What explains me...
The mental categorisation of people
Hyper sensitivity to the outer world and attitudes. A friend’s frown or avoidance of an acquaintance can weaken me.
Talkativeness and ability to sociable with people of the same wavelength
Inability to keep silence and stop himself from advising or suggesting others without being asked to
Interacting with the working men /people of lower rungs of the society
Travelling in trains , especially when they cover bridges and also the flight and climbing down of suburban MRTS trains
Maps, places , courses of rivers and railway lines on it
Craving for anything which is Tamil Brahmin-ish—not to woo anybody or bring a class in me.
Interest in Cultures, their cuisine, dressing,symbols and Religions
Historic films, films about the real time incidents.. I hate science fiction, violence and masala
Ancient and Medieval History-Dynasties and wars- Islamic History and South Indian History- Current world affairs bores me a bit
Aversion to sports in any form
Carnatic dance . Unlimited urge to learn, discouraged by everybody else around me
Listening to Carnatic music as a rasika
Interest in anything related to railways
Jumping up and down after seeing anything which has Math and later realizing that I have fallen into a “Chakravyuha” of mathematical complexities
Complaining or putting all the blame for the problems in my life on exogenous factors
Trying to do anything pseud and 'show off' in academics and end up loosing out the core stuff,
Love to get respect from others, loosing the respect by own words and deeds and later repenting for the loss of respect.
Aarambha shooratham.
Trying to associate a person with his caste, community and region with his speech and behaviour
Role of My Grandfather in my life- He created the first outer world in my dreams
Beyond my family,
Women folk of my family and cousins especially Nadeera Appachi and Amjuda Akka, Shafeekikka and Thoufeer, Maryem and Hiba, Nida Fathima and Isha
Select friends
The dew drops on the green leaves in the dawn
The reddish yellow sky near the horizon in the dusk
The thick fog of the Chennai winter
The happiness of the eve and the morning of Eid and Onam
The thought of food during the festivals
Moothantevila House/Home
My Vadakkumthala village when I left in 2000
Love for Psephology – election day for me would be like World Cup final for you, love of memorising constituencies, its contestants and reading election reviews.
Learning languages and even dialects. Kannada and Telugu and Urdu now
Love to be in Karavali coast, Agumbe and Godvari on a boat.
Urge to establish with proof that my paternal ancestors are from Malabar
Pride for having a Tamil ancestry in me,
Playing with my friends in native place in my child hood.
Rat race to participate in competitions in my childhood
Hatred of people who ditch me at important points of life
Explaining daily happenings with every point of detail to Vappicha and Ummicha at the end of the day
Sambar Idly, Curd with sugar, Sweets and Fruit drinks--- You know why i am expanding day by day
Eating a newspaper a day, aversion to editorials
