Saturday, August 26, 2017

The wedding.

Dateline 24 Aug.

Mini had informed that she'd be reaching home by about 3 o'clock but when I'd got up around 5, she was still not in and hence, had given her a call. They're traversing through Thenmala and it was only after I heard her voice that my breathing had become easy. They'd, eventually, fetched up at 6. Harish, the transport fleet supervisor of Sanil's school was the chauffeur and both the gentlemen had flaked out after having a cup of tea. Mini was, however very active and chirpy and had plunged into the work in the kitchen recounting the highlights of the journey that they'd just completed.

Rema and Padmakumar had fetched up around 8 and everyone was ready by a quarter past 9. We drove in two cars as Sanil and Mini were slated to go to his house to meet his mom. The wedding was a joyous occasion and a great moment catching up with friends and relatives. The highlight, however, was meeting up with Thangamani, Appukuttan kochachhan's third daughter, after a long time - in fact, I'd seen her last in skirt and top while today, she's an accomplished mother of a son and daughter who're employed. Also, noted with pain, the increased infirmity of Varadamma appachi, my dad's youngest sister, who's all of 82 years. She also misses mom and recalled a few incidents of their's with me.

We'd fixed up an appointment with the 'Snehatheeram', a private organisation run by Sister Roselin where lonely, mentally challenged women are picked up from the street, assisted by the police. There are 175 inmates of a wide age group with a support staff of 25. We are sponsoring tomorrow's afternoon 'sadya' in mom's name for them and will be joining them.

On our return, Sanil and the ladies went to look up Unni chettan's grandson and to hand over a small token of our love and affection.

It was a boisterous evening. Raj Nivas was thrumming with activity.


Tailpiece.

The sad part is that mom's grandchildren - Achu and Ammu - are not gonna be there for tomorrow's ceremony because of their professional compulsions. 

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