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would lose herself amidst the smiling begonia and rollicking
dahlias! She would find in these plants a source of soothing balm
to her agonized soul .

At Bangalore where I had opportunity to serve as Chief Postmaster
General the gardeners became her best friends and chief among
them was Narayana who staked his life and soul to enhance the
beauty of General Post Office garden and also incidentally our
garden in the CPMG Quarters! By then we became parents of two
nice children both of whom have lent lustre to my family. But my
wife was neither too elated when she bore children nor pessimistic
when we were on dry patch!

My wife never was enamoured of jewellery as well as silk and
other fineries. She was simplistic in her attire .Flamboyance was
anathema to her and loud voice intolerable. She was never
demonstrative of either happiness or sadness. She would manage
with what funds I used to bring home by way of salary and she
would never be parsimonious in her role as a host. No one who
visit us was sent away without atleast a steaming cup of coffee.
The servant maids who would visit our quarters for cleaning etc
used to be surprised at my wife’s easy mixing habits and absence
of standoff or haughty demeanor.

It was Coimbatore where I was posted as Director that revealed my
wife’s comparatively relaxed style of living. It was also
Coimbatore which made us parents .Beyond comparison within
family circles I begot a lovely daughter and God was at work in
helping us produce a happy result of genetic engineering which is
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one aspect of marriage! The date 8 September 1974 ,8 years after
our marriage was consummated , has enduring significance in our
life. My wife and I visited several Hindi movies like Bobby and the
taste in seeing and enjoying Hindi movies grew in my wife and this
prepared her for more hectic life in Bombay where I was to proceed
in a year’s time. We acquired a new Fiat car and made tour of
Nilgiris by car a number of times.

Providence guided me in planning my life .Within a few months of

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