The Project Grandparents -VMKC-6

Now there was an addition to our family .Can you  imagine, my mother went into labour at the same hospital ,for a second time  with a gap of ten years and delivered our little brother Ramesh.

My Fauji father, a gem of a man, had got transferred to  a nonfamily station .So again ,we came back to Trivandrum when Ramesh was barely a year old.

We reached to the news of Valliammachi no more.My dad got his posting changed to Shillong.He once again came to take us but Valliachan was dead against us going as in those times naxalbari was very active.

But on cross checking with mom ,she says she was not willing to travel  with the four of us as it would take a week to reach Shillong.For me the former reason holds good even today.

Today, I questioned my mothers decision at having missed the opportunity to see Shillong. 

So we rented out Omana aunty's house.Valliachan joined us.We spent two years with him where my bond grew with him.

Now,I joined sixth std at Kendriya Vidyalaya,Pattom.Sarsi joined Arya Central school first std.Ramesh not yet ready for school ,was at home,Meena continued at Holy Angel's.

For me,it was full excitement.

New friends,new school.Most of the classroom were like sheds with walls mounted with palymra mat or pa as we call.

It was always fun for us giggles and laughter,with flying dusters and punching the palymra making holes so big as for our heads to pass through.

We were not many of us in a class maximum twenty.or some times less.

All friendly girls and boys.

When a teacher was absent we enjoyed running around desks and playing with one person looking out through the hole for Principal madam.

Then it will be hush.

One day we were caught off-guard she grabbed Jacob Thomas neck with the handle of her kalan koda.We were trying to stifle our laughter and that was it.