Did you ever wonder how all our Kandathil family gatherings, weddings and other events went off without a hitch.
Working tirelessly behind the scenes for anything to happen, you may have seen a very busy man carrying a briefcase, shuffling notes and giving instructions.
And assisting him would have been another great lady, who is no more, who would have been organising all the food for an event and after for many to take hjome all those delicious goodies she especially prepared for all of us.
It is by no mean coincidence that they share a birthday. Organising appears to be the trait of those born on 22nd March. For those who do not know, the little beautiful and most relevant saying that you get on your birthday is sent to you by none other than our Mr. Organiser!!
The lady was our dear Annammakochamma, Mrs. K. M. Mathew, who is no more. We remember her today on what would have been her 83rd birthday.
The other, the Mr. Organiser, was none other than His Royal Highness The Prince of Nenmeni, Thambachayan, Mammen Varghese, son of K. M. Varghese Mappillai, celebrates his 75th birthday today.
For those not in the know, Nenmeni is a beautiful rubber estate near the Gudalore Ghat where Thambachayan learnt the ropes of managing, not only an estate, but life in general. Many enjoyed his hospitality when he was at Nenmeni, which besides rubber, produces some of the best honey. For his devotion to service to the family, the family members dubbed Thambachayan with the title : Prince of Nenmeni!!
I have a picture of him in my archives with his sister, Somakochamma, Mrs. Soma Philips.
I hope all of you will join Annikki and me in wishing our dear cousin a very happy birthday and many many more in the years ahead. And to all in the K. M. Mathew family we say, today, we also fondly remember our dear Annammakochamma.
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