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Topic suggested by Kumaran Narayanan on Wed Mar 31 01:31:57 .
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20 Mar., 99

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ŠÏ œ¹þ°‘õÀ‘î œ‘Æ¹±Ì þµÌÅ. "þœ‘" òñ —ºË¤Ÿ™Žª¨ ƒÏ¹° À€Ý þÒœ‘ ¶òñ þº‘ÇÏ¹°³. þº¿ºÑ º¦¢™Žª¨ ƒÏ¹° µ‘ñÅ µ‘×ÓÖ ÄâŽÇÏ¹° °ÁÝÝŽÉÅ —ÀÖÒ —×äÒ ×¹þ°‘Å.

Fremont -Ò À€Ý —ºËé€° º‘™þ× —Ì‘Åº Ý‘ ƒÏ™Å. ‡±Ñ´° Ù¨› þÀÒ À€Ý ³äè ºª¨ °é³, Ã´³ °íé À‘±Í ƒÏ™Å. Walnut Ave. -Ò, À€Ý ¶òî »é, "œÑ"òñ ‘ÑÒ þº‘Åþº‘³, ÀîŸ™ —Ì‘Åº ƒ°À‘ ƒÏ™Å. þÒœ‘ ‘Ñ óòî€Ò —°é¹°‘, —×èã ÒÑÒ ºª¨ À‘±Í ŠÏ µ‘Ë™ ª¦ ƒÏ™þÀ, ³ ‹¦ ×¹³ Ã´³Ò ŠÌî‘ þº‘Ò ½Ÿ, ½Ÿòñ ó’ÖÕ ‘´³ Ã´³Ò þÀ‘³Å.

°Áâ, —ºË±Ï¹° À€Ý€Æ Ì¢Žª¨ ƒÏ¹°‘. À€Ý€Æ º‘´°‘ þº‘³Å, ‡›ŽÏ¹³°‘ò ×ÏþÀ‘ ¹° Ý¹€° ÀîŸ, ƒ×æ™..

"‡òî›? À€Ý —ºË° ×‘î´€° º‘Ï›þãò, ‡Üþã‘ Ý‘ ƒÏ™..", Åºò range-Ö ×è Ø€° þº™ —‘¯¦Ï¹°‘è. …¯€À °‘ò.. ³ ×‘îþÀ‘, Àîþœ‘, —‘ª¦ª¥‘, —°ä×‘Ç¥é³!

"°Áâ, À€Ý Àª¨À‘ Ý? €° Ì™Žé ÿÉÅ °‘ò!" - µ‘ñÅ ×è range-™ ...

"ËþÆ‘, ×Þ¤œ³ þº‘³Å!", ×äò …°¨ Àª¨Å°‘ò þºÆ³.. ‡î™ —°ÍÉÅ, ×æ™ ƒ³ »¦™Å ‡òì. ×æ™Å —°ÍÉÅ ‡î™ —°ÍÉÅ ‡òº³. ƒÏ¹°‘ÕÅ ƒ¹° »!

"‡òî›, ×‘›, ŠÏ walk þº‘Ëª¨ ×ÌÒ‘Å". °Áà™ À€ÝÇÒ µ€î¹° þÌ‘ªÒ µ¥¿º³î‘ —‘è€ã »ÍÆÅ. —ÀÍ™‘ ‡òº°î‘Ö, ‡î™Å ˜¥. ³ÚÅ Fremont-Ò pavements —Ì‘ÅºÚþÀ Ý‘ maintain º¯®×‘›. µ¥™Å þº‘³, pavement º™³ÖÒ ƒÏ™é ½Ö—×ä þÀÒ ‘Ö ×¢Ÿ º‘™é ŸÅ.. ¿º¿º‘! ÖÕòñ ‘Ö ÓÑ™Å.

Liberty Street °‘¯¨Å þº‘³, ‡¿þº‘³Å ‡ò€î œ´°é ¹° Ù¨, ƒ¿þº‘ÚÅ ¯¬Ö ºª¥³; °ÁàÅ º‘´°‘è. —ºÍÆ À‘ä€. Ãò½éÅ ÝŽÆ þ°‘ª¥Å. Ø°, Ø°À‘î ¾¤—œ¦è. µ¨ØÖ —œÆí€ ÿìíì. º‘Ñ™þ× —Ì‘ÅºÚÅ ÌÅÆÀ‘î Šòì. Ý™ Ý þœÑ´°‘í þº‘Ö, ºŸ€ÀÆ‘î Niles Hills, º›ã‘Øò ³–é´³ »ò½é´±Ö Å¼ÌÀ‘Ë ¶òì™ —‘¯¦Ï¹°³!

