Hues of soul

The Friend  Streaming on Netflix  What happens to a dog when the owner dies? He doesn't  know how to process the pain of loss or share his feelings with someone. Instead he whines and pines for the presence, that is forever gone.  Iris, a writer, dealing with a  writer's block is a solitary New Yorker. Her mentor and best friend, Walter commits suicide and Walter's Great Dane, Appollo, is thrust upon Iris. Iris's life and her cramped apartment become chaotic with the arrival of the grieving beast. Nothing but being read to, soothes Appollo. Along her journey from a reluctant dog owner to fighting many battles to retain him, she finds out herself, adresses her own grief and overcomes the writer's block. The grieving, past- his-prime, arthritic Appolo melted my heart with his saddened eyes. The Friend is a heartwarming flick about human-canine bonding.  The movie directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel i s an adaptation of the book by the same...

Miss those evenings spent there... In that balcony overlooking periyar.. The meditative silence... Blissfully peaceful... Watching the clouds pouring into the river... Birds crossing the river in a hurry.. A lone determined fisherman with his boat.. The small garden on the banks.. Leaves-strewn small steps leading to a tiny gazebo... Mangooses making love in the lawn.. A snake slithering into the river from the thickets... The red and orange glow of the setting Sun..

The Mahatma  You can laud or  criticise him You can hail or  insult him But you can't ignore him nor can obliterate him No bullet can silence  or suppress his existence  Because  He lived here in flesh and blood  He was truth Celebrate the Mahatma His life is our legacy  Preetha Raj