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as Deputy Secretary in the Atomic Energy Commission at
Bombay.

Thanks to my wife’s magnanimity I decided to shift to
Bombay along with my unemployed sister first intending to
take my wife and daughter later within a month. Soon after
joining the new office I was able to arrange a counselor’s job
for my sister in Tata Memorial Centre, Parel where my sister
as a stop gap measure could spend time usefully besides

picking up experiece. Meanwhile I got my sister’s name and
qualification registered in employment exchange. In a few
weeks’ time my sister got a job as Group C employee in
Sorting Division at Byculla in Maharashtra circle. Meanwhile
my wife and daughter arrived. I got my daughter who is now
2 years old admitted in a Montessori School called Krishna
Montessori School located in Surya Flats just opposite my
quarters .I found great pleasure to walk my daughter by
holding her tiny hand across the road and safely deposit her in
the class room. My wife too could locate an amenable
Gujarati maid servant who helped her with sweeping and
mopping and cleaning vessels. I joined a car pool in which by
turn the four of us all except me belonging to IAS cadre of
Gujarat and Maharashtra states would fo the driving by
rotation.. I was fortunate to have Sri.Sood as my Under
Secretary for some months before he was given independent
charge.

Driving cars in Bombay required special skills particularly
during monsoon. The traffic was quite fast though orderly and
a lot depended on the good condition of the vehicle. My wife
and I used to visit Nana chowk or Byculla market for
vegetable shopping and Crawford market for buying fruits.
Marine Drive was an exciting experience always. Laxmi
Temple at the end of Bula Bai Desai Road or Warden Road
was a great attraction. Every evening we three would walk up
to the temple and join the aarthi at 7 pm.

At the office the experience was quite new as the subjects to
be examined and proposals to be made were quite

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