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Real Comedy Of Errors.

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Talkalittledo - For Life Is Funny.

This happened to my friend and her sister when they went to visit  their brother in USA. The elite area where their brother lived had not been provided with so much entertainment as this before and the two sisters became … Continue reading →

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Skeleton In The Well.

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Talkalittledo - For Life Is Funny.

I must tell you about the time we employed some men to clean a well in our backyard. The work was abandoned even before it  started , because the hired help dug up our family secret. Never in all their … Continue reading →

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Shyam And His Woodpeckers.

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Talkalittledo - For Life Is Funny.

Though my neighbour Shyam and I live in a large metropolis we are one of the few lucky ones to have our residences in a sylvan locality aptly named Aspiran Garden. Huge trees grow on either side of our colony … Continue reading →

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A Surprising Coincidence.

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Talkalittledo - For Life Is Funny.

I have always been a bibliophile and have a big cupboard full of books collected over many years to show for it. I really don’t have the heart to dispose them or to give them away to some  kindred soul. … Continue reading →

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The Boy Who Came To Her House To Help Her Celebrate.

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Talkalittledo - For Life Is Funny.

It was the festival of Krishna Jayanthi. People who worshiped Lord Krishna  were celebrating the deity’s birthday with much gaiety and happiness. Only Manjula was sad that day. Manjula was a person whom other women could describe in all truthfulness … Continue reading →

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The Grandmother’s Decision- Right Or Wrong?

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Talkalittledo - For Life Is Funny.

As a child my relative’s daughter grew up in her grandmother’s house. Her mother had died when she was young and her father had remarried. The grandmother had taken responsibility of the girl and even though they belonged to a … Continue reading →

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My Book Has Been Published.

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Talkalittledo - For Life Is Funny.

My book of short stories  named  Talk A Little, has been published.

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The Boy Who Was Not Afraid Of Snakes.

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Talkalittledo - For Life Is Funny.

My friend Kavitha had two sons, Raju and Premu.(All names changed.) Raju was getting into so many “situations” as a boy, that Kavitha  wonders how he grew up to manhood, without getting maimed or killed, by all his atrocious activities. … Continue reading →

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A cute tale of a grandma and her grand daughter.

Posted on September 29, 2019 by Talkalittledo - For Life Is Funny.

This is a story, one of my cousins told me. It is not even a story. More like an anecdote or a reminiscence.  She said: My grand daughter came running to me one day. “Grandma, draw a dog,” she said. I … Continue reading →

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Can You Steal From Your Teacher?

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Talkalittledo - For Life Is Funny.

Can you steal from your teacher? How despicable is that. My cousin lived in an apartment complex. There were about 45 apartments there. In one of the apartments there was a lady who was good at crochet, knitting, embroidery and … Continue reading →

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