Hullo! A good weekend to you all. This is the fifth video on the fifth chapter of ‘Ripples Roping Memories’. At home, Rani reads the Marathi lessons aloud. She tries to imitate the pronunciation of her teacher, Mrs. Apte. She memorizes the answers. Hindi , she thinks is a subject which she can easily imbibe. But Rani does not score marks in Hindi. The Hindi teacher Mrs. Saxena is...
Hullo, Gear up! I have come with another video on chapter five of ‘Ripples Roping Memories’ Rosina Fernandez is from Railway quarters. She belongs to a Goan family. Rani visits her house. What impresses Rani is a big garden and the dark inside of the house. Rosina’s mother stitches clothes. Rosina is taller and heftier than Rani. She is jovial, practical and thrifty. Rani gets...
Hullo! A cheerful weekend to you all. I am here with a video on the middle of chapter five of ‘ Ripples Roping Memories’. Young Angels Convent is funded by a foreign missionary. They have their headquarters in Menaba. Milk is distributed to students during recess. Leaving the classroom without permission or being late to school is not acceptable. The sisters are strict but loving...
Hullo! wishing you a happy weekend. I am here with a video on chapter five of my fiction, ‘Ripples Roping Memories’. Nuns and priests of other convents provide sanctified doses of morality. Such sessions are known as treats. Topics about sin, love, affection and motherhood are illustrated from daily life. On the left side of the gate is a small open ground. One has to climb three to...
Wishing you all that is good! I am here with a video on the beginning of chapter five of my fiction, ‘Ripples Roping Memories’ Viju, a student of Paramount High school punches Rani in the class. Rani complains about him to her father. She expects her father to report about him to the Principal. Something else happens. Her father decides to change her school. He thinks that Rani does...
Hullo! A happy weekend to you all after a month. I am here with a video on the end of chapter four of ‘Ripples Roping Memories’. Aunt Maya’s house has a front courtyard which is a cemented floor. Rani feels warmer when she enters the rooms. There are bedrooms, drawing room and study rooms. The kitchen is small cozy and warm. The backyard is also cemented and has bathroom and...
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...
