'Oh'....God...help me...Why I feel the difference...?
Is this the way it will be..? Why I get this feeling..? Is he
different .....? ...Is he 'Special' to me...?
.... "Raji's Diary."....
22nd October..1972..Sunday.....
Triplicane or Thiruvallikeni....the Bachelor's "Paradise."....of Madras[Chennai]...The ever lasting aroma of Sambar Idli at Ratna Cafe...! The disciplined mess of Saidoji Lane.. The friendliest Mithra Bhavan mess... The lovely Marina beach added with colourfull [?] 'chicks'..!!..What else a bachelor can expect..? With 'Cushy' salary ...independent furnished accomadation....no financial necessity to parents ....life is realy enjoyable and I enjoy every moment of my life...
For me everySunday is a hectic day...7.30 to 9.30 ..coaching class for final AMIE...hurried breakfast...rush to Guindy engg. college ...10.30 to 1.30 .. Interior Design course....2.30 to 4.30....Film Institue... and then to my party [communist] office .. till 7 pm.. time flies.... The welcome change is the night dinner at Savithri's house along with Ram,Sebastian and Raji....
Savithri.... the Jahnsi Rani..Mother Therasa.. Indhira Ghandhi..all rolled in one... I adore her for the courage..determination...and the affection to all of us... Having lost her mother at the age 17 wth 2 years younger sister Raji.........a heart patient father ..and no income worth mentioning....I shudder to think what any other girl would have done... But not Savithri...having taken a small nurse's maid job through a distant uncle....she fights.. she fights every day ... the ordeal of life ...for the ..survival...for the sake of the family...
I must thank Ram..my classmate for my aquaitance with Savithri's family.....It is Ram and Sebastian who are helping Savithri financially to some extent ..but this is being done without expecting any return or favour...Their friendship is absolutely nothing physical.. but on the mental plane which ....I doubt whether anyother boys or girls will have such an understanding of friendship ...and that too at the prime of youth .. Eventhough I was not admitted in their 'inner circle' initially... now I am one among them....and Raji is doing her final Bsc in Ethiraj college..at my expense... My offer to meet Raji's education expenses was not accepted by Savithri when Raji got the admission card two years back but it was Ram who persuaded her ....
How long will this will continue...? What is the future for Savithri and Raji...? Who will decide it...?...Questions...Questions...They are always there ..But who knows the answser....?
TVK
[To Be continued....]
Is this the way it will be..? Why I get this feeling..? Is he
different .....? ...Is he 'Special' to me...?
.... "Raji's Diary."....
22nd October..1972..Sunday.....
Triplicane or Thiruvallikeni....the Bachelor's "Paradise."....of Madras[Chennai]...The ever lasting aroma of Sambar Idli at Ratna Cafe...! The disciplined mess of Saidoji Lane.. The friendliest Mithra Bhavan mess... The lovely Marina beach added with colourfull [?] 'chicks'..!!..What else a bachelor can expect..? With 'Cushy' salary ...independent furnished accomadation....no financial necessity to parents ....life is realy enjoyable and I enjoy every moment of my life...
For me everySunday is a hectic day...7.30 to 9.30 ..coaching class for final AMIE...hurried breakfast...rush to Guindy engg. college ...10.30 to 1.30 .. Interior Design course....2.30 to 4.30....Film Institue... and then to my party [communist] office .. till 7 pm.. time flies.... The welcome change is the night dinner at Savithri's house along with Ram,Sebastian and Raji....
Savithri.... the Jahnsi Rani..Mother Therasa.. Indhira Ghandhi..all rolled in one... I adore her for the courage..determination...and the affection to all of us... Having lost her mother at the age 17 wth 2 years younger sister Raji.........a heart patient father ..and no income worth mentioning....I shudder to think what any other girl would have done... But not Savithri...having taken a small nurse's maid job through a distant uncle....she fights.. she fights every day ... the ordeal of life ...for the ..survival...for the sake of the family...
I must thank Ram..my classmate for my aquaitance with Savithri's family.....It is Ram and Sebastian who are helping Savithri financially to some extent ..but this is being done without expecting any return or favour...Their friendship is absolutely nothing physical.. but on the mental plane which ....I doubt whether anyother boys or girls will have such an understanding of friendship ...and that too at the prime of youth .. Eventhough I was not admitted in their 'inner circle' initially... now I am one among them....and Raji is doing her final Bsc in Ethiraj college..at my expense... My offer to meet Raji's education expenses was not accepted by Savithri when Raji got the admission card two years back but it was Ram who persuaded her ....
How long will this will continue...? What is the future for Savithri and Raji...? Who will decide it...?...Questions...Questions...They are always there ..But who knows the answser....?
TVK
[To Be continued....]