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Pleasure chemical for ears and eyes

Every afternoon brought the voice of Yesudas alive in the neighbourhood. This was a favorite pass time for the whole village. Men who go to the fields and women ruling over the houses alike used to wait in almost straight lines near the large canal which carries water to the farm lands where these water met the fertile soil of Kerala, for the sounds from the only Radio in town. The Murphy radio brought by the British sahibs to India stayed back and found new home when they returned to their homelands. This radio famously called Murphy chettan was gifted to the current owner by his British boss when he took the steamer back to his roots. Murphy stayed fit to serve two generations without any complaints often respected and revered for his age and fitness. The war had ended and India had become independent, Akashvani was formed and creators of movies and music thrived, during these times it was a practice to transmit the famous songs of the present day movies every afternoon often timing ...

Uninvited Visitor

The need for working the land to make it available to build housing for families had been a never ending phenomenon in this part of the world. With the growth of population comes the need for more and more houses which becomes homes. I always thought maybe it was all forests and undiscovered land across the world. Later we discovered some and some we worked out deforestation based on the needs of the community. While all this was getting done, the societies grew to communities to nations with boundaries marking their ownership. Now we have reached a steady state that any change to the border can only be achieved with the label of being an invader, ever since colonialism has gone out of fashion.  I am sure most of us would have noticed how areas around us which was always uninhabited gets constructed and becomes somebody's dream house someday. How some random building with ten units welcomes ten families or groups of people across the country to become the tenants to generate wealth...