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Superintendent of RMS,Madras.My departure from Mysore
would have gone unnoticed but for the enthusiasm shown by
my probationer Sri.G.V.Mohan.He organized a gala band party
at the Divisional Office and took me in a procession up to the
car which was to take me and my family to the railway station.
The last act I performed before I left Mysore was to hand over
to my staff the housing sites I was allotted in my official
capacity by the CITB,Mysore whose Chairman was my batch
mate in Mussoorie, Sri.P.P.Prabhu.After the exciting tenure in

Mysore the tenure in Madras was uneventful except for the
opportunity to work with Mr.C.Ponnurangam,.He became a
regular visitor at my house. I was transferred quickly from one
post to another and I felt working as Assistant Postmaster
General (Staff) was no great sign of recognition but on the
contrary an instance of never ending saga of an overburdened
donkey! My elder sister was now a senior faculty in Stella
Maris College .Thanks to my sister’s invitation to occupy a flat
bought by her in Mylapore I and my wife moved in along with
my mother and younger brother..

As I found the job of APMG (Staff) not challenging enough I
made a request for posting me as Assistant Director General in
the directorate. This time I left for Delhi to take up the new
assignment along with my wife. Our stay in Madras lasted for
10 months. we were still childless and my wife had to bear sly
remarks from our neighbours and my mother’s support to her
daughter in law was not exactly complimentary.

In Delhi I had as my friend,philosopher and guide Sri.Ramanan
a Northern Railway officer in the rank of Deputy Chief
Electrical Engineer. He received us at the New Delhi station
and took us in his car to his quarters on Mathura Road. We
were accommodated for two weeks or so within which time we
could secure rented accommodation in Amar Colony in
Lajpatnagar. The behanji was a good lady reasonable in quoting
rent and the accommodation was a one room set on the ground
floor. I brought my vespa scooter by which the distance to Dak
Tar Bhavan was no great deal. In the summer it was an ordeal
to sleep indoors with only a ceiling fan on and Delhi summer

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