Thursday, October 20, 2016

Au Revoir, Maheshwari Peramma!

It was an early morning at a half past 4, when I'd woken up Peramma and chechi to make it in time for the train departing at 6. Lekha had packed a simple breakfast of dosas and chutney, along with a few bananas, to be had on the way. We'd reached the railway station well in time and I could buy the tickets in a jiffy since the queue was yet to form up. The newspaper stall hadn't opened and therefore, couldn't get the day's newspaper for them to read enroute.

The walk to their train, on platform no.3, was a fairly long one and we trudged slowly so that Peramma didn't find it exhausting. To put me at ease, she said that the morning walks always rejuvenated her! Damn sweet of her!! I'd made them get into a compartment that would require minimum walk, on getting down at the Kottayam Railway Station, their destination. There were another 20' left for the train to depart and so, I sat with them talking, to while away the time.

Last evening, Peramma had walked through our small kitchen garden and to her delight, found newly sprouted mushrooms. She said that such a phenomenon denoted good tidings and certified that they're edible. Our supper, therefore, had a yummy dish of those mushrooms, courtesy Lekha! 

The train left the platform on the dot at 6 and she kept waving at me till the train pulled her away from my sight. Goodbye, Maheshwari Peramma for the time being, but please come again!                  

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It was a rather quiet day otherwise. Babish was called in to sort out a few plumbing problems. Saying that they're minor jobs, he did not charge anything and went his way, once again reiterating that he'd be available for fixing electrical/plumbing problems in future. All we needed to do was to give him a call! He's a sweetheart!!

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Radhan chettan has, since, been shifted out of the CCU but he's had some difficulty in breathing, early in the morning today while his mom was getting ready to leave for Kottayam......... "Needs further observation", says the doctor.

Meanwhile, Suresh, my cousin Reshmi's husband, has been slated to undergo a composite surgery of a cancerous growth around one of his lower molars on the 25th. It's gonna be performed by a team consisting of an encologist, a surgical specialist, a dental surgeon and a plastic surgeon at the Amritha Institute of Medical Sciences at Kochi. Suresh's request to his doctors, "Doctor, you can cut me up to remove the toxic cells but ensure that my appearance is retained as to what it is now because I need to work, post surgery". He's a chief engineer in the merchant marine and wants to make up for the expenses! Poor guy!!



Tailpiece.

The saying that the world is small seems to be coming true here. Dr. Iyer, who's the surgery team leader happens to have studied medicine along with my classmate and friend from school, Savio, currently practising in Chicago, US. I shall be meeting Iyer, along with Suresh and Reshmi, on the 24th, a day prior to the surgery to boost their morale and befriend him. Savio, meanwhile, says that he, too, shall monitor!

Ill luck comes in legions but help comes in from the most unexpected quarters! Why, then, worry at all?

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