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Chapter 5: Getting in to Adolescence
A new school and a new life all over again. My mother changed her school, so I too was forced to change. Prince Matriculation Hr. Sec. School in Nanganallur, one of the most renowned schools around Nanganallur and Madipakkam. From a school with few rooms and less competitive people, all of a sudden I was [...]
Chapter 4: Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid
The school in which I studied was closed before the year completed, the Principal of that school using his influence pulled in a bigger school to start a new school and to take up all the students. Thus a new school was opened in Nanganallur by the name of Besant L.V.R. This period is very [...]
Why animals are no different than humans
Recently in an Orkut community I came across a thread raising doubt about Manu Needhi Cholan’s act on whether it is a fiction or truth. The intention of the person who raised this query is not to be critical or sarcastic, so I am putting this efforts to try and answer the question. First of [...]
Chapter 3: “All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.”
Like the title says.. the bad things continued and I don’t want to dwell too much about those bad things. We moved to a new location in Chennai (Nanganallur). This move helped me a bit, as my parents will not say ‘no’ if I go to a temple and Nanganallur had quite a few Shiva [...]
Chapter 2: Age of Darkness
I was brought to Chennai, and my mother did the trick again, this time she gave birth to a baby girl and left her in her mothers place when she was 4 months old. Meanwhile, my father’s career nosedived and he went from bad to worse. After completing an MA with good grades, he ended [...]
Chapter 1: Birth of a Cursed Soul
There are no modules in life for beginners: right away we will always be asked to deal with what is most difficult. Over a period of time, we get accustomed to the vagaries of life and over a period of time, learn to live with it (might be with a grudge). I never had any [...]
