A hectic day.

Got up at 6, lit the lamp, opened up the house and backed it up with the hymns got in bits and pieces on our cellphones as the television would get ready by this afternoon. Went through our chores, was ready by 11 and kicked off for the day's program soon after.

Reached Pulamon junction and turned off to the petrol bunk that I usually go to. Topped up the tank and then the trouble started. The Chevy just refused to start but after a bit of coaxing, it had started up and I drove into the thick of traffic back, towards Pulamon junction, to head for Ayoor.

Disaster struck and it went quiet with no further reaction. Traffic headed for the south were forming up while I'd moved Lekha to the nearby Airtel showroom, so that she could be within the comforts of air conditioned  atmosphere while I grappled with the problem to reach a reasonably quick solution. The following actions were resorted to :-

   * Went to the nearby battery-charging shop and had its proprietor, Yohannaan, to identify the problem He confirms that the battery was bingo. Advises me to go to the mechanic on the lane that passed in front of Lekha's ancestral home.

    * Hopped on to Vipinan's auto rickshaw and headed straight for Bose's automobile workshop and told its proprietor, Monish, about the car's problem. Told him about the requirement of a towing assistance.

    * Along with Monish and the accompanying towing vehicle, our Chevy was taken to Bose's workshop.

     

    *The policeman on the spot, Nandakumar, was impressed and he commended me for accomplishing it so quickly. Jude, the towing vehicle driver charged me Rs.2,500/- for the exercise. 

     * Meanwhile, driver John had come all the way from Thalavoor to take us to Ayoor and onward to Thiruvananthapuram.

By a half past 12, John was our sa'arthi and we headed for Mini's where we had our lunch with Ammu and Sanil attending us. Repair work was on in full swing in the house. 

We reached Thangamani's house at Peyad and met the whole lot of people who were into the final lap of Neethu's (my niece and Appukkuttan kochachhan's granddaughter) by about 4 o'clock. It was nice to interact with each one of them and I told them about my inability to attend the function because of the Foundation's activity at Alappuzha, that day.

We reached Raj Nivas at 9, after dropping Mini at her house in Ayoor, picking up dinner for us and also pulling out some money to sort out the emergency expenses.