Monday, December 17, 2007

God of Small Things

The small matchbox-like house was dimly lit. The aroma of agarbathi intoxicated the entire house. She was lying on the bed wearing a nightgown and reading a tamil novel. As soon as she heard the door bell, she knew it was him. Carefully, yet swiftly, she got to her heels, peeped through the nearby window to ensure that it was indeed him and then went over to open the door. Gopi smiled at her, enquired about her health and headed straight to the bathroom. By the time he walked out of his shower, she heated idlis for dinner and had them ready in his plate. They quickly had dinner and retired to bed. They narrated to each other about their day’s chores.


When they were in bed, she noticed him holding his head in pain. She silently got up once again, picked up the pain balm and gently massaged his forehead. His reflexes weren’t too quick that night. He was too tired.


He gently held her arms and said, “I’m ok. Don’t stress yourself. Come. Let’s sleep.”


With his hand tenderly clutching hers, she continued to massage his head and said, “I have been sitting at home all day, doing nothing. You are the one who been busy all day. You need to relax.”


He opened his weary eyes, put his hand on her stomach and spoke softly, “That’s nothing compared to what you have been bearing in your stomach for the past 9 months. I can’t wait to see who you have hidden in there.”


She pinched his cheeks naughtily and rested her head on his chest. He was drawn into a slumber feeling the warmth of her blush on his hairy chest.


P.S.: A fresh, cute and tiny new addition in our family! My cousin is a proud father of a girl! And yes! Me the proud aunt! :D


20 comments:

நாகை சிவா said...

Congrats on a new arrival in ur family.

Subramanian Ramachandran said...

wonderful portrayal of a new mother's feelings :) coool

Congrats and Vaazhga valamudan to ur niece and cousin family :)

G3 said...

Congrats preethi aunty :P

Raj said...

Beautiful capture of emotions. And congratulations proud aunty! :P

Sathej said...

Oh thats nicely written. Congrats. First time here at your blog.
Sathej

dakaltiz said...

Congrats...Aunt.Pritz...

enne solrathu asusual superb... simple lines... with deep passionate thoughts.... good 1 prithz..

Kuttibalu said...

beautiful narration :)
best wishes to dad,mom and aunt.

Vidya said...

Congratulations on the new bundle of joy. And might I add that your story is very touching and sweet!

Vidya

Venkatesh said...

congrats.. you are an expert in portraying things beautifully.. keep it up..

Harish said...

Wow...first congrats on being promoted to Aunt :-)

What I loved was the whole picturesque details with all minor to major descriptions. It was as if you took our hand and made us sit in that room and help us see what they did.

Kudos. :-)
Keep them coming :-)

Heidi Kris said...

Congrats aunty :P ;)

this time it was predictable... :-)

Kausikram Krishnasayee said...

hey proud aunt how are you...long time :)

Ramya Shankar said...

Thattu machaan ! Aunt aunt ! Full feelings !

Subramanian Ramachandran said...

"Aunty at twenty, joys aplenty" nu peru vachirukkalam intha post ku :p

Happy Newyear dear sis.... :)

Nivi said...

wowie
Thats cool :)
really cute post :)
congos aunt!!

Kavitha Jay said...

oye check my blog..u have a award waiting ;)

prithz said...

@ naagai shiva:
Thk u :)

@ rsubras:
Vaazhga Valamudan :) Happy new year :)

@ g3:
:D Tks!

@ raj:
Thk u :)

@ sathej:
Nice to see u :) Tks :)

@ dakaltiz:
Glad u enjoyed :)

@ kuttibalu:
Tks :)

@ vidya:
Danku :)

@ venkatesh:
Hehe! Tks :)

@ harish:
Every writer's dream, isnt it? :)

@ heidi kris:
Ahan! Lets see the next one :P

@ kausikram krishnasayee:
Am gud? How r u?

@ ramya:
ore the peelings :P

@ nivi:
Tks :)

@ mystery:
Hehe! Coming :)

Priyankari said...

Hey congrats! Sweet post!

gils said...

prithz maami :) erkanvay nee maami thaana ..this one makes it more special..per enna vachirukanga? btw..un storieslam semma fresha iruku..ellathaiyum sethu prithz cool kathaisnu sidebarla oru link potru...

Raz said...

:) congrats aunty! :)