7th Jan.

Completed morning program.Received information about the death of Chacha at about 6.15 am.We visited his house in New Rajendra Nagar and met the family.Condoled his death.Attended cremation along with other members of the family,viz.,Sashi, Lalit,Subba and others.There were about 50 people.Dipu & Shishir performed the rites before cremation. Chacha lived about 80 years and left behind well settled children.Chachi is a retired  Principal of a school.She was quite composed.She said that she had sent him earlier to be born and that she would follow him after he was a few years old so that she could marry him again.She said that she had to marry him during their seven consecutive births.It is a belief among Hindus that the husbands and wives are destined to marry  each other birth after birth seven times before getting free of cycle of births and deaths. .Perhaps because of this,.there was no air of gloom in the family.
Advocates Rajkamal and Digvijay met the DCP in the matter of Gurkamal. The DCP informed that he would take a view in the matter in a day or two.
Controversy over induction of a dropped Minister in BJP continued.Perth is the next venue of Test cricket match between Australia and India on 13th
Retired to sleep at 11 pm.