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enroute Sravana belagola I found there was very little time to
complete inspection and climb the few hundred steps on the hill
leading to the giant statue of Gomateswara .So I in my broken
Canarese exhorted the postmaster to submit accounts and records
fast as I was short of time!.The postmaster who was already
bewildered by the unannounced visit became further nervous and
somehow or other he showed all the records and the accounts were
in order.

My wife is very much in love with flowers and generally the
greenery. We were lucky to get a small frontage to our house in
Lakshmipuram.My wife bought from Horticultural Society seeds
of various flowers, She planted them in our small garden and in no
time blossomed flowers of multifarious hues like Dahlia, Asters
,Zinnia,Chrysanthemum,Begonia,Salvia.There was a riot of
colors’ was given additional duty of waking up at slightest noise
of stray cattle straying into our compound and attempting to graze
the plants..So when Dussera season arrived my wife’s enthusiasm
took wings as she was eager to show the plants grown by her in
our compound at the Flower Show organized by Dussera Festival
Committee headed by the district collector. No wonder my wife’s
exhibit was adjudged the best exhibit and my wife received from
the hands of Karnataka Governor the First Prize. From now on my
wife’s enthusiasm to acquire plants and nourish them became her
second nature wherever we were transferred .Though it was going
to be 2 years since we married in September,1966 we were not
blessed with addition to the family. This provided an alibi for the
neighbors to pass harrowing remarks concerning my wife. But
my wife suffered in silence and remained stoic and never lost her
grip over our domestic reins and piloted the ship safely. I would
empathise with her each time she used to pass through her painful
monthly periods with great self control and my afternoon visit to
house from office was to give her relief from brooding over the
situation. I used to bring for her dosas from our favorite canteen
remembering her distaste for the usual food cooked by her! I even
now remember how scalding her tears were and I unable to bear

her agony would lend my company in this lachrymose event. As if
to find solace among the flowers in our little garden my wife

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