Kochappan's punctuation !

Merryl Streep had tremendous crush over 'The Beatles' and their music.

In her speech after receiving the Oscar award for the best actress , she recollected her experience of going to a 'Beatles concert' few miles away from Los Angeles. She couldnot afford a seat in the front, near the stage. '' I was sitting so far away in the back row some where in the stadium, from I could see the city of Los Angeles closer and better ''.

Iam no Oscar stuff ,but I could see the ' Vadkunnathan Temple ' of Thrissur closer from the Cochin Airport. One should have far sightedness to see Cochin from Cochin Airport.

While I was waiting for Kochapps arriving from Hyderabad, the board which read

' Domestic Terminal' caught my attention. If air travel is considered safe then why is it called 'Terminal'. I will ask Kochapps.

We were meeting after some gap now. Excitement was in the air along with the stink of the

garbage; undisposed, owing to the lorry transport hartal, showing respect to departed soul of Saddam Hussain.

Literacy level is 96% in Kerala ; we respond to international issues.

We met at the terminal.We hugged and embraced each other and made up for the small separation we had ; some thing similar to what was done by that British dental nurse and Shilpa Shetty. In the above mentioned act the generously endowed Jade goody would have been a better proposition than Kochapps.Endowments of Kochappan is above the shoulders,

unlike Jade goody's ! Each has it's own advantages !!

We were in the car towards to Ernakulam.

''Is the law and order situation very good now? his question was more like a lawyer's.

'' what makes you think it's so?. I countered like Soli Sorabjee.

'' Hardly any police men on the road'' he observed ; like Justice R.N.Lakhotia.

'' They have all been deployed for the security of Narendra Modi who visited Trivandrum yesterday for a meeting organised by BJP.He has to be provided Z category protection; especially because of various threats on his life.'' I submitted the affidavit.

''I hope there was no mess like the pilot car of Prime minister going the wrong way like last time''. he wanted clarification.

'' It was not that serious this time. It was some minor problem with the bullet proof car he was to travel'' I said

'' What was it " he continued his questioning.

'' The rear door of the bullet proof car was not closing properly ; that's all''

'' What a shame ! '' he exclaimed from his seat.

'' We are not the US to have General Motors Cadillac DTs for their President, which carries 2425lb of armour , has splinter proof glass poly carbonate windows 60mm thick:and the door was purposely kept not to close fully.'' I continued with fervour.

'' Purposely?'' he expressed disbelief.

'' In case of an attack, Modi can emit from the car, with half open door than fully closed one.''

I explained the logic.

Silence fell with little noise.

'' You should show more care in use of punctuations in your writings like the ones in your reports of the sales coference held in the hotel.'' Kochapps is coming live.

''Like what'' I raised my eyebrows; nothing much to be raised; still I raised them.

'' Some where in your report you had written '' The travel desk man stood in the doorway and called the guests names''.

''Yes. He did. To tell the guests to board the bus to go for sightseeing''

'' Travel desk man cannot call guests names. There should have been an apostrophee in

the word ' guest's names' to mean what you said.

Silence fell once again.

'' You don't feel bad about my correcting you . Do you?'' He asked me with concern.

'' No! please correct me whenever you can'' I said earnestly.

Then shall tell about one more in that report?''.

''Please '' I pleaded.

'' you had written '' In the restaurant I saw a man-eating lobster''. That hyphen would have caused lot of alarm had it really happened''. He smiled.

This morning when I opened the newspaper one heading caught my attention.

'' Mother to be stabbed to death in broad daylight''

At 2.30pm Iam still wondering whether it is a ' murder forecast' for the day or whether it is a

case of missing hyphen.

menon ( aniyan )