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was somewhere around Rs. One lakh.Within four days my
Superintendent successfully returned to Coimbatore with
required quantity of white printing paper. Not only did I take a
risk in issuing a cheque in advance of the transaction but my
Superintendent too risked driving in a truck from Coimbatore
to Bhadravathi- a distance of 400 odd miles to and fro. I
thanked Sri.M.Jayaraman.M.A the PSD Superintendent
profusely and made suitable entries in his confidential records.
Towards the end of 1973 accepting my invitation to
inaugurate Philatelic Exhibition sponsored by the Business
community in Coimbatore Sri.Rabi Ray,
Member(development) P&T Board came down to
Coimbatore. After the inauguration he planned to visit Postal
Training Centre ,Mysore .It was with great pleasure I took
Sri.Ray by may car to Ooty and thence to Mysore. While he
returned direct from Mysore to Delhi via Bangalore I returned
to Coimbatore.
I become a father:
My wife was happy with the new set up of office close to
quarters. I had an unexpected guest when
Sri.S.K.Parthasarathy from the Directorate visited my
office .I was happy to invite him for lunch and my wife
played a perfect host .Somehow I felt changes for the
better were around .In the early part of 197 there were
symptoms of my wife’s confinement. True! I was going to
become father after 8 years of marriage! I was consulting
Dr.Isaiya a popular gynaecologist and her nursing home
was near my office. My office assistant Sri.Sridhar was of
great help to me buying things like vegetables, grocery,
etc.He used to prefer Krishna Iyer hotel near the CTO for
bringing dosa which my wife liked.When she developed
pain on a Sunday I took my wife safely in may car and
admitted my wife in the Isaiah nursing home .Within two
hours of admission my wife delivered a baby girl. I was so
happy when I heard the child cry and little did I anticipate
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