°Áâ, þºœþ× ƒÖ€Ò; º™é×ñ™ œ‘¿º‘ª€¥ º‘´°‘ ƒòñÅ º™À‘þÀ? À€ÝÇò ÝŽÖ ÀÆ›Ž ƒÏ¹°×ç™, ƒ¹° º›ã‘ þÀÕÅ ÀÆ™´€° —‘¨´±Ï™þÀ‘?

—‘¤œ þµÌÅ Þ´³ —ÀÖÒ ‡ò º™Å ±ÏÅ»Æ×è, "‡òî›, µ‘ÃÅ Ù¨ ×‘›ã‘Ã›!" ‡òé‘è.

ƒÜþã‘ µ‘ã‘Ë, ¶™ ×¢œ ²¿—ºª¦äÖ (apartment complex) ×‘Ýé ×æ™, ƒ¹° ‚€œ ¶Æ‘ÆÅ °‘ò. …¯€ÀÇÖ ‡î™Å ¹° ‡¯«Å …¯¨.. ŠÏ œÌ‘œÍ Software Engineer-ò ‚€œ°‘ò. ‚î‘Ö ×‘›é œÅºãÅ, €™Å ×‘Ë™Å œÍÆ‘Ë ƒÏ™Å ƒ¹° þµÌ´±Ö ƒ—°ÖÒ‘Å ...

‡ò€î Ò×Ì¿ º¨´±Æ³, ×äò, "µ‘ÃÅ".. ŠÏþ×€ã º‘´³™—‘¯¦Ï™Å ƒ¹° º›ã‘ þº‘Ò þ×¯¨Å ‡òé‘Ö? ...

"µÀ™ ƒÜþã‘ —ºÍÆ º›ã‘ þ°€×ÇÖ€Ò. òî°‘ ŠÏ Ù¨ þº‘³›", ‡ò ‡¯« ‹ª¥´€° ½Í¹°×è þº‘Ò ×è þºœ,

"¯¦¿º‘Ë ×‘›þ×‘Å, °Áâ!" ‡òþéò, Š¿½™.

òî Ù¨. ‡›æ™ ŠÏ bedroom; —‘Ý¹€°›æ™ Š¯®; ‘Ñ ¶ì´° garage.. òî°‘ lawn. œ‘Æ¹±Ì þµÌ´±Ö, °ÁàÅ µ‘ñÅ, lawn-Ò chair þº‘ª¨ …™‘¹³™Žª¨ ...

îÚ ƒï´°³.

"‡òî þÆ‘™ê›? ‡¹° Ù¨ ×‘›Ò‘Åî‘? ×Ì ×ÞÒ °‘ò 'Liberty Commons' condominium º‘´þ°ò. cheap °‘ò.. €°þÆ ×‘›Ž¥Ò‘›"

"³ ƒÖÒÅÀ‘, ‘Ÿ þ×«‘À‘?", ¥ò —‘¨™ À™è queue-Ö ¶íÅ ƒ¹° †ÍÖ µ‘ò ƒ¿º¦ þºÇÏ™ ˜¥‘³!

"ÿ›°‘ò Wells Fargo -™ 'preferred customer' ‚¢þœ! (ˆþ°‘ ŠÏÃ€é questionnaire fill º¯«³™‘ T-Shirt —‘¨´°‘ò...) …›æ™òî‘ loan ¨™ À‘ª¥‘›ã‘?" - ƒ×è ¶óÀ‘þ× ¿º‘ØÆ‘?

"À€Ý Àìº¦ÉÅ ×ÏÅ þº‘Ò ƒÏ™, ±ÏÅ»¨þ×‘À‘?", ƒ¹° º›ã‘€× º‘™, º‘™ ‡î™Å ÀîŸ À‘ê¨þÀ‘òñ þ°‘«, ›ŽÏ¹³ ØÒ Ãíºªþ¥ò.

×Þ —µ¨ °Áâ îÚþÒ µ¥¹³ ×¹°‘è. ½±Æ Ùª¦ò ¾€ó Ð€À œÍ —œË°‘è; Ž¢œ€î Šà› º¨´±î‘è; Ý¹€°€ã œ´°Å þº‘¥‘ÀÖ ¦Ø º‘Ñ™ —œ‘òî‘è.. ƒòñÅ ‡òîÖÒ‘þÀ‘!

µ‘ñÅ ¶€éÆ þÆ‘œ€îþÆ‘¨ µ¥¹³ ×¹þ°ò; ‡¿º¦ œÀ‘ä¿þºò, ƒ¹° ¡â¶€Ò€Æ?

Ùª¦Ö ¸€Ý¹°³Å, light þº‘ª¨ Øª¨, ‡ò ÏŽÖ ×¹°‘è, °Áâ.

"‡òî› ..?"

"—œ‘ÖÕÅÀ‘?"

