It's indeed a long day, today, by virtue of the distances covered and people met! I'm behind the wheel and shall fill up on the details on completion of the journey.
Within the tight schedule, I'd squeezed in a visit to my cousin's place at Thiruvananthapuram, to offer my condolences to his wife who'd lost her mother a week earlier. The old lady was languishing for about fourteen years after sustaining a bad fall. The family was well knit, in that, the siblings that consist of two sisters and two brothers had shared the responsibility of looking after their parents. My cousin's wife, though second in the pecking order by virtue of her age, has been looking after the aged parents because of their special affinity towards her! We'd taken leave of them after lunch, upon their insistence as per a custom, that dictated 'feeding' of all people who called on the family to offer their condolences.
Immediately, on return, it's yet another call on similar lines at another cousin's - in our immediate neighbourhood - place. In this case, his wife had lost her 'ma'asi' who was bed ridden for long. What's great is that she'd taken on the onerous task of looking after her mom and two sisters despite the fact that she was working as a teacher in a school nearby! And there were no cribs, she'd taken on the additional responsibility with a smile!
The penultimate function was to call on a family where the wedding of the son was taking place at the same time as that of Lekha's nephew tomorrow. Without ado, I'd sought their permission to attend the wedding in the family after wishing the young man!
And then it was off to the wedding reception, a function that was short and sweet. It was an opportunity to meet up with Lekha's folks after quite a while.
Tailpiece.
As I turned in for the night, pooped by the long drive and the excitement of interacting with many people, sleep came in a jiffy!
Within the tight schedule, I'd squeezed in a visit to my cousin's place at Thiruvananthapuram, to offer my condolences to his wife who'd lost her mother a week earlier. The old lady was languishing for about fourteen years after sustaining a bad fall. The family was well knit, in that, the siblings that consist of two sisters and two brothers had shared the responsibility of looking after their parents. My cousin's wife, though second in the pecking order by virtue of her age, has been looking after the aged parents because of their special affinity towards her! We'd taken leave of them after lunch, upon their insistence as per a custom, that dictated 'feeding' of all people who called on the family to offer their condolences.
Immediately, on return, it's yet another call on similar lines at another cousin's - in our immediate neighbourhood - place. In this case, his wife had lost her 'ma'asi' who was bed ridden for long. What's great is that she'd taken on the onerous task of looking after her mom and two sisters despite the fact that she was working as a teacher in a school nearby! And there were no cribs, she'd taken on the additional responsibility with a smile!
The penultimate function was to call on a family where the wedding of the son was taking place at the same time as that of Lekha's nephew tomorrow. Without ado, I'd sought their permission to attend the wedding in the family after wishing the young man!
And then it was off to the wedding reception, a function that was short and sweet. It was an opportunity to meet up with Lekha's folks after quite a while.
Tailpiece.
As I turned in for the night, pooped by the long drive and the excitement of interacting with many people, sleep came in a jiffy!
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