Last Will and Testament

SYRIAN CHRISTIANS St. Mary’s Orthodox Nirnam Church, Thiruvalla, Kerala OF KERALA As I am talking about family values, it is most important to look at where these, in my case, were derived from.  I am a Syrian Christian by birth, but for reasons close to my personal views on humanity, I belong to no branch of any physical Christian Church or organised religion. History of the Catholicate of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (Source http://mosc.in/catholicate/catholicate In the early Christian church there were only three ranks: 1. Episcopos (Bishop),  2. Priest and  3. Deacon.  By the end of the 300 AD, certain bishops of important cities in the Roman empire assumed a greater level than other bishops. They became called as Metropolitans. The Ecumenical Councils of 400 AD recognized the authority of these Metropolitans. By 500 AD  Bishops in cities like Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria and Antioch gained control over the churches...

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...