It was literally an early morning get away from Palakkad. Lekha had set the trend as she'd gone through her chores earlier than usual. Ammu and Midhun, though groggy, were thrilled to have us with them after a series of our previous false starts and last minute cancellations. We set off by a 10' past 6, were at Coimbatore and in their flat at the Purva Bluemont, on the Trichy road, by about a half past 7. The drive was smooth and the density of the early morning traffic was conveniently low.
Ammu and Midhun had gone for work immediately after having breakfast, rustled up by them and Lekha. I'd called up my friend, Vaidy and fixed up a lunch meeting and accordingly, fetched up at the quiet, yet elegant Rathna Residency. We'd met up at the Mess of my old establishment, INS Agrani and proceeded from there for the luncheon. It was nice meeting up with Vaidy and Geetha, who insisted upon taking us to their house at Tatabad. After an hour's stay out there, coupled with a hot cup of tea, we returned to Singanallur, based on directions from the Google Maps. I did commit errors and had to do three 'U' turns before fetching up at the destination!
A word about Coimbatore's traffic - it's mad, with the traffic policemen reduced to being mere spectators! One gets unsettled a bit too often with the guys - as well as the gals - overtaking either from your left or right with a gay abandon and mind you, lane traffic is fiction out here....
Ammu and Midhun had returned from work by about a half past 7 in the evening and after a half hour or so, we're off to my niece, Chinnu's house for dinner. Chinnu and Veera have a cute 9 month old daughter, Aaradya who's friendly and ever smiling. It was a nice interaction and the fact was that we're meeting up with Chinnu after her wedding in mid-2015! She seemed to be quite thrilled seeing us and we got to understand Veera better. His outfit recruits candidates for national and international IT companies and it's keeping him busy.
Seeing Agrani and its premises brought wonderful memories of my past association with the establishment. Nothing much has changed which made me feel that there's a time warp in existence. I did drive around on the Race Course road for old times' sake!
Tailpiece.
Mohanachandran's medical bulletin.
"His condition is the same since the last sitrep. The cause of the infection that brings about the frequent bouts of fever is yet to be identified. It could be 'HAI, meaning 'Hospital Acquired Infection', a distinct possibility in the most sterile of hospitals! Manju and her sons, daughters-in-law are anxiously awaiting the steadying up of Mohan's condition to shift him to Vellore for intense physiotherapy". From Suresh Laxman.
Ammu and Midhun had gone for work immediately after having breakfast, rustled up by them and Lekha. I'd called up my friend, Vaidy and fixed up a lunch meeting and accordingly, fetched up at the quiet, yet elegant Rathna Residency. We'd met up at the Mess of my old establishment, INS Agrani and proceeded from there for the luncheon. It was nice meeting up with Vaidy and Geetha, who insisted upon taking us to their house at Tatabad. After an hour's stay out there, coupled with a hot cup of tea, we returned to Singanallur, based on directions from the Google Maps. I did commit errors and had to do three 'U' turns before fetching up at the destination!
A word about Coimbatore's traffic - it's mad, with the traffic policemen reduced to being mere spectators! One gets unsettled a bit too often with the guys - as well as the gals - overtaking either from your left or right with a gay abandon and mind you, lane traffic is fiction out here....
Ammu and Midhun had returned from work by about a half past 7 in the evening and after a half hour or so, we're off to my niece, Chinnu's house for dinner. Chinnu and Veera have a cute 9 month old daughter, Aaradya who's friendly and ever smiling. It was a nice interaction and the fact was that we're meeting up with Chinnu after her wedding in mid-2015! She seemed to be quite thrilled seeing us and we got to understand Veera better. His outfit recruits candidates for national and international IT companies and it's keeping him busy.
Seeing Agrani and its premises brought wonderful memories of my past association with the establishment. Nothing much has changed which made me feel that there's a time warp in existence. I did drive around on the Race Course road for old times' sake!
Tailpiece.
Mohanachandran's medical bulletin.
"His condition is the same since the last sitrep. The cause of the infection that brings about the frequent bouts of fever is yet to be identified. It could be 'HAI, meaning 'Hospital Acquired Infection', a distinct possibility in the most sterile of hospitals! Manju and her sons, daughters-in-law are anxiously awaiting the steadying up of Mohan's condition to shift him to Vellore for intense physiotherapy". From Suresh Laxman.
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