Get-together

After months of anticipation and days of preparation, it finally happened. For a day, 36 Venkatachalam street was shifted to Manipal county, Bangalore.It was a momentous day, seeing the entire clan under one roof. Rather, over one lawn.

The weather was perfect. The lazy breakfast on the lush lawn was followed by Tatha's felicitation.After a "brief history of Tatha" that was read out our doc, everyone came forward to speak what they knew about this nonagenarian, who's beaten all odds for nearly a century !.Almost like Tennyson's brook...."for men may come and men may go, but I go on forever".

After all that, the "seven wives" were seen anxious about the sudden disappearance of the "seven brothers".Where do you think ? huh ? Toddy tapping ?. We might have done that centuries ago as a profession, but now, the business been taken over by big corporations who give us a chance to be only "consumers".And maybe, it was being in the toddy supply chain for centuries that caused some subtle changes in our DNA sequence, that we inherited through our maternal genes that made all seven the "consumers" we are.

It was a great day, except for a few anxious moments at the pool and the sack race injuries.Looking forward to more of these get-together in the future....