it's because i can't find my own words that i'm quoting others

How do you unravel a murukku? I asked my mother.

Her eyes rolled heavenwards as a soft, tender sigh escaped her clenched lips:
'Kirukku payale.'

I was relieved when she laid the ladle down before turning to me.

'Have some oomapodhi', she said.

It just gets better, I thought.

'Is it tasty? Now, just take one. Not one handful! Katrika! Just take one little one, a strand.'

And i did, being suitable well-trained.

'How does it taste?'

Can't taste a thing, I replied.

'Because, alone, it is insignificant. But, put it together with more strands, and what do you get?'

Oomapodhi, I said.
-Maxis advertisement.





Even through tough times, courage, determination and a lot of love, can give us wings to fly.
-Petronas advertisement.

Home sweet home.


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