 
The first photo this time is a group photo of my in-laws taken about 22 years ago (in Raghu's wedding, I think). The second photo is of Ramesh and the next is of Rahul.
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Hello Hello, everyone, Welcome to my Newsletter for April 2002. Sometimes I wonder whether anybody except Prasad, Raghu & Vidya reads it. Anyway, I follow the principle enunciated in Bhagvad Gita and do my duty, without expecting any acknowledgment. All the usual features are available this time too. The realatives' section has Kausalya's article, which appeared in The Hindu in March. There was a lot of demand from relatives for Prasad's article 'One Grandfather - Two Anecdotes'. So I printed copies which were read and appreciated by a large number of relatives. Parthasarathy GREETINGS HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN APRIL to Sunandini on 6th ,Varadachari on 10th , R.Narasimhan on 13th, Chitra on 20th , Mukund on 21st , Radhika on 24th & Shoba on 25th HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN APRIL to Chooda & Srinivasan on 23rd & Chitra & Sudharshan on 28th |
MARCH DIARY (from 8th March to 3rd April) After returning from Jabalpur, I handed over charge on 8th March in Mumbai and came here by the morning flight of 11th. I assumed charge here on 11th. I am still in the process of getting used to Chennai. A few first impressions are penned here. Chennai is more colourful with lot more posters, flags and writing on the wall than Mumbai. The retail stores are better here, with Foodworld and Subiksha practically on every important street. So are the browsing centres and the hotels. The quality of officers and staff is same except that my stenos were better in Mumbai in all the organisations. I feel that Mumbai is better in five respects, viz., better weather, better quality of water, more disciplined road traffic, no power failures and no mosquitoes (in our house). Chennai is better in most other respects. Talking of road discipline, I must mention about the latest addition to Chennai roads- the three-wheeler goods carrier with motor-cycle wheels, which does not obey any rules and which Raghu calls the 3-wheeler Rakshasan. I do not know how a developed city tolerates this transport. The period from 20th March has been a busy one for me. Immediately on hearing the news of Athimber's death, I was able to arrange for Amritha to come here by the next available flight, only due to help from my ex-colleagues. Thankfully she made it before the cremation. Raghu came on 22nd and stayed till the night of 2nd April. The religious rites were done from 28th March to 1st April in Besant Nagar (upto 31st March) and in Santhanam's house on 1st April. On 23rd, my mother-in-law, Amritha, Raghu and I moved to the Tiruvanmiyur flat after getting it cleaned up. We were there till 3rd, when Hema left for Ussoor. Jaya Akka (my mother-in-law ) is now in T.Nagar and Amritha is with me in ICF Guest House. She will stay with her sisters for a few days and we will leave for Mumbai on 12th. Officially also I was busy in meeting people and also since a lot of VIPs including the Minister visited ICF in March/April. After a long time, I am having 6-day (or rather, 5 and 1/2 days) week, as ICF works half-aday on all Saturdays. |
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