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...

RAJA MANTRA PRAVINA DEWAN BAHADUR MALIYAKAL KURIYAN (MYSORE) MATTHAN Dewan Bahadur Mysore Matthan The father of Mysore Matthan was  Maliyakal Ravoor Matthan Kurien, also known as Maliyakal K. Ashcan (1852 - 1935) , more commonly known as Kuriachayan.  Kuriachayan was a posthumous and only child of his father. His mother, sister of Archdeacon K. Koshy Achen and John Ashan (popularly known as Chempolil Ashan) were the children of Maramon Koshy. She married a second time. Kuriachayan had stepbrothers through his mother's second marriage.  As his mother remarried, Kuriachayan was looked after by some of his father's family and was not treated well. So his mother's brother, Archdeacon Koshy Achen, of the Mullamangalam family, took him to Kottayam where he grew up and was educated.  ( Koshy Achen was the first person to publish a book in Malayalam. He was a member of the Anglican Church and became a teacher at the CMS School at Kottayam. Because of...