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வியாழன், 14 மே, 2009

சேதுராமனின் தாத்தா

Sethu is one of my best friend(I don't have bad/worst or any other kind of friends.As I presume, nobody will have a bad friend /கெட்ட சகவாசம்) I heard that he had a grand father just like anyone of us will have. I believe that all of us have/had grand fathers and Sethu is not a lonely exception ordained to have such a relation. But he always appear to be the only person suffering from having such a relation.

Coming back to the subject, the GF(grand father) referred is not a direct ascendant(opposite of descendant)of Sethu. In tamil we call this kind of relation as ஒண்ணுவிட்ட / ரெண்டு விட்ட தாத்தா. i.e Sethu's father's father and the referred GF were brothers or cousins. But still such grand fathers excercise their old age power in many family matters. Such matters are accepted in their presence willingly to be conveniently forgotten immediately afterwards by all concerned.

One such GF had left a legacy to Sethu which was the matter of discussion by all known and unknown people. The legacy was called laughing box. Nobody knew how the name came. the concerned தாத்தா (GF) had told that he got it from his grandfather. It was never opened during his life time. Since it is a general opinion that Sethu was never seen with smiling curve affixed under his nose or with a laughing posture (Narasimma rao culture), it was thought that the GF left him the legacy laughing box.

One fine day in a nice muhurtham all relatives assembled. The next senior gave the box to Sethu. Lo.... Sethu accepted it with a smile. The box started doing its job. It was told that since that day and after Sethu never stopped smiling and laughing.

Epilogue: When alone in the house on the day, Sethu and Madam Sethu opened the box. They found dentures of great,great grand father (kept with Pink,velvette surroundings giving strange feeling of smile) made of gold. Any recipient will defnitely smile.

P.S After this episode was made public Sethu stopped smiling at me.

பி.பி.கு இது பின் பின் குறிப்பு
சேதுராமனின் தாத்தாவின் தாத்தா அந்த பல்செட்டை தூக்கத்தில் முழுங்கியதை பெரிய கதையாய் எழுதலாம். அதை கற்பனைக்கு விட்டு விட்டேன்.