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memories of my childhood ‘’[ 16 ]
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One evening
when we were playing out in the yard, two ladies ;two bulky ladies wearing
saree in a different way…covering their heads came home.They straight away went
to the kitchen side.When their saree slipped down we noticed that their heads
were shaven ,and brother told me that they were widows and that was why their
heads were shaven.As soon as Sreedharan
Saw
them he came out and directed them to the
dining hall.When we went there the two ladies were working in the dining room, and grandma was sitting
on a chair.Sreedharan was asisting them.We were chased out.
When we
gotup in the next morning the ladies
were gone and the dining table was full of different type of chips and
sweets.Grandma told that these eatables
were made to
send to our brother…in…law,who was all alone in Singapore.
After some
time mummy and grandma with the help of uncle ,packed all these
things
neatly; kept it in box and sealed.It was sent to Singapore to my brother in
law.But after a month or so it came back; without delivering to the
addresse.The second world war broke out and so all communications were stopped. export,as well as
Import
;every thing came to a standstill.My sister held her baby tightly to her chest
and wept.Mummy and grandma tried to pacify her. One of these days
there was a
news in the news paper that the place where my sister and brother in law stayed
were bombarded and conquered .The people who survived were put in jail and tortured.Letter sent to him also returned
without delivering.In those days radios
were very rare …at times the rescue volunteers used to announce the names of the
people who were alive.My sister
without
mingling with others stayed in her room holding the baby and weep..
One day dad
got an information that my brother in law Sivom’s name waes also included in the
list of announcement. The next day my sister ,uncle and myself went to see a
lady a little far away from our house.We
travelled in a country
boat and I enjoyed the journey. at that moment I missed my brother a lot.
We reached there by noon .She was also a young
lady like my sister and had a baby girl of two or three years old.Her husband
was also in Singapore.As soon as they saw each other they hugged;and the
hugging ended in weeping.After that there were no news about my brother in
law Sivom for a long time.
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ReplyDeleteThanks Ajit.kindly point out my mistakes also.Hope you have seen the 15 nth part
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