My Idiot Box

A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams : “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!” To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!” Curious, he yells: “Who are you?” He receives the answer: “Who are you?” And then he screams to the mountain: “I admire you!” The voice answers: “I admire you!” Angered at the response, he screams: “Coward!” He receives the answer: “Coward!” He looks to his father and asks: “What’s going on?” The father smiles and says: “My son, pay attention.” Then his father screams: “You are a champion!” The voice answers: “You are a champion!” Again his father screams: “You are a Victorious !” The voice answers: “You are a Victorious!” Again the man screams: “You are Blessed!” The voice answers: “You are Blessed!” The boy is surprised, but does not understand. Then the father explains: “People call this ECHO , but really this is LIFE . I...

Date : Today Place : A Marriage hall, Chennai. Finally, the marriage is taking place today. I was waiting so long for this. And now it’s happening. First big occasion in my life. All the pre-marriage ceremonies were going on. It’s a Brahmin marriage. So needless to say about the ceremonies. Yes, she is a Brahmin. My Angel. I was restlessly waiting to get a glimpse of her in her wedding saree. I was pretending to be chatting with my friends but my eyes were searching for her. Still 30 minutes to go for the auspicious time. Damn. That’s a long way. I thought I could do a little flashback of my life. With her. 7 years ago.... Place: 12th grade chemistry lab, school, some developing town in TN. Generally I’m quite a reserved person. I don’t speak to girls much.(like most of the TN guys). I used to be the topper in school. So all girls speak to me only to clarify their doubts regarding studies. She studied with me from class 3. Now we were in class 12. That’s 10 years....