The wife says I am obnoxious enough to be considered old and archaic. This compels me to have a historical pretext. History is well-calibrated by war and resulting references like post-war, since the war, before the war, during the war, immediately after the war, etc. In the last two decades, there have been major conflicts only in the Persian Gulf, Balkans, Indo-Pakistan and Afghanistan. "The war" must be suitably global and set in the not-so-recent past. Therefore, one is left only with the Persian Gulf War of 1990-91 for "the war."
The world was a very different place before Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. Kaapi podi was very cheap. We could not afford a full coconut and had to with a small thenga patha for chutney. Mothers started giving daughters gradual cooking lessons as soon as daughters attained puberty. Unlike now when girls are pampered sick and the dosai is delivered to their beds where they sit with their laptops looking up masturbatory material. Before the war, the reverse monsoon was very potent and summers were never too hot. For 25 paisa one cold get the Pepsi Cola, a long plastic tube of frozen juice, a dear thing the war machine killed.
Eighteen years is a long time and it is very difficult to imagine the extent of changes since the war. My father, when he is not poring over the newspaper or chewing tobacco, would be secretly proud that I have done very well in spite of the war. Perhaps, it is good the war happened.
Labels: dosai, Iraq, kaapi, kaapi podi, Persian Gulf War, Saddam Hussein, thenga patha, World War II
The wife says...
Marriage aidutha??
Eppo kalyanam aachu ?
2 perukku samaikiradhunala, You are not blogging regularly ;-) ?
Rastafari, Didn't you know that from the previous post? Kalyanam aana adutha match la duck out aagrathu na idhu dhaan.
Sollave illai!?!
Ipdi announce panna moi panam varaadhu pa. Maruvadhai ille? Kannala notice vechiya nee?
Whose wife'nu sollavey illayae?!
'the wife' na blogger language la 'my wife' nu artham.
'the wife' - ada paavi yaara emathine?
Congratulations