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Strength ……..This is the word that springs first to my mind . His strengths were

in numerous but I am not referring to them but the strength he gave me to live my own life. This he
did not do via any sermonising but simply by living the life he did and being the best role model
one could ever have.

I do not claim to even have even a quarter of his character and resolve but whenever I have been
in the crossroad of my life and had to face what then appeared as unsurmountable obstacles it is
that strength that helped me move on. Even today if I need to make any important decision in my
life I pause to think – “ what would he have done?” . If I can tick that box I know in my heart that I
have been true to my values and beliefs.

I do not miss you Appa as you live , both in me and in amma and will continue to guide us and
love us until we meet again,. My only wish is that every life I have hereafter you both continue to
come back as my parents.

Malini Venkat, Daughter

Honesty ………One word that comes to mind when you think of K,N.Venkataraman-
Honest. There are not many people who have this virtue

Venkatji and my father used to go to the Indian consulate regularly to read the newspapers.
For this they took public transport. My father had prematurely greyed completely and looked
65 years old though in reality he was not . The drivers of the bus automatically gave both of
them a concession ticket but Venkatji always corrected them and insisted on them charging
my dad the full amount. This was a source of great annoyance to my father but we all had a
good laugh when he related the incident to us as it was so typical of Venkatji.

That is how honest a man he was. I have all the respect for him & his honesty

Uma Sekhar, Daughter’s sister-in-law