The day had begun at 3, this morning when we'd gone through our chores and the four of us - Padmakumar, Rema, Lekha and I - had set off for Payyannur. We'd young Appu behind the wheel to ensure our arrival at the destination, by 1100 hrs, to avoid embarrassment for the boy, Midhun's folks. A word about Midhun - he and Ammu had first met at Manipal within the premises of the banking training center and Cupid had done the needful.
We left Palakkad at 20' past 4 and had hit the highway that had sparse traffic at that time of the day. After a sumptuous breakfast at an eatery on the bypass to the town of Kozhikode at a half past 7, we'd resumed our onward journey and reached Payyannur by 7' past 11. Ammu's dad and her uncle had already fetched up in the morning - the former, from Bangalore and the latter, from Ayoor! Without much ado, a vehicle had taken us straight to Midhun's mother's uncle's place to discuss and finalise the details of the forthcoming events.
Accordingly, we'd arrived at a common decision for the engagement ceremony to take place at 29 Jan '17 at Guruvayur (Midhun's mom had expressed a desire to have one ceremony at Guruvayur while Ammu's mom wanted to have the other at the Thrikkonnamarkodu devi's temple at my parents' place) and the wedding to be solemnised at the temple near my parents' house! The exact date of the wedding shall be decided at the engagement ceremony from the window of 16 Apr to 15 May after taking everyone's point of view and their availability. After having decided on the essentials, we'd joined Midhun's family, for breaking the ice, over a high tea. The entire sequence of events had not taken more than an hour.
We'd lunch at a hotel nearby and by a half past 2, embarked on our return trip.The traffic was less, compared to that of a working day but tragedy struck while negotiating the early stretch of the Kozhikode bypass when Appu had gathered sufficient speed to overtake a vehicle, that was caught by the 'Doppler' of a mobile Police Control Room. The circle inspector, at the spot, showed 'benevolence' to Appu - seeing his demeanour but refused to accept the simple fact that a bit of acceleration was required for overtaking and therefore, the burst of speed justified - by fining him Rs.300/- instead of the customary Rs.1,000/-, wonder why? I refused to reason it out with him because the policeman's explanation had failed to satisfy me.
The return journey took more time, in that, we reached back at my sister's place by about 2130 hrs. After settling down at home we'd worked out a rough calculation on the expenses in connection with Ammu's impending marriage.
........A day well spent. I think I can be happy on my first assignment as the patriarch of the family because everyone said so.
Tailpiece.
(a) There were calls, messages and What'sApp initiatives from friends and relatives with wishes on the occasion of the Navy Day.
(b) Will be staying with Jojy and Saly for the first day of our stay at Kochi.
We left Palakkad at 20' past 4 and had hit the highway that had sparse traffic at that time of the day. After a sumptuous breakfast at an eatery on the bypass to the town of Kozhikode at a half past 7, we'd resumed our onward journey and reached Payyannur by 7' past 11. Ammu's dad and her uncle had already fetched up in the morning - the former, from Bangalore and the latter, from Ayoor! Without much ado, a vehicle had taken us straight to Midhun's mother's uncle's place to discuss and finalise the details of the forthcoming events.
Accordingly, we'd arrived at a common decision for the engagement ceremony to take place at 29 Jan '17 at Guruvayur (Midhun's mom had expressed a desire to have one ceremony at Guruvayur while Ammu's mom wanted to have the other at the Thrikkonnamarkodu devi's temple at my parents' place) and the wedding to be solemnised at the temple near my parents' house! The exact date of the wedding shall be decided at the engagement ceremony from the window of 16 Apr to 15 May after taking everyone's point of view and their availability. After having decided on the essentials, we'd joined Midhun's family, for breaking the ice, over a high tea. The entire sequence of events had not taken more than an hour.
We'd lunch at a hotel nearby and by a half past 2, embarked on our return trip.The traffic was less, compared to that of a working day but tragedy struck while negotiating the early stretch of the Kozhikode bypass when Appu had gathered sufficient speed to overtake a vehicle, that was caught by the 'Doppler' of a mobile Police Control Room. The circle inspector, at the spot, showed 'benevolence' to Appu - seeing his demeanour but refused to accept the simple fact that a bit of acceleration was required for overtaking and therefore, the burst of speed justified - by fining him Rs.300/- instead of the customary Rs.1,000/-, wonder why? I refused to reason it out with him because the policeman's explanation had failed to satisfy me.
The return journey took more time, in that, we reached back at my sister's place by about 2130 hrs. After settling down at home we'd worked out a rough calculation on the expenses in connection with Ammu's impending marriage.
........A day well spent. I think I can be happy on my first assignment as the patriarch of the family because everyone said so.
Tailpiece.
(a) There were calls, messages and What'sApp initiatives from friends and relatives with wishes on the occasion of the Navy Day.
(b) Will be staying with Jojy and Saly for the first day of our stay at Kochi.
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