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Category: childhood

Be Calm and say Ram, Ram

Posted on: September 5, 2013 Last updated on: March 30, 2021 Written by: Suman Kumar Categorized in: childhood, chittoor, stories
The monkey’s (Bonnet Macaque to the foaming-at-the-mouth naturalists) exterior calm belied his cruel intentions. I should have known better. Monkeys in Chittoor, back in 1984, were omnipresent. They stole your utensils, ransacked…
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Rosy

Posted on: October 3, 2011 Last updated on: March 30, 2021 Written by: Suman Kumar Categorized in: chennai, childhood, chittoor, stories
She waited to die in his lap. She waited for three whole weeks. And when my father returned to find that he didn’t get his usual welcome at the door, I saw…
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Raghava Reddy’s Turtle

Posted on: September 15, 2011 Last updated on: March 30, 2021 Written by: Suman Kumar Categorized in: childhood, chittoor, stories
An exaggerated version of a true story, as told to me by a friend who chose to remain anonymous. Yeah. You’ll know why he did so after you have read this story.…
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The Legend of Elikunji

Posted on: August 2, 2011 Last updated on: March 30, 2021 Written by: Suman Kumar Categorized in: chennai, childhood, chittoor, india, stories
Mothers spoke about him in hushed whispers. When they fed their babies. “If you don’t finish your lunch, Elikunji will take you away.” We debated “Does he exist? Or is it just…
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Dabur Partha and the Tusker (part 2 of 2)

Posted on: March 14, 2011 Last updated on: March 30, 2021 Written by: Suman Kumar Categorized in: childhood, chittoor, cricket, stories
Continued from part 1 My feet refused to move. It was as if my legs had a mind of their own, and they hated me. A wave of dust blew right through…
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Dabur Partha and the Tusker (part 1 of 2)

Posted on: March 9, 2011 Last updated on: March 30, 2021 Written by: Suman Kumar Categorized in: childhood, chittoor, cricket, stories
Someone stole Niall O’ Brien’s kit and that inspired me to recount this story The match was, how do I put it… ah!, tantalisingly poised. It was a ‘bet’ match. We were…
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Did you do it?

Posted on: March 7, 2011 Last updated on: March 7, 2011 Written by: Suman Kumar Categorized in: childhood, chittoor, cricket, stories
Somewhere from across the hills abutting the Chittoor Arts college grounds, the Lapwing’s shrill call pierced the peace of our cricket match. “’Did-yoo-doo-it! Did-yoo-doo-it!” It questioned. I ambled to the bowling end.…
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The End of the Revolution

Posted on: March 9, 2010 Last updated on: March 9, 2010 Written by: Suman Kumar Categorized in: childhood, chittoor, politics, stories
A look at the news should tell you how the so called Maoists have embarked on a highway to self-destruction. No, I don’t know enough about their philosophy or why they took…
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The Price You Gotta Pay

Posted on: July 20, 2009 Last updated on: July 20, 2009 Written by: Suman Kumar Categorized in: childhood, chittoor, movies, stories
It was five in the morning. It was a balmy October day and the trees stood still. The town of Chittoor was pregnant with expectation. Chiranjeevi’s Raakshasudu was releasing that day. The…
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Aandal Part 2

Posted on: April 17, 2009 Last updated on: April 17, 2009 Written by: Suman Kumar Categorized in: chennai, childhood, stories
Read the first part It was a Sunday afternoon and Aandal was squatting outside our grand ma’s. She was telling my granny about this mentally challenged kid in one of the homes…
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