Hume Tum Se Pyaar Kitna Yeh Hum Nahi Jaante
Magar Jee Nahin Sakte Tumhare Bina

A soothing song by Kishore Kumar, to add to the cool morning wakes me up from sleep....Saturdays- Early morning raise is like asking for a Stuffed Pizza in Madurai Muniyaandi Vilas. But, then it really happened!..May be Muniyaandi Vilas is globalising!:P

Saturday's had for a long time been Young World, half day classes, exams, afternoon sleeps, Oil baths, "Shanthi- Swabhimaan"less afternoons, cricket with the sole rubber ball [sometimes a custom built ball with tyre tube cut into strips and strapped over a mass of paper], Chess under the sprawling Mango tree in the front yard, hot snacks in the twilights, a peaceful walk to the nearby Perumal temple- the chill cardomam, tulsi flavoured "prasaatham", occasional "thodyaanam", family dinners and sleep with head on patti's lap.

Then, it was 'day'mares of assignments, submissions, presentations, deadlines, food hunting, late night cinemas, night outs, bhakkar sessions, cricket [occassional football too] on the corridor, sleeping on the ground the day before BrandScan, sleepless chatts......

Now, it is waking to V's "Technicolor Hits(in Dolby wherever avaliable)", Oil baths, Brunch, no cricket, no chess, no Shanti, no Swabhimaan, no Perumal temples, no prasaathams- but Guitar, Internet, endless cups of coffee/tea, ceaseless noise of the Tower Fan to complement the A/c, books, deadlines, food hunting, sleep......

Where is Paati's Lap?