Remembering 29th October 1960
To this day I remember 29th October 1960 when our dear Lord called my sister, Nalini , home to Him. Nalini on her wedding day in 1959. She was beautiful, intelligent (she won the Pope Medal in Bishop Cotton School, Bangalore, in 1953) and soft as a soft toy. She was loved by everyone. Especially by me, as she took care of me. Nalini with me (far right) after the wedding of our uncle K. M. Mammen Mappillai (Kochappachen) While at Women’s Christian College (WCC) in Madras she was greatly influenced by Rev. Billy Graham. She returned to do her BSc in Elphinstone College in Bombay but because of “eve teasing” she joined the Nirmalaniketan College of Home Science where she had a few beautiful friends. She was married in 1959 in Kottayam. I was busy studying for my school finals. She insisted that I fly down from Bombay to attend her wedding. Bombay after the wedding reception (1959) She was to join her husband in London so we had a wedding reception at the Taj Hotel. It was a grand affair