Last Will and Testament

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 gra...

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...