9:00 P.M
11 January 1930
Pollampallai
Madurai,
Dear Madhvan,
Today I got the news that Uncle Rajan and Aunt Revathi will be arriving tonight along with Swamy and Sethu, and I had to pick them up from Pollampallai Railway station, while meenu will be not coming with me , as she has chores to do, And Patti has been as usual very excited and thrilled for them to arrive, after the demise of my Appa, her affection for Rajan uncle has grown multifold times, that Even I can't measure the depth of it, It's only by this year of time, that my uncle's family make us a visit, while Aunt Revathi has always been a firm supporter of a nuclear family, She is the daughter of a biggest Landlord from Tiruchirapalli, and was married off to my uncle because He is the Judge at Madras Court, He has always been this genius to make it in a bigger manner, Every single meal cooked today is of his favourite food list, let it be paysam, uttapam and rice murukku ,blackgram vadai with Sambhar, all are just his preference, with Murungai keerai poriyal …
And what not!
Also there's a word in the neighborhood that Ramamurthy has been back in the village appearing to be staunch Gandhian, he has been organizing harikathas only in order to deliver Vedanta philosophy to the villagers, he has been secretly invoking the feeling of freedoms and My Pattan also discreetly Visits his association,while patti hates his idea of Swaraj , and says that the white men will kill all of these innocent fellow, but I'm stuck in mid of all this, as I m attending a missionary school so here they all pushes us to the Victorian Philosophy and Supremacy of the western thoughts, Sometimes I wonder that if you will come back from London , I would like to discuss the works of Ralph Waldo and Whitman , as they had associated Philosophy with Indian touch !!
I hope you are doing great in your studies, while If I may ask you, which branch of law you are studying? Did they teach you the evolution of the American Constitution!! Pongal is just 3 days away , Patti told me that it's falling on 14th of Jan ... .although Everything is just fine….
I don't know If I'm getting snoopy but I have got ears that You will be returning finally a day before Pongal? Is it true ! If it's true, then the happiest person on this earth will be me. I literally have no words left with me to express my emotions and feelings that have left no stones unturned and I'm shivering with a feeling of exhilaration that I can't even describe.
Will you be that same brown eyed , dusty Madhvan with black locks falling over your forehead, That 16 years old Madhvan is still into my Mind frame and it's already been 8 long years , at that time I was 12 years old , when you have promised me under that Old banyan tree near the ponnaiyar bridge , You had taken my hand into yours and by looking into the depth of my plain brown eyes you have told me
To wait for 8 years and you will be here as a Lawyer vocalizing for the statue of truth,
This pongal by the grace of Sun god, I will be able to have a glance of yours, my heartbeat increases just by remembering the syllables of your name!
Meenu says I always exaggerate by the mention of yours, but little does she knows that I'm that someone who still is following your advice, I'm the same who still hums your Raag Adana tune, I'm that someone who dances over the music of Rain,I'm that someone who admires you from afar and had laid down my heart for your welcome , I'm that someone who learnt the meaning of love, it's always been you and no one else…
The move I'm going to make may be scary but I will still stand by my choice , When I remember your face , everything else falls into peace, When I look up into the sky , it tells me that even delays are blessings and to trust the universe, while I'm trusting the universe to seal my fate with your name..
Anyways, I almost forgot that I have to go to the railway to pick up my Uncle and Aunt, before Patti could rebuke me, so Have a good night , with lots of love !!
Only yours!
Shubbhu