Memories of my dear Father and Saraswathi Puja! (Vol 14) Down Memory Lane!
My Father Late V S Raman My Dad V S Raman Mom and Dad Picture taken on 10Oct 1954 My Dad and Mom Marriage photo taken at GK Vale Mount Road Me listening to radio photographed by my uncle Sunda I was only seven years old when my father Raman left this world in the year 1963. Memories of my Dad are only a few images that haunts me at times. He was one who was always wearing white, and the last frozen image is one when I was given rice as obeisance to see his face for the last time. He died premature at the age of 39 and had he lived would have been 97 years old now. He died during auspicious Navarathri on this day of Saraswathi Puja merging with Goddess Saraswathi, leaving my dear mom at age 33 and two sons 15 and 7 years of age! Academic Brilliance : Like Lord Rama he was the eldest son of my grandparent and he loved his parent and had 3 younger brothers (Sama,Kitcha and Sunda) and one sister. He was academically brilliant and passed in distinction in BA Economics from Hindu colle...