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Pulse.....Suffocating rooms.....gloomy atmosphere.....stuffed rooms....sleeping....van....country roads....sand...the mini backwater-coconut farm in front of the school....dads bro....being on his cycle....singing with him in the evenings.....at the back of the house...Omelets....his elder bro....evening prayer...standing in the sun, at the school on sand just after washin the hands staring at the hands.....taps by the side of the building.

St. Joseph's....the commotion of vehicles, people, students outside the school on the road.....spacious but gloomy rooms....that long wait for the dad to pick me up......being the last one to be picked up....dance classes....a set of crayon pencils with the picture of a plane on the cover....red water bottle.....drama event with me as a dog.....the mask my dad made with paper and cotton....its brown colour...its eyes and ears.....the event itself.....walking away from the event with the family......having a long range view of the stage.....christmas celebrations.....the big christmas tree.....gift....the small plastic santa......the scholarship.....certificate....rains...dad in a big blue raincoat with a cap....teachers....i don't remember.....the peep hole to the adjoining workshop....layer of workbooks.

St. Paul's....the long ground....the line of taps by the wall....the netted fish tank by its side....trees with awful smelling fruits....leaves....elder lady students....Annie teacher....start of the onam vacation, waiting for my parents.....my broken slippers.....the cartoon magzines....my bro in the nursery nearby.....fetching him every evening.....his teacher.....Rukma.....the innocent and my only wink.....jumping from the slide to the sand.....kintergarden playground.....pigs.....pond.....croc's in the pond.....religious studies class.....
school magzine.....cactus garden.....rabbits.....Chapel.....monotonous boring masses.....fairly stupid speeches from nuns.....christmas day celebrations.....picnic to the zoo/park.....birthday celebrations of the stupid fucking Sister N.....assembly.....national anthem.....basket full of chewing gum.....gift from dad red pencil......second std.....wax candles.....the stupid loving teacher who changed the spelling of my name(she fucking took the grace of my name).....i hate her for ever for that.....nuns washing their plates.....Simi.....the fights.....Vivek....the hard ball.....the friendship.....computer classes.....bus shed.....school day celebrations....turning globe.....John.....sweets.....wooden dumbbells.....Pt master.....his stories.....cousin.....
farm outside the Chapel.....numbers.....the brinjal chart.....
Rosemary.....Rakesh forgetting his exam dates......swapping his papers......workexperience.....drawing....Ann....the skelton.....rains.....flash floods.....umbrella....being late...slap from dad.....van.....kuttapan.....the staffroom in the corridor.....magic show.....the waste bin.....basketball court.....the history text book.....view out of the window......the pregnant teacher.....Saritha....sweets.....english speaking crowd.....progress reports.....out

St Joseph's.....the negotiations.....Vishalakshan Master....hindi.....stories.....cult....dothi.....Sandeep.....Thattil Master.....instrument box.....the paper cow.....malayalam second......the staff room.....cycle....tile roof.....stones.....marbles.....sticks.....tops.....cricket.....football......assembly.....church.....ground.....
sports....youthfestival.....Exams.....lilliput.....KP....science exhibition....muffan.....coimbatore......Calicut.....Delhi.....rains.....arrogant clerk....computer teachers.....pt masters.....mass pt.....the tombs.....the school next.....hump in the ground.....schoolbus/van.....confessions......Taha.....schooldays.....fishtanks.....office.....canteen.....
ALE....candico.....diary sign.....Babul.....Melvin....Lino....Foster.....Jinu.....Fobby.....Ullas.....Lilba.....Laju....am cracking......
ooty....Jimmy Master.....Rajkumar.....Thankamma Teacher.....Vishalakshan revisited.....no dothi....no slippers.....pants......not many stories left.....old Vishalakshan in a new bottle..Ramanathan....Linda....Aithra....Sivan......Vineeta...Boney...Remya.....ML....Stupidity...School Leader.....ending prayer.....Head Priest.....Poly Brother.....Sister Stenya .....Sister Gonsalus.....Condessa.....an arry of awfully stupid and arrogant teachers.....the effort....results.....sweets.....

St Thomas ....PC....work....gopi....milkbar.....work.....cycle.....early morning rides.....physics....chemistry......maths.....flowers....trees....work.....23:00 pms.....my table....attendence.....strikes......election.....campagin.....red.....blue......orange......library.....books.....
english patient.....one hundred years of solitude....IIT classes.....tests.....work....abuse.....tests.....work.....movies......Catholic Sirian canteen.....roti....green peas.....Boney.....Christmas.....tests.....paper.....out...study.....201.....crossroad.