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Tomichan Matheikal
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Friends

I have never written about my friends. Probably because they have been quite as weird as I am. Or maybe because I never knew how to establish deep bonds with anyone. Whenever I think of my friends or friendship in general, the first thing that comes to mind is the conversation between Samuel Beckett’s unforgettable duo. Here’s the conversation that has remained in my heart for over four decades, getting better with age like fine wine.....

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Tomichan Matheikal
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The Odour of Death

Our living room smells of death, according to Maggie. It’s because Maggie associates the aroma of incense sticks with death. She has reasons for doing so. The only time Catholics in Kerala light incense sticks at home is when someone dies. Incense sticks keep burning incessantly near the corpse until it is taken away for funeral. I started burning incense sticks in my living room when Maggie and I were working in Delhi. I don’t know why I started the habit. But.....

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Tomichan Matheikal
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Silk Shroud

The day ended on a sour note. I was at school. The school that I had retired from a few months back had called me back when my successor had to leave without notice for his own valid reasons. I was filling a vacuum, in short. I could sense something alien from the moment I stepped into the school. I felt like an unwanted guest. You shouldn’t return to a place from where you retired and got a grand farewell. Was that the feeling in the air? I think so. You should never return to your o.....

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Tomichan Matheikal
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Ruskin Bond at Ninety

I stood face to face with Ruskin Bond. He had his characteristic genial smile on his face. My face must have revealed a helpless inhibition which held me back from going to him and the simultaneous desire to go to him and say a Hi at least. I would have loved to have a conversation with him, however brief. That was in 2003. I had taken a student of mine from school for an award ceremony organised by ITC at the ITC Hotel in Mumbai. My student was one of the 15 prize-winners of a short stor.....

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