge. Water seems to roar angrily. Ammi directs children to cross railway lines but some children are attracted by swirling water. Gahanna stands on the concrete wall, watching. Suddenly, Gahanna sees Alifiya slip and fall and she...
Happy days to you all! It is wonderful to watch men from Vanita Steels play volley ball in the evening during weekends. They appear to be tough and full of energy. They are immigrants from all over India and are friends of Rani’s father. Veer Singh and Prem Singh are close friends of Rani’s father. Father takes part in wrestling matches known as ‘kusti’ in Hindi. During...
