Hanuman tailwire. Hanuman loses his tail quite regularly. Tail drops off or rather, he gets rid of it and there is a five-minute search, before the tail is located and put in place. But today morning without a raincoat in rains, Hanuman had no tail for about three hours. Mornings, dust up the nook in the kitchen, residence of gods and goddesses; light two diyas; spotted Hanuman minus tail, in front of his bosses: Sita, Ram and Lakshman; folded palms and bent head resembling aam admi before seventh pay government officials dressed in brown files; bosses do not much bother Hanuman; officials do aam admis into Hanuman Chalisa; Siya Ramji ki; not a hectoring Jai Siya Ram. Rama immediately went for Hanuman Chalisa and deep into 'Thum rakshak kahu ko darna (you around, why fear)'; she was queasy, something could happen; nothing happened; started out for a morning walk; honestly, it cannot be styled a walk; a walk is when you are in LIC Colony with trees for company for about two hours; Hanuman without tail bugged. Rama and Narayana Karunkara Kurup introed me to Hanuman or as wild north says Hanumanji. Took me to the few years in forests with Kishor Rithe, Varad Giri and Nishibhau; a tiger stuns; a spotted deer is a dear; a Paradise Flycatcher awes; but a langur and a macaque, smiles; lots of it; sometimes jeep halts to watch them; at Wayanad, family spent some noon hours monitoring macaques hurtling from tree to tree; they are not much talked of or written of; 'bandhar' and thats all. A monkey is school days and rum walks in Azad and Oval Maidans. After the walk and coffee, we searched for Hanuman's tail; gave up to read The Indian Express and Mint on economic liberalisation and the end of an India being in forests. Development detests forests; monkeys mean trees and deer; tiger alerts; but business editors are made differently; they are for more jobs and who can say they are wrong. Something gleamed, a Rs.10 coin flash; near me arm chair lay the tail; joy, immense joy. A brass Hanuman, forefinger size, me picked up some 9 years ago on a trip to Suchindram, more famous for a black stone Hanuman than Lord Shiva; arms folded, head to one side, before masters; the stance Hanuman struck before a civilised Ravana in Sri Lanka; friend Muthu of Corporation Bank and me prayed to Hanuman and Siva, stepped out to a wooden booth with brass Hanumans on sale at Rs.6 per Hanuman. And that Hanuman has been with me like Marx and Engels, poets Yeats and Kolatkar. Ordered a Fevi kwik for Rs. 5 (it has been constant for the last two and more years) from Milan Medicals; Rama fixed the tail. Hanuman is entire.
Monday, July 4, 2016
Hanuman tailwire
Hanuman tailwire. Hanuman loses his tail quite regularly. Tail drops off or rather, he gets rid of it and there is a five-minute search, before the tail is located and put in place. But today morning without a raincoat in rains, Hanuman had no tail for about three hours. Mornings, dust up the nook in the kitchen, residence of gods and goddesses; light two diyas; spotted Hanuman minus tail, in front of his bosses: Sita, Ram and Lakshman; folded palms and bent head resembling aam admi before seventh pay government officials dressed in brown files; bosses do not much bother Hanuman; officials do aam admis into Hanuman Chalisa; Siya Ramji ki; not a hectoring Jai Siya Ram. Rama immediately went for Hanuman Chalisa and deep into 'Thum rakshak kahu ko darna (you around, why fear)'; she was queasy, something could happen; nothing happened; started out for a morning walk; honestly, it cannot be styled a walk; a walk is when you are in LIC Colony with trees for company for about two hours; Hanuman without tail bugged. Rama and Narayana Karunkara Kurup introed me to Hanuman or as wild north says Hanumanji. Took me to the few years in forests with Kishor Rithe, Varad Giri and Nishibhau; a tiger stuns; a spotted deer is a dear; a Paradise Flycatcher awes; but a langur and a macaque, smiles; lots of it; sometimes jeep halts to watch them; at Wayanad, family spent some noon hours monitoring macaques hurtling from tree to tree; they are not much talked of or written of; 'bandhar' and thats all. A monkey is school days and rum walks in Azad and Oval Maidans. After the walk and coffee, we searched for Hanuman's tail; gave up to read The Indian Express and Mint on economic liberalisation and the end of an India being in forests. Development detests forests; monkeys mean trees and deer; tiger alerts; but business editors are made differently; they are for more jobs and who can say they are wrong. Something gleamed, a Rs.10 coin flash; near me arm chair lay the tail; joy, immense joy. A brass Hanuman, forefinger size, me picked up some 9 years ago on a trip to Suchindram, more famous for a black stone Hanuman than Lord Shiva; arms folded, head to one side, before masters; the stance Hanuman struck before a civilised Ravana in Sri Lanka; friend Muthu of Corporation Bank and me prayed to Hanuman and Siva, stepped out to a wooden booth with brass Hanumans on sale at Rs.6 per Hanuman. And that Hanuman has been with me like Marx and Engels, poets Yeats and Kolatkar. Ordered a Fevi kwik for Rs. 5 (it has been constant for the last two and more years) from Milan Medicals; Rama fixed the tail. Hanuman is entire.
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