Amma came, saw and conquered

Suddenly, I was surrounded by so many women that I lost count. All of them started asking, "Are you taking interviews? Then we also want to talk to you." Every single person wanted me to write her name on my notepad. When I said, 'I will write your name later, let me talk to you first', they insisted, 'No, you write our names first... You have not written my name. Please write.' Ganga, Revathi, Palani Ammal, Gomathi, Dhanalakshmi, Meenakshi, Shanthi... my notepad got filled with names. Some of them wanted me to write their husbands' names also. And, every woman tried to drown out what the other said.

Their only disappointment after talking to me was, "oh, you are not writing for a Tamil paper. Sad that we can't read what you write..."

Also See: 'Let us forget the past'