Pottipati

Books from Omana Aunty, books for consolation prize in Rangoli, books for Mary from James with loads of love- they came together in a push cart heaped with unrequited love and dreams. Omana may lie six feet under in peace, Rangoli for fun may have been replaced with kolams drawn daily, religiously and perhaps, monotonously; and Mary evidently moved on from her lover of romantique to more relevant treatises by Dr. Spock.

Memories have now traversed time and shelf spaces, entwining between yellowing dog-eared pages and annotated passages.