The day had begun with a slight drizzle. The caretaker had brought the morning tea from his house which was stimulating. The figure-of-8-walk for half an hour, reciting my prayers was followed by a wash down of the Chevy. Soon after, piping hot breakfast of dosas and chutney came in from the hotel nearby - the Raj Nivas kitchen has not been activated this time!
Rema, Lekha and I were off to be at the Thalavoor Upper Primary school by a half past 10. Its Headmistress, Lissy teacher, welcomed us with her familiar warmth. The sad part is that I shall be missing her lively presence from the next year's Reading Day celebrations because she's gonna retire in end Mar '19. Thazhvara Gopi, another distinguished guest, was felicitated along with yours truly and I saluted his grit and courage because despite his physical weakness after a stroke, he was there to participate in the function since he was an ardent follower of PN Panicker.
Rakesh, the Panchayat President, had inaugurated the function and it was a well attended function. He paid a flattering mention of my activities. It was nice interacting with the children. The books worth Rs.7,500/-(Though the contributed amount was five grand, the school gets another two and a half grand worth of books as commission!) were handed over to the headmistress. Later, she took us around the library and I saw the photographs showing mom lighting the lamp during the first edition of the ceremony, in honour of dad kept at the library's activity corner.
We were back at home for lunch and a short break. Prasanna, the Headmistress of the Kura Government school had earlier informed me that the school's committee had not bought the books and would like to conduct the ceremony on 05 Jul. I would have to make another trip because the school's convenience to conduct the activity had to be taken note of and I didn't want the books to be bought hastily.
We reached Padmakumar's house by about a half past 4 to look up Pidavoor Amma. At 92, she was as lively and agile as ever with a fund of interesting anecdotes. After spending time with her, we'd set off back to Raj Nivas but not before the old lady had ensured that a whole lot of her garden produce were stacked up in the boot!
It was a quiet evening, thereafter, with the three of us in conversation. The caretaker was there with us for a while giving us interesting inputs of our little village..
Tailpiece.
A Jack fruit tree, on the compound, was cut and stacked away into small logs for future use. It has been stowed within the old cattle shelter. The rain has battered the house but the leaks within the house seem to have reduced, probably because of the shifting of the tiles on the roof due to the heavy winds.
Rema, Lekha and I were off to be at the Thalavoor Upper Primary school by a half past 10. Its Headmistress, Lissy teacher, welcomed us with her familiar warmth. The sad part is that I shall be missing her lively presence from the next year's Reading Day celebrations because she's gonna retire in end Mar '19. Thazhvara Gopi, another distinguished guest, was felicitated along with yours truly and I saluted his grit and courage because despite his physical weakness after a stroke, he was there to participate in the function since he was an ardent follower of PN Panicker.
Rakesh, the Panchayat President, had inaugurated the function and it was a well attended function. He paid a flattering mention of my activities. It was nice interacting with the children. The books worth Rs.7,500/-(Though the contributed amount was five grand, the school gets another two and a half grand worth of books as commission!) were handed over to the headmistress. Later, she took us around the library and I saw the photographs showing mom lighting the lamp during the first edition of the ceremony, in honour of dad kept at the library's activity corner.
We were back at home for lunch and a short break. Prasanna, the Headmistress of the Kura Government school had earlier informed me that the school's committee had not bought the books and would like to conduct the ceremony on 05 Jul. I would have to make another trip because the school's convenience to conduct the activity had to be taken note of and I didn't want the books to be bought hastily.
We reached Padmakumar's house by about a half past 4 to look up Pidavoor Amma. At 92, she was as lively and agile as ever with a fund of interesting anecdotes. After spending time with her, we'd set off back to Raj Nivas but not before the old lady had ensured that a whole lot of her garden produce were stacked up in the boot!
It was a quiet evening, thereafter, with the three of us in conversation. The caretaker was there with us for a while giving us interesting inputs of our little village..
Tailpiece.
A Jack fruit tree, on the compound, was cut and stacked away into small logs for future use. It has been stowed within the old cattle shelter. The rain has battered the house but the leaks within the house seem to have reduced, probably because of the shifting of the tiles on the roof due to the heavy winds.
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