'Functions'
It was a fine evening when Asha akka was handing out invitations to everyone for her sister Shalini’s wedding, I got a card too, my name was written on the card with a glitter pen, these pens were new and in trend. The wedding was held at St. John’s auditorium, Coles Park. I, for unknown reasons, believed that it was important to belong to those social circles during my school days and I tried hard to belong there. But we could not go to the wedding because we did not know the venue and taking an auto was a luxury, I was furious and threw tantrums at my mother. This is one of the memories that refuse to go away from my head. My dad worked in far distances, he had to travel either on foot or take the BTS buses which later became BMTC to the site he worked at, the daily passes were common sights at home, it had a silvery sticker that turned colour when tilted in the light. He skipped most weddings and birthday ‘functions’ due to his work. Most of the times, I have not seen him fo...