The day had begun at 5, with us going through the chores and Anto, along with his son, Abin, had fetched up at the gate by a quarter past 6. The latter works in a hospital at Angamaly as an accountant. He also boarded the 0640 passenger to Ernakulam like me and had stood in the line to buy our tickets. I had a wait of an hour in the waiting room at the Thrissur railway station before the Jan Shatabdi, from Kannur, fetched up.
The journey was uneventful except for the fact that the train was late and fetched up at a half past 3 in Thiruvananthapuram. In fact, most of the trains were late which I came to know is a daily phenomenon. Is the railways really finding it difficult to run its trains on time? Meanwhile, Lekha had left for Rema's place, at Palakkad, by the 0950 low floor bus.
Manu had picked me up and I was at the Foundation soon after. It was great to be back with Maman and his staff as usual. By about a half past 5, I'd picked up Suresh Laxman and Sindhu on my way to the KIMS, to look up Mohanachandran's family. Since they allowed only one visitor per person into the ICU, to avoid any sort of infection, seeing Mohan was not possible. Sat with Manju, the sons, Vinu and Vishnu and the brother-in-law, Vijayan and his wife and updated on Mohan's medical bulletin. A 'peg' has been put in place in his abdomen, earlier today, so that he could be given more substantial food in liquid form, though - a sure sign of improvement in his condition! He was made to sit on a chair for 45' in today's session of physiotherapy. He now opens both his eyes and reacts to the others' conversations by a twitch of his lips. He responds only to the sounds and sights of the left side.
We'd wound up the office and were home bound, when Pannian Ravindran sir had called us for a visit to the house of Mr. Sudhakaran, the PWD minister regarding the installation of Muthachhan's statue. What struck me was the simplicity of the minister and his wife, their hospitality. She'd inquired as to whether sugar was required in our tea and brought us tasty banana chips, made by her. It was an interesting session for over an hour or so and at the end of it, we're seen off at the door by the minister, himself. A rare sight, these days for sure, as power has not eclipsed the niceties meant for the guests. No wonder he was my Muthachhan's favourite!
It was a late evening and the dinner and interaction with Ammayi and Chambu was nice.
Tailpiece.
The two day workshop for the students at Kottayam has been reduced to a single day because of an earlier 'vehicular bandh' call in the district - it has since been called off. So, the Sunday is gonna be really a tight affair!
The journey was uneventful except for the fact that the train was late and fetched up at a half past 3 in Thiruvananthapuram. In fact, most of the trains were late which I came to know is a daily phenomenon. Is the railways really finding it difficult to run its trains on time? Meanwhile, Lekha had left for Rema's place, at Palakkad, by the 0950 low floor bus.
Manu had picked me up and I was at the Foundation soon after. It was great to be back with Maman and his staff as usual. By about a half past 5, I'd picked up Suresh Laxman and Sindhu on my way to the KIMS, to look up Mohanachandran's family. Since they allowed only one visitor per person into the ICU, to avoid any sort of infection, seeing Mohan was not possible. Sat with Manju, the sons, Vinu and Vishnu and the brother-in-law, Vijayan and his wife and updated on Mohan's medical bulletin. A 'peg' has been put in place in his abdomen, earlier today, so that he could be given more substantial food in liquid form, though - a sure sign of improvement in his condition! He was made to sit on a chair for 45' in today's session of physiotherapy. He now opens both his eyes and reacts to the others' conversations by a twitch of his lips. He responds only to the sounds and sights of the left side.
We'd wound up the office and were home bound, when Pannian Ravindran sir had called us for a visit to the house of Mr. Sudhakaran, the PWD minister regarding the installation of Muthachhan's statue. What struck me was the simplicity of the minister and his wife, their hospitality. She'd inquired as to whether sugar was required in our tea and brought us tasty banana chips, made by her. It was an interesting session for over an hour or so and at the end of it, we're seen off at the door by the minister, himself. A rare sight, these days for sure, as power has not eclipsed the niceties meant for the guests. No wonder he was my Muthachhan's favourite!
It was a late evening and the dinner and interaction with Ammayi and Chambu was nice.
Tailpiece.
The two day workshop for the students at Kottayam has been reduced to a single day because of an earlier 'vehicular bandh' call in the district - it has since been called off. So, the Sunday is gonna be really a tight affair!
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