We'd got up half an hour late but went through our chores with gusto and were ready on time. The morning routine of walk, prayers and Rangoli was gone through without a hitch and breakfast was colonial, in that, we had porridge, eggs and bananas.
Preetha wasn't coming and therefore, it was Lekha's own show in the kitchen. Ismail had come by in the morning and a fresh stock of fish, cut by him and cleaned by Lekha, was stacked up in the fridge. The prawn fried rice, for lunch, was yummy.
Had the Sunday morning telephonic chat with Achu who had reached his mom at Palakkad last night, from Perundurai. Meanwhile, his dad, Padmakumar has gone visiting his mom at Pidavoor and will return tonight. Mini will start from Bangalore, for Kollam, on the 29th to be on time for Vichani kunjamma's 13th day ceremony on the 1st of Feb.
After having tended his mom - who's down with a fracture of the clavicle and her hand - for about three months, my friend, Commander MJ Paul sir is bracing himself to go to sea. His mother has progressed well and she'll be looked after by his wife, Jaya, during his absence.
The Prime Minister, after landing at INS Garuda, Kochi at around a quarter past 2, had taken off for the BPCL complex at Ambalamukal, for the following:-
(a) Inauguration of the Integrated Refinery Expansion Complex.
(b) Lay the foundation stone for a petrochemical complex at the refinery.
(c) Lay the foundation stone for a Skill Development Institute at Ettumanoor, backed by the
Ministry of Petrochemicals and Natural Gas.
(d) Inauguration of a mounded storage vessel at the LPG bottling plant of the IOC Ltd which
has a total storage capacity of 4,350 metric tonnes.
After that he was in Thrissur at the Thekkinkaadu Maidan for his meeting with the BJP's youth wing. Incidentally, saw my schoolmate, PC Thomas receiving the PM on the tarmac and felt glad.
Saw two movies, back-to-back, Mohanlal's 'Drama' and Dulquar Salman's 'Mahanadi' in the evening. The former was okay - it's all about relationships where an old mother expresses her desire to be buried beside her husband at Kattappana in Idukki before passing away at London and the reluctance her children have to 'spend money on such a wasteful(?) expenditure'! Mahanadi is a biopic on yesteryears' heroine of the tamil movies, the beautiful and talented Savithri Ganesan.
'Drama', starring Mohanlal, was dragging while the 'Mahanadi' was nice, with good performances from Dulquar and Keerthi Suresh. It was a quiet evening, thereafter!
Tailpiece.
Was reminded of my mom's desire to have her laid to rest next to dad's cremation spot at the backyard of Raj Nivas. Though I used to pull her leg saying that dad had told me many-a-time to keep mom as far away from him, as possible, when the time finally arrived I'd no hesitation in taking her back to Raj Nivas.......that was the least I could do for her! Their cremation spots have become a pilgrimage point for all of us!
It's my firm belief that mom and dad's eternal presence at the Raj Nivas is a cosmic truth!
Preetha wasn't coming and therefore, it was Lekha's own show in the kitchen. Ismail had come by in the morning and a fresh stock of fish, cut by him and cleaned by Lekha, was stacked up in the fridge. The prawn fried rice, for lunch, was yummy.
Had the Sunday morning telephonic chat with Achu who had reached his mom at Palakkad last night, from Perundurai. Meanwhile, his dad, Padmakumar has gone visiting his mom at Pidavoor and will return tonight. Mini will start from Bangalore, for Kollam, on the 29th to be on time for Vichani kunjamma's 13th day ceremony on the 1st of Feb.
After having tended his mom - who's down with a fracture of the clavicle and her hand - for about three months, my friend, Commander MJ Paul sir is bracing himself to go to sea. His mother has progressed well and she'll be looked after by his wife, Jaya, during his absence.
The Prime Minister, after landing at INS Garuda, Kochi at around a quarter past 2, had taken off for the BPCL complex at Ambalamukal, for the following:-
(a) Inauguration of the Integrated Refinery Expansion Complex.
(b) Lay the foundation stone for a petrochemical complex at the refinery.
(c) Lay the foundation stone for a Skill Development Institute at Ettumanoor, backed by the
Ministry of Petrochemicals and Natural Gas.
(d) Inauguration of a mounded storage vessel at the LPG bottling plant of the IOC Ltd which
has a total storage capacity of 4,350 metric tonnes.
After that he was in Thrissur at the Thekkinkaadu Maidan for his meeting with the BJP's youth wing. Incidentally, saw my schoolmate, PC Thomas receiving the PM on the tarmac and felt glad.
Saw two movies, back-to-back, Mohanlal's 'Drama' and Dulquar Salman's 'Mahanadi' in the evening. The former was okay - it's all about relationships where an old mother expresses her desire to be buried beside her husband at Kattappana in Idukki before passing away at London and the reluctance her children have to 'spend money on such a wasteful(?) expenditure'! Mahanadi is a biopic on yesteryears' heroine of the tamil movies, the beautiful and talented Savithri Ganesan.
'Drama', starring Mohanlal, was dragging while the 'Mahanadi' was nice, with good performances from Dulquar and Keerthi Suresh. It was a quiet evening, thereafter!
Tailpiece.
Was reminded of my mom's desire to have her laid to rest next to dad's cremation spot at the backyard of Raj Nivas. Though I used to pull her leg saying that dad had told me many-a-time to keep mom as far away from him, as possible, when the time finally arrived I'd no hesitation in taking her back to Raj Nivas.......that was the least I could do for her! Their cremation spots have become a pilgrimage point for all of us!
It's my firm belief that mom and dad's eternal presence at the Raj Nivas is a cosmic truth!
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