A TRIBUTE TO MY BELOVED GREAT-GRANDFATHER

This is a tribute to my beloved Great-Grandfather & my mother's Grandfather Srinivasan, fondly called as Seenu Thatha.

Seenu Thatha passed away peacefully on 16 September 2014, by 6 pm, at Coimbatore at the age of 86+. 

We never expected this as he was active till recently & down with cold few weeks back... The infection slowly subsided after taking antibiotics. But those antibiotics intake gave the side effects of Jaundice, which was revealed only by blood test. Otherwise he had his own normal appetite. No nausea, vomiting or any other symptoms... 

He was on his own till 13 September 2014. He had a follow up check up on 13th September at one of the city's best hospital, where he got his treatment. Only then he was diagnosed with Jaundice, as the side effects of the antibiotics he was prescribed. Immediately he was admitted as inpatient & treatment continued. He had conscious till 16th Sep noon & spoke to my grandmother (Viji Patti), my grandmother's younger sister (Sundari Paatti) & my grandmother's younger brother (Sama Thatha). He asked them to take him to house. He didn't like his stay in the hospital. But soon he was unconscious &  in the next few hours, he left us all. Death embraced him very quickly. 

Till last month, he washed his clothes all by himself & never let others do this for him... He won't use the washing machine too... would use only his hands to wash. His dhoti & shirt always sparkle like anything... He then used to put starch to his dhoti & press on his own. 

It is only just 7 months since we met him.. Its only few days before our visit, he fell down while washing his clothes and got hurt on his forehead and nose... I have to point out here that he prefers to do all his work by himself and let not others do for him... On 16 January 2014, we were with him talking, chatting, laughing... He was such a wonderful narrator... told me so many real life stories, his experiences & his childhood, early lives & so on ...   We enjoyed the days spent with him.

Sure we are going to miss you Thatha ... 

I already wrote posts of so many of our travelogs from December 2013 to May 2014... But all are saved in the drafts...  yet to be posted... one of such posts include A VISIT TO MY GREAT -GRANDDAD'S PLACE. I really made a big mistake of not posting it immediately... Let me post one after another in the coming days, whenever I get some time. 

As we don't have TV, My only entertainment other than reading books is writing blogs. I enjoy writing... a day's happenings, a movie review, a post about a story I read recently, the places we travelled & so many other minute small things that give happiness to me.

Will post one or two of my travelogs this week... Till then a big wave to you all...