Vengarai amma

Excellent post by Ramani. We spent many a summer in the village. Cricket game in the open ground next to the house under the cool shade of big trees. We did not have access to tennis balls. We manufactured our own and did not last one innings. Jijendru, Kannan, (Narasimhan's son), Madhavan, and a coupe of other boys. Have tender coconut water from the coconuts immersed in our well like a frig. in the afternoon. Have sugar cane. Go to the river for a swim. Vengarai Amma's samayal was simply super. Adai and vellam. Avul mixed with brown sugar ! There will be always some snacks in the dark room. More later