Houses lived

 Houses lived and living 

During childhood we lived in a rented house in busy Mylapore in Madras .

It had one floor and a terrace .

Childhood memories and those of my father who passed away when i was ten years are filled in this house .

We all lived those days as a big family with every neighbour knowing each other reaching out in need and taking part in festivals and events as one big family.

Even after our dad left us neighbouring uncle used to ask me about my studies and nod happily whenever he saw me reading books 

Most weddings of nearby houses we celebrated as our own .

We stayed with them during those times .

That kind of affection was gone forever once we moved to our own house in Kilpauk built by my dad when he was alive .

It was a bigger house with lot of space for a garden but my mother alone was keen i.was never good in that .

During my college days and early married life we lived in Kilpauk till we moved to Cochin .

For one year we stayed in mattancherry in hospital quarters then moved to a rented house in palluruthy till we built one house cum clinic on the main road .

This was where our Sruthi and Shyam lived thier childhood and Shilpa left us too .

It had enough space and lot of trees mango coconut teak and jackfruit .

After we moved abroad and children flew to different countries we preferred a cosy apartment on return hence sold house to a known doctor couple friends .

In UAE initially i was in hotel Hilton then in a villa then in an apartment later into a massive villa .

In Brunei we lived for 6 years in a very lovely bungalow with lawn and potted flowers .

Now back to our apartment in Thripunithura ideal for a relaxed phase of life .