They both got down in CMBT where Varsha’s Father was waiting with his car. “Good morning Karthik, nethu appa oda pesinen, vunakku kalyanamame?” said Varsha's father. “Ada paavi aen kitta solla ve illa? are you even a brother?” asked Varsha and walked towards the car.”Ayyo illa chithappa ippo than photove paathu irukken, adhykullaya?” said Karthik.”Okay come lets speak in the car I will drop you in your house” Said Varsha’s father. “That’s okay chithappa, my friend is coming to pick me up.Naan poikiren, chithiya kaetadha sollungo” said karthik. He waited a few minutes before his friend came to pick him up from the bus station.
He came home to a strong cup of filter coffee from his mom which he cherished every time. His orkut profile would have Mom’s Filter Coffee in five things that I can’t live without with, mother, god’s blessing, ARR music and mother again forming the remaining four.”Amma, I am very hungry, will they give something to eat?" asked Karthik. “Adhellam irukkatum, nee modhalla kelambara vazhiya paru” said his mother. He was wearing a green chinos and a white golf tshirt tucked in to his chinos. His dad was already on the wheel by the time he and his mother came out of the house locking the door. He went to the car and opened the front door for his mother, once she got in, he went to sit on the read seat just in an angle where he could get the cool air from the car’s cooling system and also look himself in the driver’s mirror. His father momentarily touched the Ayyappan idol on the car’s dashboard before putting the engine on ignition. He pressed on the throttle and the endeavour roared to make the sweet engine noise.
It took almost 45 minutes to reach KK nagar from Adayar. The ride went without any conversation and all three where listening to Sudha Raghunath render some excellent kirtan’s of Thyagaraja. “Adade vanga vanga, nalla veyyila? Sastrigal 12.14 la irundhu 2.19 varaikum dhan nalla neram irukku nu sollitaru”. Said Raghunandhan. “Parava illa sir, problem illa” said Shiva Shankar as they entered the house. Karthik could smell the lavender room freshener immediately after entering the room. He saw his mother smiling at him intently, he never tried to understand the meaning. They all sat in the living room. Aaditya came in with a big tray containing four glasses or rather tumbler full of water and gave it to the guests and his father.”Aen payyan, BITS la EEE padikkaran – Second year. Ippo holidays la inga vandhu irukkan”. “Hi, thats about me” said Aaditya tilting his head towards the direction where his father was seated.”Payyan BITS, ponnu SSN pasangala nalla padikka vechirukinga neenga” said Anuradha, Karthik’s Mother.”God’s Blessings, rendu pasangalum vairam madhiri kadachi irukanga” Said Sree Lakshmi. “Aadi, poi akkava varasollu” Said Raghunandhan. “Akka, vekka padadha veliya va” called out Aaditya as he went in to the kitchen. Couple of seconds later Karthik could hear cups clinging and his father asking in his baritone voice “Nalla irukkiya ma?”. Perhaps it is considered a crime for the boy to look up when the girl is serving the drink during the ponnu pakum padalam and he maintained the same trend and was looking down intently on the floor where a Times of India was lying with a very big advert of Moods covering the bottom half of the page with the girl biting the guys ears from the pillion seat. Suddenly he realised what he was looking at and turned away embarrassed hoping to god that no one was watching him then. He heard his mother asking the same question which his father asked to the girl and also realised the flavour of the air changing from lavender room freshener to a mixture of Fairever fairness cream, Lilly flowers, strong hair conditioner which he always liked. He knew he was the next to take the drink. with in seconds the girl who was decorating rangoli in Archana_Saree was standing right in front of him with a tall ever silver tumbler on the tray. He directly looked in to her eyes and took the glass in his hands. now it was his turn to speak with her. He thought of playing it safe and asked “Filter Coffee?”. Archana started to laugh uncontrollably and ran back in to kitchen. He did not understand anything for a second and his confusion deepened to see filter coffee white in colour with some mustard seeds swimming along with coriander leaves in his tumbler only to be distracted by Aaditya’s voice “That is butter milk, indha veyyil la coffee’a?”.”Dai Karthik maanatha vangadha da” Said Shiva Shankar laughing aloud.”Sollala namma payyan sodhappuvannu?” he asked Anu who was laughing also. This would go down as the most embarrassing moment in my life thought Karthik.
The embarrassment was too much that he forgot how she looked?. He thought his mother will ask her to sing then he realised he had been watching too many old movies. He was expecting Archana to come out so that he could take a second glimpse. But the parents had started to talk about next things.
At around four Karthik and his family came back to their place.He went directly in to his room and was thinking about Moods and filter Coffee? and fell asleep. At around 5.30 PM his mother woke him up to give him some snacks. “Amma, naan ponna sariya paakala” said Karthik sitting in the living room couch watching mute popeye in cartoon network and munching on the hot bajjis made by his mom. “So what Karthik you have her number, it was there in bio-data, giver her a ring and meet her some where” He was hoping to get this as a solution and he thanked god that he got the solution he was expecting. He went back to his room and was fiddling with the thought of calling Archana, when he got a call in his mobile.”Hello” answered Karthik. “Hello Aaditya pesaren” came the response. He did not know of an Aaditya and was trying to recollect anyone from work. “Akka pesanumam” said the voice from other end. Then he realised that the call was from BITS. Oh great he thought. “Sure pesalam, irukkangala?” said Karthik. “Hello, Archana here” came a mellifluous voice from the other end which instantly made him smile. However voice on the other end started to giggle. “Hello, are you laughing?” asked Karthik. “Yeah, Filter Coffee? how did you manage to pull it off?”asked Archana. He recollected the scene and thought how foolish he had acted and he also started to smile and asked “So wassup?”. “Shall we meet tomorrow?” asked Archana. “Ahhhhh, welll, okay Ispahani center at 3 in the evening?” said Karthik. “Fine”. There was a long silence before Karthik broke it “Fine then, deal”. “Good meet you tomorrow and bye for now” said Archana.
