Things I've written
Allide mane, illige bande summane
My house is elsewhere. I'm just visiting.
In July 2013 I sat down across from my grandfather with a pen and a diary and told him I was writing his biography. He looked amused, a little pleased, and decided to humour me.
We talked mostly over lunch, for a few weeks. He passed away in May 2014, before we got to the end.
So this is unfinished, and some of it will stay that way, by design.
We spoke in Kannada. His words here are my rough translations.
Chapters
- 01ChildhoodGattu, 1934. A mother lost to TB, and a little brother to carry.23 July 2013
- 02Righteous ManWhy he wouldn't stay long at his daughter's house. And Baiju Bawra at bedtime.July 2013
- 03The puppy at GokulA brown-and-white puppy, and the neighbours who ended up keeping it.25 July 2013
- 04Rs 150A Deccan Airways car, a bicycle, and the boss who paid his fees.July 2013
- 05BhedaghatTwo birthdays, a first job in Jabalpur, and marble cliffs at sunset.July 2013
- 06Swimming in a wellThrown in, ran home without his clothes, dragged back.July 2013
- 07The avalakki testA Rajdoot, a three-year wait for a Maruti 800, and how he met my grandmother.July 2013
- 08"I'm doing bharatanatyam"Still being written.6 August 2013
- 09FighterPune.May 2014