Life Lessons from Vathal/Vadams on Terrace Part-3

 Life Lessons from Vathal/Vadams on Terrace

Part-3

Once the ladies complete their work, we stay back on the terrace and sit under a shade either, discussing fight scenes in movies (which we see once in a month) or start playing trade, ludo etc. One of us will go back and check whether the vathal/Vadams had dried or not by peeling one or two and tasting it and later blame it on the crow. 

 

During the afternoons, we will assemble on the terrace and start discussing the cricket matches we played, and the conversation will move in many other directions.  

 

One of them will slowly start the conversation about the ghost in the neem tree and, we all start focusing on the tree which was next to our house. Each one of them will narrate what they heard about the neem tree and the ghost. Indeed, some of us were carried away by the stories but few expressed their desire to play with the ghost.

 

During the sunset, the ladies used to come back to the terrace to remove the dried vathal/Vadams which was a great relief to us because we were getting back our lost territory. Once we start the game, we encounter the following constraints: 

 

1. Sticky floor, which was due to the vathal/Vadams

 

2. Elders who used to come to the terrace to get some fresh air

 

3. Few young adults who used to give us the task of sprinkling water on the floor, so that they can sleep in the terrace to enjoy open-air to beat the summer heat

 

Above all bad light due to sunset. 

 

Though we had less time to play, still we enjoyed the short evening.

 

Lesson-5

 

1. We learnt responsibility by guarding the Vathal/Vadams. 

 

2. We learnt how to articulate and listen by talking about movies and other topics. 

 

3. We learnt how to debate by discussing the existence of ghosts. 

 

4. We learnt how to be sensitive towards elders who had come to relax. 

 

5. We gained additional knowledge of how to cool the floor. 

 

6. We learnt how to enjoy the less time we had in our hands. 

 

Now comes a question, how long will this Vathal/Vadams drying continue? When will you get back to your territory?

   

Written by: M.L. Narendra Kumar

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