Last Will and Testament

My father returned to India from studying at the Imperial College of London in 1934. My mother finished her degree in English from the Women’s Christian College the same year.  Our parents were married on May 11th 1936. Picture at wedding of my parents -  Bangalore 1936   Appachen and Ammachi after their wedding -  Bangalore 1937 Nalini was the first born. She was born on 16th September 1937 in Bangalore. She was called Mariam Matthan but her pet name, an Indian name, was Nalini.   Picture of Nalini as a baby -  Bangalore 1938   She was cherubic baby girl. By character she was very docile   Appachen and Ammachi with Nalini -  Bangalore 1940   Nalini called my father’s elder sister, Mrs. P. G. Abraham, as 123 Ammachi as it was this aunt who taught Nalini how to count.   Matthan family when I was 9 months old - Bangalore 1944 January    I was born in 1943 April. This picture taken in January 194...

PREFACE It is time to recall the background and history that surrounds my life of the past 75 years. My branch of the Kuriyan Matthan family has its roots in Banaglore (Bengaluru), Karnataka, India . Kuriyan Matthan Family in 1976 Back Row: Sushil Jacob Matthai, Jacob Matthan Ashok Peter Jacob, Ranjit Kuriyan Matthan Seated: Chitra Matthai, Thangamma Elizabeth Matthai, Rauha Annikki Matthan, Mariam Matthan,  Kuriyan Matthan,  Thangam Matthan, Susanna Matthan Floor: Suchi Matthai, Joanna Matthan, Mikael Matthan, Jaakko Matthan, Nandini Matthan, Nirupa Matthan This will document the background of two leading families from Kerala, the " Mysore Matthan " and the " K. C. Mammen Mappillai " families as they affected my life from birth till the age of 75! It will cover my life from a child born in the Indian city of  Bangalore (Bengaluru) in 1943 till my present life as a pensioner living in the peaceful Finnish near-Arctic city of Oulu in 2018 al...