"Å¿Êª¥€Ì ‚ò º¯®›, ƒ¿ºþ×, þÒ‘ò ¿€ã º¯®þ×‘Å!"

×äò Àî€œ ½¯º¨´° µ‘ò ØÏÅºØÖ€Ò. Å¿Êª¥Ï™ …ÇÑ —‘¨´þ°ò.

"°Áâ, …î™ E-mail ×¹±Ï™"

°Áâ, ‚Ñ×À‘î‘è. ÁÚÅ þ×À‘ º¦´°‘è.

"‡òî›, ‡î™, Hayward college-Ò M.S. —¥¢Ï™.. ", —Ì‘ÅºÚÅ ÀŽâ¢ —º‘›ŽÆ³, ×è Ã´±Ö.

"ƒ¿ºþ× —ãÅ½›, Livermore þ‘ÇÕ™ þº‘Ë, œ‘Á™ Ñ¢œ€î º¯¬ª¨ ×Ïþ×‘Å", Ý¹€°Çò ‚Ñ×Å ×æ™. ‡î™Å °‘ò!

"ƒÏ¿º‘, loan ¿€ã º¯¬ª¨ þº‘þ×‘Å..."

"þ×¯¥‘›", °Áâ, —°ä×‘î ‚›ŽÒ´±Ö —œ‘òî‘è.

"M.S. º¯« µÀ™ º«Å ¶€éÆ þ°×¿º¨Å. Ù¨ —À³×‘ ×‘›Ž™Ò‘›.. "

‡î™´ —°ÍÉÅ, ¨´° Ã€é À€Ý —ºËÉÅ þº‘³ Àìº¦ÉÅ ƒ×æ™ "Ù¨ îÚ" ×ÏÅ ‡òì! ƒÏ¹°‘ÕÅ.. ƒ¿þº‘€°™ ƒ³, "best deal"

Responses:

From: Gokul (@ gatekeeper.ohioedison.com) on: Wed Mar 31 08:26:06

That is pretty neat Kumaran Narayanan.

I liked the simple language and the easy style.

" ³ ×‘îþÀ‘, Àîþœ‘, —‘ª¦ª¥‘, —°ä×‘Ç¥é³!" is well written. Looking
forward to reading more of your stories here in the Hub.

Closing the font
From: vidya (@ wizard.mch.sni.de) on: Wed Mar 31 08:46:15

kumaran: romba nalla iruku. simple words and simple theme.
From: pae (@ global22.citicorp.com) on: Wed Mar 31 09:15:16

KN: good story. simple and neat.
From: babu (@ 198.153.135.42) on: Wed Mar 31 09:34:44

Kumaran: good one. keep writing.
From: Kumaran (@ 98cad6b8.ipt.aol.com) on: Wed Mar 31 11:08:59

thanks to all of you! :)
From: Kanchana (@ spider-we011.proxy.aol.com) on: Wed Mar 31 11:30:12

Kumaran, very appealing in its simple style.
From: aruLarasan (@ psiphi.umsl.edu) on: Wed Mar 31 12:26:06

kumaran,

kalakkal. your story was like a home made mysore pak. sweet and appetizing :-))

konjam pOy thaNNIr kudikkaNum. i'll wait; it looks like it's going to rain :-)
From: sooriyan aka sun (@ 192.149.1.168) on: Wed Mar 31 14:53:43

Very good kumaran. Very nice one.
From: kumaran (@ purgator.metabyte.com) on: Wed Mar 31 18:32:39

Sooriyan, Arularasan, Kanchana,
thanks!
From: Udhaya (@ 205.218.142.217) on: Wed Mar 31 21:00:23

mazhaiyaa idhu? More like domestic fire, you put one out another one lights up.

Kumaran, I liked the way you captured the restlessness in the husband's mind. Looking forward to other stuff from you.
From: Ramji (@ 205.177.170.62) on: Thu Apr 1 12:12:16

Kumaran:

mazhaiyil thOnRi maRaiyum americca kanavu amarkkaLam.thamizh M.S. mudiththu vElaikku pOnAl kanavu veetiRkuL mazhai chAral adikkAmal irukka kadhavugaLai ellAm chAththi vittu jannal vazhiyAga mazhaiyai rasikkalAm.
From: Srikrishnan (@ 209.24.141.50) on: Thu Apr 1 15:17:12

Kumaran,

Neenga Tamizhikku vedu vangi koduthutinga thaane?? :-(

reall nice flow. Keep writing.

Bye
Sriks
From: rags (@ ariel.sun.com) on: Thu Sep 30 20:00:13

Kumar
Naanum Fremont area parthathunala unga kathai padikaracha ennamo homely feeling :-)
it is nice. Yatharthamana yosipukkal indha kathaila...

good, write more.

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