Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

last weekend one of my uncles passed away....But this one is special in some way. This uncle was known to family before his marriage. So I remember calling him one way (I was less than 2), and then he got married to my aunt. This was the very first marriage that I remember watching - the place, timing etc (less than 3 yrs old). I was sitting on someone's lap and looked above at the ornaments hung from the ceiling. after the marriage they were removed except one piece of it was stuck at the "madras Roof" beam. Whenever I visited my grandfather's house, I would look at THAT STUCK GOLDEN color piece and would smile at the thought of his marriage...This went on till 1994 (the house was sold in 98). Of course, the aunt passed away. I visited them many many times and nothing extraordinary but followed their entire life. The aunt passed away 10 years ago and I met him a few times and spent an entire day with him in 2008 in Bangalore. He was whining about his kids and the usuals...Of course, I know/knew his entire extended family and the sub plots. He owned agri lands in the 70s and the richest in the family, and of course, he did not have anything when he died (except sufficient to live on.)

Now he passed away last weekend after living a full and complete life bringing down the curtains of a man's entire life, and I feel as if I watched some complete movie.

Rishi wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

last weekend one of my uncles passed away....But this one is special in some way.  This uncle was known to family before his marriage. So I remember calling him one way (I was less than 2), and then he got married to my aunt. This was the very first marriage that I remember watching - the place, timing etc (less than 3 yrs old). I was sitting on someone's lap and looked above at the ornaments hung from the ceiling. after the marriage they were removed except one piece of it was stuck at the "madras Roof" beam. Whenever I visited my grandfather's house, I would look at THAT STUCK GOLDEN color piece and would smile at the thought of his marriage...This went on till 1994 (the house was sold in 98). Of course, the aunt passed away. I visited them many many times and nothing extraordinary but followed their entire life. The aunt passed away 10 years ago and I met him a few times and spent an entire day with him in 2008 in Bangalore. He was whining about his kids and the usuals...Of course, I know/knew his entire extended family and the sub plots. He  owned agri lands in the 70s and the richest in the family, and of course, he did not have anything when he died (except sufficient to live on.)

Now he passed away last weekend after living a full and complete life bringing down the curtains of a man's entire life, and I feel as if I watched some complete movie.

>>> That gentleman did a great favor to his kids by not leaving any property. Otherwise thy will have to run around from one court to the other, hiring crooked lawyers to fight with each other. Especially if they are NRIs, they will be having a bigger headache. The ancestral house will be occupied by some squatters.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

last weekend one of my uncles passed away....But this one is special in some way.  This uncle was known to family before his marriage. So I remember calling him one way (I was less than 2), and then he got married to my aunt. This was the very first marriage that I remember watching - the place, timing etc (less than 3 yrs old). I was sitting on someone's lap and looked above at the ornaments hung from the ceiling. after the marriage they were removed except one piece of it was stuck at the "madras Roof" beam. Whenever I visited my grandfather's house, I would look at THAT STUCK GOLDEN color piece and would smile at the thought of his marriage...This went on till 1994 (the house was sold in 98). Of course, the aunt passed away. I visited them many many times and nothing extraordinary but followed their entire life. The aunt passed away 10 years ago and I met him a few times and spent an entire day with him in 2008 in Bangalore. He was whining about his kids and the usuals...Of course, I know/knew his entire extended family and the sub plots. He  owned agri lands in the 70s and the richest in the family, and of course, he did not have anything when he died (except sufficient to live on.)

Now he passed away last weekend after living a full and complete life bringing down the curtains of a man's entire life, and I feel as if I watched some complete movie.