Gradparents V

Having summarized my four grandparents, I look back at what I have learnt or tried to imbibe from them. From my patrernal grandfather, it must be the wanderlust, from my paternal grandmother, it would be the inner strength to remain steadfast in adversity, from my maternal grandfather, to live a full life with a good [...]

Grandparents Part IV

I finally write about my maternal grandmother who fortunately is still with us today. If one were to think of the fairly tale grandmother: warm, gentle, kind, soft spoken and would listen to everything you said and yet would have her own opinion made known to you, that would sum her up in a small nutshell.
Wife to my life loving [...]

Grandparents part III

My maternal grandfather is probably the one I admired or tried to mimic the most. Born in Baroda, he became a an internist in Mumbai in the late 30’s/early 40’s. An honorary physician at Nair Hospital with the chance to develop a great practice, he opted to assist a cousin who was building a hospital [...]

Grandparents part II

This one is about my paternal grandmother who I think was one of the strongest people in my life and through her, I have seen (maybe not learnt) what true inner strength is about. Born to a relatively wealthy physician, she was one of the few ladies of the day to go to college and [...]

Grandparents part I

I have been fortunate to spend time with all four of my grandaprents. While they is usually a generation gap, there is much to learn from them. They have lived in different times, adapted to different circumstances remrkably to have made it to the point where they could spend time with me. Parents and grandparents usually hit it off less [...]