Off-white Reminiscences

The dress code of nun and priest make a dramatic sensation .The long gown which priest wears has two big pockets which carry various tiny and pretty gifts .It either resembles Santa Claus’s red color bag or a conjurer's long mysterious magic hat. As magician creates various visual illusions, the priest meticulously takes out the tiny gifts from the large pocket and distributes them to the infants. Either the gifts may be a small rosary, a cute pretty Virgin Mary, a color pencil or a fancy paper wrapped delicious chocolate .In fact these are the metaphors of love, caring, encouragement and so on. By giving and distributing these pretty gifts, the priest encourages the infants towards artistic and creative endeavors. The infant’s creative performance dealt with various visual forms; it may be either a tabloid about John the Baptist or a choreography, which based on the melodious musings of King Solomon or a Mono act, based on the story of St. Peter. the decoration of church and execution of tabloids and choir taken care by the various nuns .The nuns who involved to excited programs in our parish were Rev.Sister Lisa Mary, Rev.Sister Preema and Rev.Sister vijaya .



Rev.Sister vijaya and Rev.Sister Bellermine were my teachers who trained me for the Holy communion.. And, Sister bellermine is no more alive to train the little kids .
The preparation of the holy communion was based on two Christian rosary prayer book . And this book also describe about the seven sacraments and the relevance. it is mandatory to by heart this book and present it to the priest/ nun who trained us .Once we done with the oral presentation to the parish priest he distribute a letter ,which is the testimony or authorized document to receive the holly communion .Usually the holly communion takes place in the month of may but the preparation began in the month of April itself .Both April and may are the period of summer vacation obviously , children show lack of interest in these so called systematic or military modal religious teaching and learning . Unfortunately, all the parents and the nuns were villain characters for children because they pressurize the innocent and beautiful minds and made qualified to have the Holy Communion .Confession is one of the fascinating phase of the Holy Communion and it seems the confession is a tool with which a person enable to swipe their sins which they had happen to commit. The declaration of sign should keep secret within the priest it is the liability of the priest. I remember we had a run through or dummy confession before the real confession with the parish cleric and this replica confession undertaken by Rev. Sister vijaya . She enact alike a priest and she told such a way that each of us going to confess to the god rather than Rev.Sister Vijaya or any other priest .She also explain such a way that the priest who pay attention to the confession is a representative of omnipotent spirit



holy communion day is remarkable because The chief altar of the church ostentatiously decorate with the fancy material like white flowers ribbons, pearl and off white translucent fabric .The congregation and procession on the occasion of First holy communion celebration is conspicuous because the kids who are in first holy communion drape with white colour costume All the Girls wear white headdress and bouquet unlike the boys wear white headdress and carry a white decorative candle .And this occasion is the Reminiscences of off-white colour

Sketching Pushcarts

A pani puri vendor‘s small business depend on a decorative four wheeler handcart and, it is a different form of bicycle .Let us see what are the different form of bicycle? For instance , an old post man carry various letters gifts and money order on his brown cycle ,A fish seller run his small business on a rusted and smelling blue bicycle .A pretty girl go to collage on her pink fairy tale bicycle. The vegetable vendor sell different vegetable on his green Hercules cycle .Likewise, a panipuri vendor also runs his small business on a decorative handcart. This peculiar cycle is an amalgam of various media such as wood iron and so on.Simple design of this four wheeler is a combination of various geometrical shape and forms .However, The crude colours carnival of basic shape and forms create a theatrical experience to the viewer .
A pani puri vender’s usually sell two different kind of snack like Panipuri and Chat .Chat is a kind of snack which made out of various ingredients and different vegetables . He prepare and serve the chat in the Left corner of vehicle and Pani puri is in the right side .Why did he do so ?Every design having a logic I would rather call it the principle of design . likewise the form of panipuri bicycle also emerge a sense of logic .Let us see the hidden logic behind the simple panipuri push cart . There are two different sect of people, either they comfortable with left hand zone or right hand zone however, majority of the people habituated with the right hand side .Since, the preparation of snack like chat is prolonging unlike ,panipuri business is quick and speedy in order to balance his business smooth he keep panipuri is in the most comfortable right zone and chat is in the left region of the cart. he meticulously arrange the food items like Samoosa, Carrot, little Poori .He also harmoniously slice vivid vegetables like bright orange coloured carrot, brown potato into various basic shapes like demon, squire, round ,rectangle and display these vivid vegetable slice in his little bicycle . the panipoori vendor meticulously group the vegetable and arrange it in layer by layer in a big flat vassal .He make a wall out of these vegetable pieces and fill the vacuum space with the mixture of boiled yellow groundnut. Magnificent display of these vegetable fragments create a multi-colored illustrative outlook
Along with the display of vivid and yummy food he also display various things like the photograph of god, goddesses, film stars and different posters
Inside his bicycle either he hangs a bunch of lemon or a small decorated ash gourd with the demon face .However ,He also keep an yellow lemon in a glass of water .he juxtapose this lemon glass with the box where he collect money. It seems these lemons attract the greedy evil eye and protect his simple business.

Bangle seller

An old lady bangle seller who uses to come neighbor to my house unfortunately her face almost vanished from my memory .She always carry a glass case on her head .she made a common meeting place and time to run the business. Once she reached there so the bangle seller keep the glass case on the aramathil or elam thinna .She carry different bangles, Necklace, earring in the glass case. She scold while the little kids touch her glass case .

Sacred corner

Most of the Christian houses have a sacred corner where people install photographs of different saint , rosary, statue, Flowers, Little illumination, lambs, stickers ,and different candles .it is also a secret corner because ,this is a place where mothers camouflage the innocent eye of their little children and keep pen, pretty toys , Medicine bottle and matchbox safe.

Black dog

There was a pretty black dog in my home.It was a merciful pet.When my brother was a baby he comfortably sit on the merciful pet.The petty dog use to carry my brother and walk in and out of our house.While my mother was narrating about this dog I wish I would also have one pet like that .