Mrs. Prema Narayanan Passes Away.

 

Mrs. Prema Narayanan Passes Away.

This news unfolded the remembrance of her freeness to help others. She had the generosity of a life, well lived for couple of decades. Her renowned identity is ‘Prema Chechi’ for all. She had CKD as per her Doctor, ie Chronic Kidney Disease. Diabetic, hypertension etc were additional. Her philanthropic activity might have been an inherent character from her mother Late Damayanthi Amma, a retired headmistress at Palghat Kerala.

  Many seek fame for their big kindheartedness! But here it was different! All the charitable activities were handled with the salary of her husband Mr. M. Narayanan Nair. She helped many! Listing out will not sound good as many such recipients are in good and wealthy stage today.

My beloved ‘Prema chechi’ lived a simple life. Made her children capable enough to live decently in the society. Lived with her husband with maximum love, affection and respect.

She was a lady who dared to talk in front of anybody. She controlled her associates with love and affectionate authoritarianism. She was having a very huge link of people from various walks of life, different linguistic and religious families. She was a guide and inspiration for many families of her second generation.

   I met her during 1975. When I was a trainee in ITI Ltd. I was not knowing anyone in this locality because I had newly migrated from a village of Kerala seeking job. She invited me and my friends to her home once when we met in a function at ITI Community hall. We visited her house. It was so thrilling for us to receive such a warm welcome. We were sure that we don’t deserve it. Later we became a visitor in her house frequently and she would greet us with her usual motherly affection.

I was about to cancel a decision of joining MEI Polytechnic for DME (Evening Class) on account of my financial crisis during 1980. She called me to her house telling some vague reason.  I don’t know how she came to know about it! She asked me about taking admission for DME. I said ‘I don’t want to join this year. I will join next year’. I tried to escape. But she didn’t allow me to give more reasons. She called her daughter and asked to bring the money she gave for her school fees to pay next day, she put some more in to it and gave the entire admission fee for my DME course. I couldn’t say even a word against her generosity. I was quite a new young boy without any back support or even without a proper address in Bangalore. That was the day I saw her love and affection to her fellow human beings.

 From there onwards she is my affectionate mother in Bangalore!

Her brother became a very close friend to me later. He also left us about couple of years back. Now ‘Prema Chechi’ also has left us. Bidding departure with tears.

She loved us all! She cannot be separated from my mind. Death cannot kill what never dies- the root and record of our good old memories.