We'd just turned off to sleep when Mini, my sister at Bangalore, rang up to tell us that Sanil's youngest brother, Jayan - they're three brothers - had passed into the mist of time a few minutes before. The time was a half past 11. He was in the Amritha Hospital at Kochi for the last week, alternating between the ventilator and the ICU, on account of the cirrhosis of his liver.
He used to drink heavily and at times - seemingly to my mind - drank as though there was no tomorrow. All of 51 years, he leaves behind his wife and two children - a boy and a girl - who're still going through the final years of their education. Sanil has been upset ever since he has heard the news and they're poised to leave for Kollam early morning tomorrow to be in time for the funeral scheduled at 1500 hrs tomorrow.
RIP Jayan. My tears and prayers. May Ponni and the children have the fortitude to tide over these stressful times.
* * *
And here's a news byte that I found interesting.
Justice at last.
In Sep '14, when Sanchayita Yadav was going to a shop in Dum Dum, Calcutta, a biker stopped
in front of them and threw acid on to her face. The liquid had eaten into her skin and she was left,
writhing in pain. The next few months were a nightmare as her widowed mother took loans for
her treatment but she lost her right eye. A case was lodged with the police but it did not progress.
An NGO that helps acid attack victims introduced her to a human rights NGO that helped her
lodge a case with the Calcutta High Court and the probe, finally, began in '17 when her
statement was recorded in front of a Judicial Magistrate's Court.
The culprit has, since, been nabbed from Sonarpur. Justice has finally reached the hapless young
lady. Incidentally, he was her former lover!
I really feel nice!
Tailpiece.
A telecom company has dug up the entrance of our lane, from the main road, to lay new super conductor cables. How these guys manage to do such things beats me.......this shows their couldn't-care-less-attitude towards the common man.
He used to drink heavily and at times - seemingly to my mind - drank as though there was no tomorrow. All of 51 years, he leaves behind his wife and two children - a boy and a girl - who're still going through the final years of their education. Sanil has been upset ever since he has heard the news and they're poised to leave for Kollam early morning tomorrow to be in time for the funeral scheduled at 1500 hrs tomorrow.
RIP Jayan. My tears and prayers. May Ponni and the children have the fortitude to tide over these stressful times.
* * *
And here's a news byte that I found interesting.
Justice at last.
In Sep '14, when Sanchayita Yadav was going to a shop in Dum Dum, Calcutta, a biker stopped
in front of them and threw acid on to her face. The liquid had eaten into her skin and she was left,
writhing in pain. The next few months were a nightmare as her widowed mother took loans for
her treatment but she lost her right eye. A case was lodged with the police but it did not progress.
An NGO that helps acid attack victims introduced her to a human rights NGO that helped her
lodge a case with the Calcutta High Court and the probe, finally, began in '17 when her
statement was recorded in front of a Judicial Magistrate's Court.
The culprit has, since, been nabbed from Sonarpur. Justice has finally reached the hapless young
lady. Incidentally, he was her former lover!
I really feel nice!
Tailpiece.
A telecom company has dug up the entrance of our lane, from the main road, to lay new super conductor cables. How these guys manage to do such things beats me.......this shows their couldn't-care-less-attitude towards the common man.
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