Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Mobile is me Panduranga


Lost it. Yes, lost it. Can tap computer keys, not write with a pen. Try to scribble your notebook, I wasted cash on, says Rama. But no, the letters keel over; verbs and adjectives dont form. A mess. Fingers cant hold a pen when me was kicked into life on slate pencils, chalk and Pilot pens. Ganesh ordered a set of pens from amazon (we love amazon) to last three generations and prompto, they landed in a day. uni-ball eye, fine, pens of many colours, me chose wine red; liquor never leaves me. From Mitsubishi Pencil Co. Ltd. Made in Japan, the lone item in India not from China. Held the pen and wrote; smooth pen; couldnt make much of the words me put down. Cant blame the pen. Rama warns: pens are not free; better use them; she is using a black pen but for what me does not know. She is off writing after post cards and letters died. She is ever on whatsapp. Writing gone and now reading is going with smart phones. Me keeps a poetry book beside me, a rosary, switch on the mobile, and on it till battery runs out. Can me have a running mobile without a battery. Rama says: We have lost writing and reading. Cant read a book as our eyes cant stay on print. Can read a mobile for hours, not a book beyond 10 minutes and that could be too long. Me curses if the internet fails and it does not fail easily being operated by me Bhaiya friends in Super Laundry; a branching from laundrying; and they have contempt for the bhaiya!Me parents sat and stared. Rama and me stare, stare into a mobile, videos of Manju Warrier flash in promos of her film MohanLal. Rama has switched off the TV with Malayalam films plenty on hotstar. Thanks be, tomorrow is Good Friday. Will watch South Africa versus Australia, Fourth Test match. Fixed or unfixed, cricket it will be. Follow, Commonwealth Games, World Cup football, Slam tennis and more of cricket with India at Lord's. Fixed on TV. During ad breaks and after sports hours, mobile yet again. And tapping me fake, sage advice on everything. Mobile is me Panduranga. 

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