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Mrs.Reddy till the mischief monger were isolated and dealt with
as per law.

A thousand moons – Chapter VI

My Wife:

The first visual of my wife busy with the house sprucing apparatus
and wearing a puzzled expression on her face simultaneously her
eyes assessing me standing on her house threshold is engraved in
my mind as fresh as I first saw her. My sister her husband and I
were to see the girl and meet her parents in Mannargudi an
agricultural town rich with paddy fields and coconut trees. We
were slightly ahead of the meeting schedule, hence the
unpreparedness of the inmates. I should say it was my would be
partner in life that approved of me rather than myself choosing
her for my life’s journey.Her face looked then as ever serene and
of course beautiful if beauty is a quality which compels one to
take another look not content with first look!

I succeeded to secure the parents’ concurrence for the girl’s hand
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in marriage.Bhama, for that was her name became my wife on 7
September 1966.Though I might have fancied a function in a
spacious marriage hall in Madras I could none the less feel happy
to be the object of festivities which included a ride on elephant
specially commandeered from the temple for the occasion! Our

first journey by car with my parents giving company was quite
memorable with my wife’s warmth and floral fragrance
transporting me to another world. We travelled via Trichy, Erode
and Satyamangalam before crossing the Tamil Nadu Mysore
border and reaching Mysore in comfort before nightfall.

My wife was always particular that when I went on inspection

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