Halycon Days

Unproductive as this weekend might have been certain re-discoveries have made me very happy. One of them was the wonderful "Malgudi Days" series that I would wait for each week when I was younger. And I found entire episodes on that veritable storehouse of the delights of one's youth; youtube. Here is a favourite and another.

Uper the gur gur ...

Taking a break from my study of the Ulster poets I came across this video on a website while watching another a friend recommended. Manto has always been a favorite amongst friends. I only like to read him with/alongside his compatriot Chughtai. The only reason as to why I have this preference could be the rather all-too-obvious madness of it all. The simple reason ofcourse would be because Chughtai preceded him in the slim volume of "Indian" short stories my first year in English Hons, Delhi University. But out of all of them I liked Basheer the best. The alliterative name of the cross eyed lover, the treachery of the card sharper's daughter and the ramshackle tea shop was all I needed to fall in love with Vaikom.