We'd got up at a quarter to 5 as Mini and family were preparing to kick off for Bangalore after their five day sojourn at Raj Nivas. Had to ease my Chevy out of the gate to let their car move freely on to the road. And by about a 10' past 5, they'd set off for their destination via Thenmala. Chakkara Baby was the first visitor and I gave him Rs.100/-.
Had spent time with my dad and mom at their grave site. It was a great feeling to be there as I gave them a briefing about our short stay!
We'd continued with our sleep and had got up later, the chores and by the time we'd gone to Padmakumar's house it was 10 AM. It was nice to meet Pidavoor Amma after almost 9 months. After a short conversation with her and a lovely and filling breakfast, we were off to Karthika's place by about a half past 10. The Kollam-Chenkotta road was as mad as ever as we passed through in the peak hours. Padmakumar and Rema were with us.
We reached Karthika's place by a quarter past 11 and met her dad, Byju, mom, Ambili and younger brother, Kiran. She was at her talkative best - in fact, all of them were! It was decided that the wedding of Achu and Karthika will take place on 02 May 2021. About 45' later, we took leave of them and headed straight for the Tayabji Hospital at Paravoor and reached there around 1 o'clock.
Kala and Vijayan Kurup, the nurse-in-attendance, were there. Kurup kochachhan was lying on his back, not registering anything, his eyes wide open and the mouth, open too. It was a sad sight! I'd called him out and patted his face, his bald pate and his chest. He slowly, fixed his gaze at me and and I knew, at that instant, that he was registering me in his brain!
We were with him for about half an hour and left with a lump in my heart. Hope there's a miracle and he comes back out of this sorry state soon and remains with us for some more time. O God, please, because it's a collective request from the family.
Our return course was shaped by about a half past 3; I'd made errors in turning to Kottarakkara and ended, therefore doing a long, short cut! I'd picked up fuel from the Kottarakkara petrol bunk but could not check the tyre pressure because both the pumps were not serviceable. We reached Pidavoor and had lunch at 4! Took a bit of rest, had tea and left for Raj Nivas at 5.
There were a lot of people who'd dropped by to say hello. Our caretaker was told a series of work to be undertaken in the house before we fetched up by the third week of January. Anand and Letha, Lekha's sister had dropped by and he was handed over his daughter's ear studs. Letha will be joining us tomorrow morning as she's gonna be with us for the next three weeks.
It was a fairly early evening, comparatively.
Tailpiece.
Mini and family had reached their house, at Gottigere, by 2015 hrs. Their journey was hassle free!
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