Coconut plucking... then and now...

A Tata Indigo car comes and stops at the gate..the driver in a shabby t shirt and boxer comes out and says"i am Naushad..you had phoned me"..at first it didn't strike me..then I realised... I had called one Naushad to pluck the coconuts in my neighbour's plot...it is he...out of the dickey comes his climbing contraption..
They are attached to the tree and in a jiffy he is up and plucking the coconuts..3 trees took about 20 minutes..they are about 15 feet tall...he gets seventy rupees for each tree and the contraption cost about 3000 rupees.. in his car he has a power saw...he says he is an expert in cutting down tall trees in pieces...
His visit brought back the memories of coconut plucker in my village...he was a six footer.. hefty, very dark guy..his name..nanu thandan(this is his caste surname..they only pluck coconuts and cut trees). He comes with a single bamboo ladder which extends to about half the height of 20 - 25 feet tall tree and a specially made heavy chopper...dressed in a single loin cloth he is a formidable sight to watch.. we children follow him around hoping he will pluck for us a tender coconut..if the mood suits him we are lucky..how different it was compared to present day .. it was a day's work..no car...no contraptions..all muscle power...we enjoyed it...

Dangers of tv binge watching

I must be watching the big bang theory too much...all the characters were with me in my village..they had come on the way to October fest in Munich (not comicon) presuming I am joining them. Sheldon was the leader and he was distributing money from the common pool for the metrofare..when I said I am not coming they came to the village home of my grandfather where I happened to be to persuade me to come with them..they pushed me and molly so much that I gave up and decided to dress up. Meanwhile they, the 3(Rajesh was not there; I don't know why) went to the dining room and picked up the glasses with water to drink..I had no heart to tell Sheldon that they were used glasses when I saw them drinking... that's when I woke up from my dream...