“I was in maybe the 7th or 8th grade. On reaching my school hostel and unpacking, i found one of my socks rolled up. Curious, I unrolled it to find Rs 110 inside! It was like finding a treasure! When I later went home during my holidays and told Ma excitedly about my find, Ma exclaimed,” And I kept searching each and every socks wondering where did my savings disappear!”. Ma was like a friend, always cheerful and smiling. Our pet dog Sweety would patiently sit at her feet, waiting for her treat of the peeled skin of boiled potatoes! Baba would buy six rosogollas on his way home - five for us and one for Sweety!
Baba was very organised,meticulous and disciplined. Each toothpaste, medicine bottle would be neatly put back in its original paper box cover. Each box looked absolutely brand new and it is only when you opened a box and removed its contents that you would realise the toothpaste or a medicine was just enough for a last go. In Surat, the collector Mr Ghosh called up baba and told him his child was not well. So he would be dropping at our home to pick up medicine from baba. Baba gave him a bottle of cough syrup, ensconced in its brand new looking box. After sometime, Mr Ghosh called up baba to enquire about the dosage. Baba said a teaspoon after each meal, three times a day would suffice. Mr Ghosh replied wryly, I have overturned the bottle upside down and could manage to extract only a few drops! Baba was left red faced embarassed while the rest of us at home had a hearty laugh at the unexpected fallout from Baba’s habit!”
With Abhit Banerjee
Baba was very organised,meticulous and disciplined. Each toothpaste, medicine bottle would be neatly put back in its original paper box cover. Each box looked absolutely brand new and it is only when you opened a box and removed its contents that you would realise the toothpaste or a medicine was just enough for a last go. In Surat, the collector Mr Ghosh called up baba and told him his child was not well. So he would be dropping at our home to pick up medicine from baba. Baba gave him a bottle of cough syrup, ensconced in its brand new looking box. After sometime, Mr Ghosh called up baba to enquire about the dosage. Baba said a teaspoon after each meal, three times a day would suffice. Mr Ghosh replied wryly, I have overturned the bottle upside down and could manage to extract only a few drops! Baba was left red faced embarassed while the rest of us at home had a hearty laugh at the unexpected fallout from Baba’s habit!”
With Abhit Banerjee
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