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towards me. So when the directorate called for facts in the furniture
case he used to heckle me.When there was an attempted shooting by
some political rival of Mr.Maken my PMG would make public of his
vicarious pleasure by enquiring if I carried any rifle and was it not
myself who was found near the VIP?
My transfer to Directorate:
Meanwhile in the postal directorate my services as Director R&D
were required. Thus when I was on leave and visiting temple at a
place called Nachiyar koil the message from the Directorate asking
me to proceed immediately on transfer to Delhi was handed over to
me. I and my family took the morning train and in Chennai I left my
family in the care of my sister and I myself took a flight to Delhi. I
was allotted a postmaster’s quarter in Lajpat nagar Post Office .With
a view to bring my family to Delhi I reached Bangalore in the
evening and took my meal in the vegetarian restaurant. I also got
accommodation in Bangalore – Madras mail. On the following day
the food served in the restaurant t Bangalore city station began to act
on my digestive system. The result was endless visits to toilet and
due to frequent purging I was getting dehydrated. I postponed
admission to a hospital thinking my condition would turn better. But
at night fall I began to develop delirium and got myself admitted to a
hospital just behind my house. The duty doctor could not arrest my
diarrhea and in the early hours of the morning I passed from bad to
worse.The doctors gave up hope and advised her to inform her
relatives ; It was then my wife rose to her full stature. She
telephoned her younger brother who was an MLA in the ruling party
and with his influence and that of Health Minister I was ferried to
the General Hospital. Within a space of 3 or 4 hours my diarrhea
showed signs of abatement. By afternoon I became normal thanks to
some medicine which worked wonders for me. In the meantime my
colleague from circle office came to the hospital on being asked by a
senior officer as to why I had not reached directorate as promised by
me before leaving for Madras. He must have given an account of my
predicament and in a few days’ time Sri.P.S.Raghavachari Member
(Operations) visited me in the ward and satisfied himself that I
would after all return to Directorate shortly!
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