I feel impelled to recall my memories about Johnychayan and Thangammai. My first encounter with the Kuwait family was when we met them in Theepany during our summer vacations . We always got small gifts from Thangammai.
Leela's and mummy's first nylon sari was a gift from Thakammai. Our first Radio (Sony) was a gift from Johnychayan carried to Delhi from Kuwait. Daddy got a pin striped English suit length and finally all women in the Parepedicail family got a 3 sovereign gold bangle each.
Once Thangammai, Johnychayan and Meera came to visit us in Delhi when we were living in Gole Market. We lived in a government bachelor's quarters type of lodging meant for single officers. Daddy had accepted this accommodation for his family of 4. Mummy was so enterprising that she managed this accommodation for another 3 members during their visit. It was not difficult because we slept outside on the lawn in summers.
Johnychayan took us to Moti Mahal restaurant in Kashmiri Gate for a dinner consisting of tandoori chicken, Moti Mahal Urad-dal, Naans and salad. We had such a luxurious meal and lots of fun.
Johnychayan generosity was unbound. When our Eraviperoor house was to be sold because it became difficult for daddy to walk uphill from and to the marketplace from the house, Johnychayan immediately offered his house at Amalloor where ammachy and appachen spent many happy and comfortable years. It became the Tarawad home again, where everyone came for holidays and lived.
I have spent 1.month at Bangalore enjoying Thangammai' s hospitality, when I worked on a Planning Commission of India project with Devaki Jain.
Bobby's and Meera's hospitality, similar to Johnychayan and Thangammai 's is unbound and we always try to take a detour to visit them on our visits to the South.
My childhood was always kind of dominated by this family who lived and worked in Kuwait for the sheik no less.
Leela's and mummy's first nylon sari was a gift from Thakammai. Our first Radio (Sony) was a gift from Johnychayan carried to Delhi from Kuwait. Daddy got a pin striped English suit length and finally all women in the Parepedicail family got a 3 sovereign gold bangle each.
Once Thangammai, Johnychayan and Meera came to visit us in Delhi when we were living in Gole Market. We lived in a government bachelor's quarters type of lodging meant for single officers. Daddy had accepted this accommodation for his family of 4. Mummy was so enterprising that she managed this accommodation for another 3 members during their visit. It was not difficult because we slept outside on the lawn in summers.
Johnychayan took us to Moti Mahal restaurant in Kashmiri Gate for a dinner consisting of tandoori chicken, Moti Mahal Urad-dal, Naans and salad. We had such a luxurious meal and lots of fun.
Johnychayan generosity was unbound. When our Eraviperoor house was to be sold because it became difficult for daddy to walk uphill from and to the marketplace from the house, Johnychayan immediately offered his house at Amalloor where ammachy and appachen spent many happy and comfortable years. It became the Tarawad home again, where everyone came for holidays and lived.
I have spent 1.month at Bangalore enjoying Thangammai' s hospitality, when I worked on a Planning Commission of India project with Devaki Jain.
Bobby's and Meera's hospitality, similar to Johnychayan and Thangammai 's is unbound and we always try to take a detour to visit them on our visits to the South.
My childhood was always kind of dominated by this family who lived and worked in Kuwait for the sheik no less.
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