Every
individual has his own thoughts, ideas, and methods of doing things, style of
functioning and style of writing and speaking! At times it may look peculiar or
unique, idiotic or intelligent, foolish or wise, quixotic or otherwise! But
then, one goes on and on.
I shall give
a brief account of the actions of a seventy –three year old person enjoying
fairly reasonable health, peaceful retired life and financial support. He has
developed certain habits which he tries to meticulously follow right from his
boyish days.
While he was
in service, he used to shave his face on the alternative days, but of late he
has changed it to once in three days and the days will be the multiple of three
every month-duly adjusted for the months with thirty one days- other than the
days on which falls new moon or such other auspicious days when an act like
shaving is barred in our tradition!
Going to
hair-cut in these days is done only on the third Sundays of all the odd months
of the year!
It is his
habit to take his morning walk between 4.00am and 5.00 am. Fortunately in his
colony, there is a walking track measuring 271meters and laid with 6 tiles. He
used to take 12 rounds and he walks each round in one tile and naturally he
will be walking two rounds everyday on each tile in seriatim! He strongly
believes in multiple operations – simultaneous operations- a nice strategy in
time management-. He will be chanting prayers- 8 manthras- in
these twelve rounds- 4 of them in two rounds and the other four each round! He
will also have arm exercises while walking – starting with 12 times in the
first round and ending with once in the twelfth round!!!
To be of
help to his better half, he also engages himself for the past couple of years
in odd domestic chores like cutting the vegetables, drying the wet clothes,
keeping in order the vessels cleaned by the servant maid etc.
Cutting the
vegetables may demand about an hour and a half and he will choose the time in
such a way that during this time he will see three of the serials in the TV!
Nursing his none- too- healthy wife running 66 for an hour with water therapy
and oil therapy between 8.00 pm and 9.00pm, he will have two more serials in
the TV! Then the day comes to an end for
him!
While
putting the wet clothes for drying in the three rows of rod outside the
balcony, depending on the need for sun rays, thickness of the cloth etc, he has
allotted the space for each of the approximate 20 pieces and on no account the
space will be changed!
Similarly
while arranging the kitchenware, he has allotted specific places for spoons,
plates etc and on no account there will be any change in the arrangement!
He is a
small time bilingual poet/writer and he has to his credit 22 books out of which
18 have been published and his articles and poems are regularly published in some part of the world or the other
in an obscure manner and that gives him a very high satisfaction!
What do you
call this person?
Peculiar or unique
Idiotic or intelligent
Quixotic or otherwise
Foolish
or wise?
Don’t change
your opinion on learning who he is- he is none but the author of this write-up!
God bless
the readers and the author!
