Remembering grandpa!!

Grand pa or ‘mama’ as we fondly called him was not your average granddad who lays in bed all the time and listens to carnatic music in the comfort of a sofa…no mama played cricket w, invested in the stock market, played cards w(and convincingly beat me) all at the ripe old age of 85, he even read Sidney Sheldon ,Agatha Cristie ,Perry Mason ,James Hardly Chase books at the age of 90!! my mama was my guiding light ,my source of inspiration and my mentor…there wouldn’t pass a morning without the customary tussle for the newspaper. And ofcourse he would never go to sleep without coming to me and saying the three magic words “gud nite ashwin”!! mama was caring , loving , gentle , kind and all those lovely adjective and for that I will be forever grateful to him. His life will forever be etched in my mind..