Our dearest thatha - Posted on 16th March 2015

16th March 2015

16th March 2004,one of the days I will remember for my lifetime!!!
The whole world was busy watching India Vs Pakistan ODI (at Rawalpindi)..So was i and my brother Sudersan Sridharan !!! Guess Sachin had even scored a century..Little did we know that while we were watching the match we will be losing one of our dearest ones ----Our grandfather!!!!

He was not alright from the evening but we thought it was due to his age but with time he started shrinking..By night time he was no more with us!!!
We were fortunate of spending most of our childhood with our dearest grandfather who have told many stories,took us out for a daily walk (around mylapore like Chitrakulam,Vendanta desikar temple,Kesava perumal temple ) and so on, which many wouldn't have had a chance to experience.

Years have gone but each day definitely at least once we remember him may be when we see things/people around us something will remind us about him..Though he is not with us today his words and memories will live on with us forever as our dearest and loving grandfather smile emoticon The number of days we watched serials like Mahabharath,Shakthimaan,Yug,Ramayana,the number of temples we had visited (Tirupathi,Tiruvallur,shollingur) etc stay fresh in my mind!!

So why did i post this after so many years,hmmm may be because coincidentally today both his death date and ritual date(tamil date) fell on the same day!!! I recalled this day that year..

Phew 11 years have gone sooo quickly!!!!

Engal Manam irukkum varai un nenaivirukkum!!! Love you thatha :) ..

Miss you!!!!