Babu, my classmate in school, and Suma had come to spend the day with us. They've come from Toronto, Canada to oversee the arrangements of their younger daughter's wedding at Kochi, in Aug next year. The last we'd met him was about 61/2 years ago at Guruvayur, when his elder daughter was getting married and sadly, we couldn't attend the function despite having arrived at the venue because of having to get back to Kochi without delay.
He was 307 and I was 519 - our roll numbers at school - because he'd joined school two years ahead of me but we're good friends throughout. There's a disarming simplicity in his thoughts and he's very meticulous in his work. His endearing quality was that he couldn't hurt even a fly and was a lovable person to have around, all times.
Though he was maintaining a packed schedule, he'd kept time for us and had dropped by, around tea time, after the 'darshan' at the temple. From then on there was no time to waste as we'd to catch up from where we'd left last and we did just that. The fact that Suma and Lekha had got along famously was an added advantage. Mom was floored by their charm and soon, we're sidelined in the conversation as she'd taken center stage, and no, we didn't mind it a wee bit!
The beauty of being with them was that I could go out for my evening walk and pick up sundries that Lekha had wanted me to fetch, prior to the dinner. He was very keen to know about many of our classmates and I was only happy to brief him on almost everyone barring seven among us. That incidentally reminds me that they've to be contacted and cajoled to attend the grand get together that we're organising next Dec.
Tailpiece.
A lovely walk down memory lane!
He was 307 and I was 519 - our roll numbers at school - because he'd joined school two years ahead of me but we're good friends throughout. There's a disarming simplicity in his thoughts and he's very meticulous in his work. His endearing quality was that he couldn't hurt even a fly and was a lovable person to have around, all times.
Though he was maintaining a packed schedule, he'd kept time for us and had dropped by, around tea time, after the 'darshan' at the temple. From then on there was no time to waste as we'd to catch up from where we'd left last and we did just that. The fact that Suma and Lekha had got along famously was an added advantage. Mom was floored by their charm and soon, we're sidelined in the conversation as she'd taken center stage, and no, we didn't mind it a wee bit!
The beauty of being with them was that I could go out for my evening walk and pick up sundries that Lekha had wanted me to fetch, prior to the dinner. He was very keen to know about many of our classmates and I was only happy to brief him on almost everyone barring seven among us. That incidentally reminds me that they've to be contacted and cajoled to attend the grand get together that we're organising next Dec.
Tailpiece.
A lovely walk down memory lane!
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