LET GO
It was 1979. I was 25 years old. I had changed companies. So my headquarters was Trichy . My mother had two elder sisters, and a younger brother. My mother’s younger brother lived in Trichy. We, in our community call them as “Mama. “ This is the same as maternal uncle. During those days, relatives used to stay in any relative’s house for months together. MY Mama’s three children, [ two girls and a son] used to often stay at our house in Chennai, for months at a stretch. So when my Mother suggested that I stay with my Mama, I accepted the idea without a thought. I checked into my Mama’s house. He had married the eldest sister’s daughter. So his wife was related to me in two ways; both as uncle’s wife [Mami], and also as my elder sister. A week went by. And my Mami did not like my presence in their house. She started dropping hints. The breakfast was over , by the time I came to the dining table. The was not enough hot water for me to bathe. This was my firs...