Life Lessons from Vathal/Vadams on Terrace Part-1

 Life Lessons from Vathal/Vadams on Terrace

Part-1

During my childhood days, we lived in a house where we had tenants on the ground floor, and we occupied the first floor. Half of the first floor was an open terrace, where we used to dry our clothes during the daytime, play in the evenings and use it for functions as well.

Summer vacations were the most important period of our life and we used to wait for them. Since we all belong to the same age group with just a few years plus or minus, we almost finish our exams at the same time. Our only relaxation was playing together, and our hill station was our terrace. During summer the ladies used to join and collectively cook Vathal/Vadam on the terrace and start drying it on an old saree or a Dhoti depending on the quantity. Incidentally, that was the place where we used to play.

Lesson-1

·         When we collectively produce, we get a better rate.

·         When we collectively work, we get quick results.

·         When we collectively work, we learn a new skill.

·         When we collectively work, we will not feel the pain of working.

During the process of drying the ladies used to discuss topics ranging from cooking recipes, mother-in-law, rituals, neighbourhoods’ stories, etc. You might be wondering what happened to gossips? since every woman is there on the terrace and hence the scope of gossip was less. What about TV serials? TV was a luxury those days.

Lesson-2

·         Ladies learnt new recipes

·         Ladies learnt rituals

·         Ladies incidentally learnt how to handle mothers-in-law

·         Above all, they were indirectly bonding with each other.

You might be wondering what happened to the children's play area and how did we use our time?

Written by: M.L. Narendra Kumar

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