11 to 24th: Trip to Sangam with mother-in-law

An extract from my WhatsApp on memorable trip with my mother-in-law to Sangam on Makarsankranti day in 1976,addressed to Bina dated 14th Jan,2022: "Yes a memorable trip. Amma (mother-in-law),me and boatmen. Amma had big eyes and a round face. I see her reflection in Pilku. He was born and brought up under her care at Kanpur. In her last months she drew him to her.He had gone to Nepal then. On return he went straight to meet her and gave a pasmina shawl. She was quite moved,Plku told. She said ,'I remembered you and you came'.Later she told Sangita to give shawl to Venita after her death. She looked beautiful in the boat.She still blesses me."

Quotable Quotes :"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination."Jimmy Dean

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 27th December to 10th January 2022

We celebrated the New Year Day on 01st January, 2022 at Taj Man Singh,New Delhi. We expected a gathering of about 50 people on the lawns of the hotel as told by the hotel management. But due to sudden spurt in Covid cases and imposition of restrictions, most of them cancelled their reservations. We were only 4-5 families consisting  of not more than 15 persons. In-fact there were many more of the staff of the hotel than the guests. The manager who took payment from us said that the hotel had lost a lot on the day. 

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Quotable Quotes: "If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable". Louis D. Brandeis