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was a vibrant city. India’s population in those days was around follow site
30 crores–a fourth of what it is now. Streets were not over- https://mhco.ca/uurw6lxvk5g
crowded and traffic very leisurely.One can move about without being https://aalamsalon.com/1wxea3hzyq3
nudged and pushed around. The most important change I notice now is the absence Buy Soma Online Cod
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Here are some that I recollect with some nostalgia.
**A midget. hardly three feet tall was the tiger in the ‘Aadu Puli Attam’ https://colvetmiranda.org/prii9powtv
A lime kept on the ground was the lamb that he was after, growling follow
and roaring as he paced around the lime till he finally caught the lime https://lavozdelascostureras.com/irl2kr6n7
in his mouth in one wild sweep/ Applause!
**There was this turbaned chap with a monkey on leash.He used https://kirkmanandjourdain.com/1fj85rfkmn
to have a stick which he kept tapping on the ground as if to https://faroutpodcast.com/9xg8hadwu
warn the monkey to behave. He would in a sing-song tone, keep https://reggaeportugal.com/4sffwze6he4
muttering “Gudhida Rama, Gudhida!’ and the simian would do all source link
sorts of dances and pranks to the amusement of the crowd.Applause!
**And then there was that fat madrigal singer. Whether it was Margazhi https://www.anonpr.net/1rh43eoe1u
or any other month this Andal admirer would sing only pasurams from https://townofosceola.com/oq21yd4t
Thiruppavai in a stentorian voice. Orthodox men (including my dad) Overnight Tramadol Mastercard
and women were his permanent admirers and they would fill up his cloth source link
bag with raw rice generously
**I remember also a woman called ‘rosy’–an itinerant beggar . The Buy Soma Online Uk
rickshaw pullers of Egmore literally worshipped her and would consider https://www.psychiccowgirl.com/gxaq9e8w
their day successful if she agrees to travel in their rickshaw even https://lavozdelascostureras.com/0cia3qn9q5
if only for five minutes. They believed she brought them luck
**.The most colourful of all was the ‘gudu Gudu PAndi’-draped in https://kanchisilksarees.com/om8gsib
bedsheets and colorful cloths of all kinds; he was a real sight. He had https://www.anonpr.net/cq5f0pw
in his hand a miniature two-sided drum with which he would make a https://faroutpodcast.com/l86g96v
constant clackety-clack and make scary predictions of which the Can You Order Tramadol Online
housewives were a little wary.
***************Those days are gone–gone for ever!