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		<title>Possessed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mathaichan sees his mother standing in the courtyard. She is about to say something to his father. His maternal uncle is also standing nearby. Having observed the scene, when Mathaichan took an analytical look at his mother, he wondered if it was his own mother standing there.
What made you think so? “Guru asked.”
‘Guru, had I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where the Hell is the Elephant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scene is a circus tent. Mathaichan is seated behind two mod boys. A band is playing lending the scene a festive mood. There come elephants, horses and infantry, followed by clowns. It&#8217;s a colourful march past. There stands a majestic, caparisoned elephant. It holds aloft a skimpily clad beautiful girl in its trunk. She [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Five Fingers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘Mathaichan stood at the gates of Guruvayoor Temple like an alien.&#8217;
‘May I go in to have a look!&#8217;
‘Why not? Guruvayoor Appan is father to all of us.&#8217;
‘But then I&#8217;m a Christian- Mathaichan.&#8217;
Why the hell did you mention that? Now, who can let you in?
The honest Mathaichan walked back like an honourable man. He thought about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When He Came Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A young man with flowing hair and beard. Blue eyes. Young man. May be thirty-two. Strong muscular forearms. Broad chest. There was tranquility on his handsome face. Merciful piercing look
He walked into Psychologist Mathaichan&#8217;s clinic.
“Please be seated, the Psychologist said pointing to a chair.
“Good thank you”
“Where do you come from?”
He thought for a while and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Sleep! Mathai  2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Mind you, Mathaicha!”
“Yes? Master”.
“With whom have you talked most in your life?”
“What? Why, Guru, such mind-boggling questions in the very morning….” Mathai reflected. Still the question is interesting.
I searched my memory. With whom have I talked most? It was to my mother I mostly addressed my needs. Is it to my mother, then? Anyway, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gospel according to psychologist Mathai</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. P M Mathew Vellore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You, Mathai, if I say that you are a naïve fellow will you deny that?”
‘What is this Guru?&#8217; It sounds like questions that echo in courts. If I were to put back the same question to you, will you deny?
“I&#8217;ll.”
Then I&#8217;ll say within. Is not what he says true too? Some of my disciples prostrate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Own Old Bar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kovalan is from Kothazham village. A real Gopalakrishnan. An apple of the villager&#8217;s eyes. Kovalan, if he becomes famous will be called Kothazham Kovalan. A debauchee, each move of his gives the impression that he wants to enjoy life to its tilt. Everybody needed him. An agile, jolly good fellow. He is capable of engaging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evergreen Mathaichan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Guru!”
“Hey, Mathaicha, what brings you here so early in the morning?”
Old age has come upon me, Guru!”
‘&#8217;How do you know you&#8217;re getting old? “
“You know only too well. Till yesterday I was busy with my office work, sometimes I even bring work home. I used to nag and chide the subordinates and harass them with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HCF</title>
		<link>http://mathewvellore.com/blog/2009/04/hcf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why are you like this?
Like what?
So perverse
In which way?
Like… dissidence, arrogance.
Furious, insolent, riotous
He made me so.
Who?
My father.
What do you mean?
Is your father a policeman?
No.
Is he in the army?
No.
Must be a teacher then, eh?
Yes.
That&#8217;s it.
What do you mean, Guru?
Dai Mathaicha, Cops, soldiers, teachers.
What&#8217;s the H.C.F in their behaviour?
H.C.F?
Yes, Highest Common Factor.
Common factor
I don&#8217;t know
They keep ordering, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What She Wants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. P M Mathew Vellore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dai, Mathaicha, how long have you married?
Over forty years.
Have you seen her properly?
Have you touched every part of her body? Have you understood her?
Why, Guru, these hard, cruel and shameless questions- shots?
Well, Have you seen other women well enough and mingled with them closely?
Oh! Now you come up with spears!
I&#8217;ve seen many women. Apart from [...]]]></description>
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