Pimple
She spotted it on a regular morning inspection of her face. It was perched quietly on her nose like a mischievous child. The longer she stared at it the bigger it grew. Soon it had become so big that it was taking over the face. So when she looked in the mirror, she didn’t notice the beguiling eyes, dimpled cheek, lips that curled up, smooth fall of a chin. Only the bump stood out.
And when she stepped out into the world, everyone seemed to be looking at it. Every whisper was a taunt, every look a stare. She didn’t realise they each had their pimples to think about.
True... very true. People have their own things to think about. The interesting part is, we don't want them to bother us, and at times we are so bugged that they don't bother about us...
ReplyDeleteInteresting thought in the snippet.
Ammani...you are yet to finish your account of "How you lost your love for Madras" (or have you finished it?)...looking forward to that post....since me is a Madras paithiyam still....love your work.
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Very different from the other QTs I thought. The QTs are now like my daily cup of coffee, oh well, horlicks! :D
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ReplyDeleteQuite crisp these QTs. Keep going.
ammani>:D< feel like singing the song:Jikku beautiful bloggu kalakuthuparu un style.Kidiakuma kidiakuma daily oru QT......Lovely.
ReplyDeleteAmmani..
ReplyDeleteThis one laks ur usual punch:((( But its so true!! How much of attention a stupid pimple hogs!!
Nice one Ammani!
ReplyDeleteLike somebody said, it did lack your puch, but still it is good.
ReplyDeleteWay to go..
for some reason didnt like this one as much as I liked your other ones!
ReplyDeleteguess, u already wrote one which implies the same as this one does.
u post cracking stuff....
ReplyDeleteway to go...
So true though Ammani. In our own little 'me me me' world we forget that everyone else has their own issues and assume that others are staring at us. How apt, wonderfully written
ReplyDeleteAmmani, as usual, aptly observed. Y'know, that could have been me (except without the beguiling eyes, dimpled cheeks, etc *wink*). Took a good few years to realise that most people had better things to do than look at me... an epiphany that resulted in an immediate change in me from painfully self-conscious to fairly normal. Thank goodness! :)
ReplyDeleteAmmani...you are yet to finish your account of "How you lost your love for Madras" (or have you finished it?)...
ReplyDeleteammani - what is this person talking of? I like this very much. My mother refuses to smiles for photos to this day because she is conscious of her "singa-paallu"!
அன்புள்ள அம்மனி அவர்களுக்கு,
ReplyDelete‘பருவம்’ வந்தால் ‘பரு’வும் வரும் என்று விளங்காது வளைய வரும் பருவம் அது...
தன்னைப் பற்றியே நினைப்பதும் தவறு...
தன்னைப் பற்றி பிறர் என்ன நினைப்பார்களோ என நினைத்து நடப்பதும் தவறு...
Pimpleஐ வைத்து ஒரு simple கதை!
என்றும் அன்புடன்,
ரங்கநாதன்
If a girl has a pimple
ReplyDeleteThe solution is simple
Get a metal replica sample
That sells outside a temple
And put it in the hundial :-)
Somewhat like
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and the only one
you look for is
you :-)
We've all been there - insightful as usual!
haha, teenage worries are indeed big worries...i guess girls kow it more than guys. BTW i suffered a lot because of them.
ReplyDeleteIts a girl thing. So no comments. But as an aside, it seems as if the focus on looks is becoming a global nightmare what with all kinds of treatments to look young that so many people get done.
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