Thulasamma attha

Thulasammaattha was younger sister of my father. She was a child widow. She was given in marriage to a widower. He was a goodnatured man. Hehad no children.But he helped my father in his studies. He would ask my father to teach him cycling but he could never learn it properly. Even his elder son was a widower and he too did not have children.He was a diabetic patient. Once, his toe was injured and became septic. iT seems that the doctor advised him to remove it. He felt how he could terminate the toe. Next week , doctor seriously advised him that his leg had to be removed if wanted to survive. Even then he could not really assess the gravity of the situation and alas he lost his life and my my aunt a child widow.

My aunt was strong willed. In those dfays she studied up tomatric and worked as a warden and in hospital as a nurse. She kept her self busy . She made some friends during her travels and tranfers who stood by her tillher last breath. As she did not have children she adopted a child from a hospital at nellore. She named him Suresh and looked after him very well. She kept her friends as trustees to her property till he became a major.She died of breast cancer in 1978 .

She was very jovial and always cutting jokes. She would tell us as many stories as we wanted in our childhood. She would prepare spicy items in those days too. which y mother did not know. She was very obase. I liked her very much. Once when they asked me to write about the person Iliked most Iwrote about her. My brothers and sisters appreciated that article very much.

Really Iloved her visits us very much.