The Departed...

I’m a regular visitor to Kuppam (Nadukuppam) fish market near the Marina. The quarters where fisher families live adjacent to the market evokes in me memories of Chalil in Thalassery (Kerala) where my paternal kin live. Once I remember my aunt (Thressy Aunty) shooing away houseflies with a hand held fan after serving us rice and mackerel curry as she watched us (me and a friend from Karaikal) eat even as she kept grumbling for not visiting her at least once in a while…

 She is no more. My friend who accompanied me to Thalassery then has also passed away several years ago. So as well, my father.