Monday, March 23, 2009

The Chair



It was strange to see grandpa sitting in the short, plastic-stringed chair. He never used to sit in this.
The man always used to sit in his long-armed teak chair. Every morning he would settle himself with a huge glass of tea and newspaper with his legs spread across the wooden arms. In evenings he again settles in the wooden wonder and watches children play in the courtyard. He watches them so keenly may be reminiscing his own childhood days.

Even when the man was absent from the chair, everyone gave great respect to it. Little children were afraid to go near the wooden piece.

But don't know what happened to the old black-polished chair that the man adored. He now sits in a shorter version with no long arms.
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The Death Of My Grandpa And His Rocking Chair.

13 comments:

Yamini Nair said...

I was reminded of my grandfather who too had such a wooden chair. Now he is no more, but the chair still adorns the drawing room...

ശ്രീനാഥ്‌ | അഹം said...

ഫൂടൂയേക്കാളും ഉള്ളില്‍ തട്ടിയ അ വിവരണം!

Kavitha sheril said...

me too.... Nostalgic

Barbara Martin said...

This post reminded me of my late grandmother who sat in a rocking chair to tell me stories of her childhood in England.

Ash said...

My grandpa too had a similar armchair!

[ boby ] said...

Yaadein... Try posting photos in bigger size... nice clicks...

Mel said...

Reminds me of my grandpa's chair.
When he died it was shocking to see one of my uncles there, in my mind it could only be empty after he left...

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Mana said...

nostalgia n lovely capture..

Seema B Menon said...

My grandpa had one long chair too... since I loved sitting on it he gave it to me while he was visiting... now he's no more but he'll always be loved and remembered.

Kichu $ Chinnu | കിച്ചു $ ചിന്നു said...

oru chaaru kaserayaayirunnu vendiyirunnathu.. easy chair!

Sekhar said...

Thanks Yamini, Sree, Kavitha, Barbara, Ash, Boby, Mel, Sag, Manasa, Seemu, Kichu-Chinnu for the comments.
Never thought everybody's grandfathers had an easy-chair :)

@ Boby, your wish is granted :D
@ Sag :)
@ Sreehari, chaaru kasera kaanathayillo maashe ;)

Rahul said...

Nice sekhar... Visiting ur blog after a long time..Sorry for the gap !
Regds
Rahul

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