Dear friends
My darling wife, Jayalakshmi (called Chellam)who was
an expert in chanting Narayaneeyam, Bhagawatham, Sundara kandam,
Thirupugazh etc etc ,a great expert in
embroidery and crochet and all sorts
of hand work and super cook is no more with me and Who was my everything
is no more with me
She suffered from cancer
for two years and our daughter Meera ,
With whom I lived went
on struggling and devoting all her time ,
so that her
amma could be
with her again .When her
mother became
serious she
took half day leave from her job and when she
became more
serious she took one
month leave without pay
Our son Ramesh
who is working inFlorida
came four times in a year to see her
and help his
sister and mother.He worked
hard to get his mother cured
My grand daughters Maithree and
Yamini, Set apart all their
time to make her happy
And came several
times during the year to make
their ammamma happy and see her smile
My Daughter in
law Sangeetha and grand sons Rohan and Rahul came
and stayed with her
for a long time
and made her happy
My son in law
venkatesan was more like a son to both of us and struggled
equally hard to get
her cured
Each and every one of us
miss her and crying within our
heart
My chellam
would have reached
the heaven of the feet of Guruvayurappan,
I wrote:-
My golden Chellam , you were my
only companion and friend
And I I always felt like singing . “Jaya reme ,
Manorame , mama dehi Karavalambam*”.
And even without that singing , you knew that
without you,
I was not even a big zero but a
tiny , tiny nothing,
But you did not mind for you became
to me ,
Friend , nurse , guide , manager and a
psychotherapist,
And you did not mind all these
jobs ,
For you wanted to be my everything till
both of us part.
You did go
away my
precious wife who was my
everything
Leaving me alone
but in the care of our daughter and son,
And in the loving
nest of our
grand daughters,
And I would
live with you in mind , till god calls
me back.
Raja thatha/PR
Ramachander
Once I wrote about
her
You were sweet Mummy to my kids , capable
nurse to my parents,
Great manager of all my affairs
including wealth ,
A wonderful cook , whom I could not miss even
for a day,
And teacher and
trainer to my kids when they grew up,
But I was just another
scientist and nothing else .
Parents mine and that of yours bid farewell
when their time came,
And the kids in our home
developed wings and flew away,
Leaving both of us in the
lonely hellish nest that we are in today,
And my office decided that this oldie
is of no use and should retire.
and friend
My golden Chellam , you were my
only companion and friend
And I I always felt like singing . “Jaya reme ,
Manorame , mama dehi Karavalambam*”.
And even without that singing , you knew that
without you,
I was not even a big zero but a
tiny , tiny nothing,
But you did not mind for you became
to me ,
Friend , nurse , guide , manager and a
psychotherapist,
And you did not mind all these
jobs ,
For you wanted to be my everything till
both of us part.
You did go
away my
precious wife who was my
everything
Leaving me alone
but in the care of our daughter and son,
And in the loving
nest of our
grand daughters,
And I would
live with you in mind , till god calls
me back.