Lekha, Rema and I left by the Guruvayur-Edamon Passenger - which was late by about 20' as it had to wait for the Madras Egmore - Guruvayur Express - for Thalavoor to spend some time with Mohanan's family. The journey was free of all untoward incidents, as the three of us talked our way through it about various things.
Vijayan, the caretaker, was of a great help in that he'd organised a vehicle for us to be picked up at the Kuri Halt station, transport us to Mohanan's house and also finally, to return to the Kottarakkara road transport corporation bus stand for our onward journey to Kollam.
The 45' that we spent with Mohanan's wife, Rajamma and daughter, Maya were poignant as we exchanged notes about him. We couldn't meet his son, Manu, as he was away inviting people for the Sunday's 'sanchayanam' ceremony. Rajamma's ailment is in remission and she is on a maintenance dosage and is looking good.
I spent a few minutes at his grave site reliving those wonderful times that we'd spent together. Thankfully, the spell of rain had taken a break and we could move around freely though we're armed with our umbrellas, just in case! Raj Nivas looked quiet with the leakage of the eastern verandah shipping in a lot of rain water that's, of course, going harmlessly down the drain.
Hope I get positive news from the bank, this week, so that the truss work could be undertaken without delay. I'd spent a few minutes at my parents' grave sites, too, apprising them about the purpose of our short visit.....grass has started growing wild and will require a trim shortly.
We could get a bus for Kollam without wait but the mad traffic snarl in front of the Kottarakkara bus stand held us there for at least about 15'. After reaching the Kollam railway station, we'd a snack and coffee and had to wait an hour for our train to fetch up. Since Paulson had done the reservation, all we needed to do was to occupy the seats on the train's arrival though we'd to walk some distance to our coach as I'd wrongly appreciated its position from the engine. I avoid such silly mistakes to let Lekha have minimum stretches to walk but today, I'd erred.
We'd begun our return journey about half an hour late from the scheduled departure.
Tailpiece.
A trip that was required to be made and thankfully, it was done without much of a delay!
Vijayan, the caretaker, was of a great help in that he'd organised a vehicle for us to be picked up at the Kuri Halt station, transport us to Mohanan's house and also finally, to return to the Kottarakkara road transport corporation bus stand for our onward journey to Kollam.
The 45' that we spent with Mohanan's wife, Rajamma and daughter, Maya were poignant as we exchanged notes about him. We couldn't meet his son, Manu, as he was away inviting people for the Sunday's 'sanchayanam' ceremony. Rajamma's ailment is in remission and she is on a maintenance dosage and is looking good.
I spent a few minutes at his grave site reliving those wonderful times that we'd spent together. Thankfully, the spell of rain had taken a break and we could move around freely though we're armed with our umbrellas, just in case! Raj Nivas looked quiet with the leakage of the eastern verandah shipping in a lot of rain water that's, of course, going harmlessly down the drain.
Hope I get positive news from the bank, this week, so that the truss work could be undertaken without delay. I'd spent a few minutes at my parents' grave sites, too, apprising them about the purpose of our short visit.....grass has started growing wild and will require a trim shortly.
We could get a bus for Kollam without wait but the mad traffic snarl in front of the Kottarakkara bus stand held us there for at least about 15'. After reaching the Kollam railway station, we'd a snack and coffee and had to wait an hour for our train to fetch up. Since Paulson had done the reservation, all we needed to do was to occupy the seats on the train's arrival though we'd to walk some distance to our coach as I'd wrongly appreciated its position from the engine. I avoid such silly mistakes to let Lekha have minimum stretches to walk but today, I'd erred.
We'd begun our return journey about half an hour late from the scheduled departure.
Tailpiece.
A trip that was required to be made and thankfully, it was done without much of a delay!
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