This Week’s Featured Nonsense
I Let Rekha Pick the Gift.
We Nearly Didn’t Make It Back.
“Selecting a wedding gift sounds simple — until Rekha gets involved. Suddenly it’s a three-hour expedition, seventeen opinions, and one very confused husband holding a vase he doesn’t understand.”
Marriage & Rekha
Confessions of a man caught between his wife and his mother
Prakash Kumar is a close friend of mine who is sandwiched between his wife and mother. For reasons I don’t fully understand, he believes I am an expert in relationships. … Read more
What I realized outside the Westside trial room
Today, Rekha and I went to Westside to buy two pairs of trousers for me. As always, by the time we came out, we had bought one pair of trousers … Read more
An old neighbour lady caught me kissing
We live in a nice township in Chennai, and our neighbours are nice people… till the time they aren’t. Recently, when Rekha and I had gone for a morning walk, … Read more
My wife and I sleep in different bedrooms because I want to be alive the next day
The Rajans are known for three characteristics: we are hardworking, hilarious, and honest. That’s why 25 years back, when Rekha (then my girlfriend and now my wife) asked, “I love … Read more
Rekha and I are real opposites, but we have one thing in common
My wife, Rekha, and I suddenly had a doubt. How come we are still together after 25 years – 4 years of courtship and 21 years of marriage? As I … Read more
Story of why toilets should find mention in your daily prayer
What you are going to read happened in a small town called Sivakasi, in Tamil Nadu, way back in the 1980s. 1989 to be precise. For those who don’t know, … Read more
Conversation between an Indian man and a British woman
My father often told me: “The son never sits in the British Empire.” As a result I forced myself to be active – getting up at 5 am and going to bed at 10 pm – and achieving a lot of things as I grew into a full-blown-up man. My father is no more, but I still don’t sit. My world came down crashing when yesterday I realized that my father had been saying the line wrong. It is actually: “The sun never sets in the British Empire.”
Poem: On how Rekha & I got married
I have known Rekha for ten years now. When I first saw her, she was wearing a dirty blue T-Shirt and a jean. The only problem was the coconut oil in her hair…but what do you expect of a girl from a small village in Kerala? In the last ten years we have been married for six (Rekha, am I correct?). We have had our ups and downs….and in between also gained some pounds. But I would have had it no other way. She is the lady after my heart & stomach too!
Australian Zebra Finch Birds – my first pet at age 35 years
There were times when my wife Rekha called me a Dog. You got to give it to her for being appropriate – she never addressed me as a dog in front of strangers & relatives. It was reserved for occasions when we were alone – especially, when we were in the bedroom. “You are a dog. Can’t you understand a simple ‘No’?” This post is about how I managed to get a pet inside our house though my wife still hates animals, birds & fish. When they are alive.
Naming our son was stressful but we still managed to find him a name
[mnky_ads id=”5202″] Sometime back we named our son, Ritwik. In fact the same day we even booked RitwikRajan.com. Apparently, in US & Europe you have to decide on a name … Read more
Wife forces her husband to start jogging and then stops him forever
[mnky_ads id=”5202″] If you are a married man, you know what trouble it is to live with a lady who has an opinion of her own. In my case you … Read more
Funniest letter ever written by mother to her son
I promise, I didn’t write this. No, seriously. What you are going to read is the funniest letter ever written by a mother to her son. This letter was written … Read more
The frog in my father in law’s house
There are eighteen types of people who shouldn`t be reading this article and one of them are: Those who get nightmares in which huge frogs with wet, spotted backs chase … Read more
Bed-wetting runs in our family like a nice little stream
[mnky_ads id=”5202″] It all started very early one day – 2 am on 18 May 2009, to be precise. Rhea, our three-year-old daughter, who used to sleep between my wife … Read more
The tonsuring & ear piercing ceremony
November 21st and November 22nd and November 23rd had been three hectic days for me – I traveled 5000 kilometers and spent Rs 18,000 for a 24 hour visit to Madurai. Before you start thinking that I have arrived in life (for not every Tom, Beep & Harry can afford to spend Rs 18,000 for a 24 hour visit to Madurai.
Happy Valentine’s Day poem for my wife of ten years
[mnky_ads id=”5202″] This poem has been written for Rekha, my wife of 10 years. All those girlfriends who read this poem and fall in love with me again thinking it … Read more
eMail conversation between husband and wife
Here is an actual email conversation that happened between my wife and me. Please understand that to make it an interesting read I have included a few fight scenes, a … Read more
My wife forces me to lie, when I am lying down
Marriage is a great institution. I mean, really. I have huge respect for it. While I got to agree that the driving institute where I learnt my driving does give … Read more
Taj Mahal – the untold story
Sucking up to your boss can take you places. But it can`t take your mom places too…so when my mother wanted to see the Taj Mahal, I had to plan … Read more
How babies come into this World
Rhea is now 20 months old and it has been a long journey. If I were to draw a parallel, it has been like crossing the Niagara Falls on a … Read more
Guess what we bought this weekend
My great grand father used to roam around the grass lands of Tamil Nadu with his 1000+ goats and sheep – exactly like the protagonist in Paulo Coelho`s book ‘The … Read more