He came home to a strong cup of filter coffee from his mom which he cherished every time. His orkut profile would have Mom’s Filter Coffee in five things that I can’t live without with, mother, god’s blessing, ARR music and mother again forming the remaining four.”Amma, I am very hungry, will they give something to eat?" asked Karthik. “Adhellam irukkatum, nee modhalla kelambara vazhiya paru” said his mother. He was wearing a green chinos and a white golf tshirt tucked in to his chinos. His dad was already on the wheel by the time he and his mother came out of the house locking the door. He went to the car and opened the front door for his mother, once she got in, he went to sit on the read seat just in an angle where he could get the cool air from the car’s cooling system and also look himself in the driver’s mirror. His father momentarily touched the Ayyappan idol on the car’s dashboard before putting the engine on ignition. He pressed on the throttle and the endeavour roared to make the sweet engine noise.
It took almost 45 minutes to reach KK nagar from Adayar. The ride went without any conversation and all three where listening to Sudha Raghunath render some excellent kirtan’s of Thyagaraja. “Adade vanga vanga, nalla veyyila? Sastrigal 12.14 la irundhu 2.19 varaikum dhan nalla neram irukku nu sollitaru”. Said Raghunandhan. “Parava illa sir, problem illa” said Shiva Shankar as they entered the house. Karthik could smell the lavender room freshener immediately after entering the room. He saw his mother smiling at him intently, he never tried to understand the meaning. They all sat in the living room. Aaditya came in with a big tray containing four glasses or rather tumbler full of water and gave it to the guests and his father.”Aen payyan, BITS la EEE padikkaran – Second year. Ippo holidays la inga vandhu irukkan”. “Hi, thats about me” said Aaditya tilting his head towards the direction where his father was seated.”Payyan BITS, ponnu SSN pasangala nalla padikka vechirukinga neenga” said Anuradha, Karthik’s Mother.”God’s Blessings, rendu pasangalum vairam madhiri kadachi irukanga” Said Sree Lakshmi. “Aadi, poi akkava varasollu” Said Raghunandhan. “Akka, vekka padadha veliya va” called out Aaditya as he went in to the kitchen. Couple of seconds later Karthik could hear cups clinging and his father asking in his baritone voice “Nalla irukkiya ma?”. Perhaps it is considered a crime for the boy to look up when the girl is serving the drink during the ponnu pakum padalam and he maintained the same trend and was looking down intently on the floor where a Times of India was lying with a very big advert of Moods covering the bottom half of the page with the girl biting the guys ears from the pillion seat. Suddenly he realised what he was looking at and turned away embarrassed hoping to god that no one was watching him then. He heard his mother asking the same question which his father asked to the girl and also realised the flavour of the air changing from lavender room freshener to a mixture of Fairever fairness cream, Lilly flowers, strong hair conditioner which he always liked. He knew he was the next to take the drink. with in seconds the girl who was decorating rangoli in Archana_Saree was standing right in front of him with a tall ever silver tumbler on the tray. He directly looked in to her eyes and took the glass in his hands. now it was his turn to speak with her. He thought of playing it safe and asked “Filter Coffee?”. Archana started to laugh uncontrollably and ran back in to kitchen. He did not understand anything for a second and his confusion deepened to see filter coffee white in colour with some mustard seeds swimming along with coriander leaves in his tumbler only to be distracted by Aaditya’s voice “That is butter milk, indha veyyil la coffee’a?”.”Dai Karthik maanatha vangadha da” Said Shiva Shankar laughing aloud.”Sollala namma payyan sodhappuvannu?” he asked Anu who was laughing also. This would go down as the most embarrassing moment in my life thought Karthik.
The embarrassment was too much that he forgot how she looked?. He thought his mother will ask her to sing then he realised he had been watching too many old movies. He was expecting Archana to come out so that he could take a second glimpse. But the parents had started to talk about next things.
At around four Karthik and his family came back to their place.He went directly in to his room and was thinking about Moods and filter Coffee? and fell asleep. At around 5.30 PM his mother woke him up to give him some snacks. “Amma, naan ponna sariya paakala” said Karthik sitting in the living room couch watching mute popeye in cartoon network and munching on the hot bajjis made by his mom. “So what Karthik you have her number, it was there in bio-data, giver her a ring and meet her some where” He was hoping to get this as a solution and he thanked god that he got the solution he was expecting. He went back to his room and was fiddling with the thought of calling Archana, when he got a call in his mobile.”Hello” answered Karthik. “Hello Aaditya pesaren” came the response. He did not know of an Aaditya and was trying to recollect anyone from work. “Akka pesanumam” said the voice from other end. Then he realised that the call was from BITS. Oh great he thought. “Sure pesalam, irukkangala?” said Karthik. “Hello, Archana here” came a mellifluous voice from the other end which instantly made him smile. However voice on the other end started to giggle. “Hello, are you laughing?” asked Karthik. “Yeah, Filter Coffee? how did you manage to pull it off?”asked Archana. He recollected the scene and thought how foolish he had acted and he also started to smile and asked “So wassup?”. “Shall we meet tomorrow?” asked Archana. “Ahhhhh, welll, okay Ispahani center at 3 in the evening?” said Karthik. “Fine”. There was a long silence before Karthik broke it “Fine then, deal”. “Good meet you tomorrow and bye for now” said Archana.
