Rajshekar - Packing the trunk to leaving Boarding - Chapter 8 - The Chronicles of the Youngest Child
It was now the end of the Military Boarding school years in Bangalore for 15 year old Raj. He knew that Daddy would soon be coming by train from Bombay to pick him up. As usual, Daddy would arrive on a Friday and they would leave on Sunday, giving Daddy enough time to meet Neel Ammavan and his family. Neel Ammavan was Raj's local guardian and closest family in Bangalore, thousands of kilometres away from his parents and siblings. Daddy would usually spend the two nights at Ammavan's house. He also tried to squeeze in one or another visit to some other relative or he tried to meet everyone at Ammavan's home. He would smartly write a letter to his host to invite some of the local common contacts they had if he couldn't manage a longer number of holidays from work for this trip to Bangalore. These meetings were important because sometimes families in Bombay sent small things for their relatives in Bangalore. Everyone helped each other those days and it was normal to ...
