Ammamemorial 08
-
Upload
gitadev -
Category
Art & Photos
-
view
242 -
download
0
Transcript of Ammamemorial 08
![Page 1: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
![Page 2: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Gita Narendra Parvati
![Page 3: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
It started then – for us!
A young Bengali girl and a young man from Kerala
![Page 4: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
She soon got swept off to … Border areas!
![Page 5: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Life with the Army – quite an adventure!
![Page 6: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
– but lots and lots of…
![Page 7: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
…..fun together
![Page 8: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
and the start of an adventure!
![Page 9: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Aaaah!----Army life!
![Page 10: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
And starting a family……
![Page 11: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Gita messing with Parvati …
![Page 12: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
And then …. She was introduced to
![Page 13: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Blackie…the first of a line of family dogs !
![Page 14: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Seeing Refugee camps … the rougher edges
![Page 15: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
When the going gets rough….move into paradise!
![Page 16: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
And a love affair with her new family in Kerala
![Page 17: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
and they embraced her and she became one of them!
![Page 18: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
When they move back to HQ in Delhi ….Army housing has the best locations
![Page 19: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
India Gate and Raj Path were our front yard!
![Page 20: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
India Gate and Raj Path were our front yard!
![Page 21: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Naren….
![Page 22: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Africa
![Page 23: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Africa
![Page 24: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
The Gateway to Kenya- Mombasa
![Page 25: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
A new place – & new responsibilities that she loved
![Page 26: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
She filled the house with plants – lovely and tropical
![Page 27: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
Near the ocean – so like her beloved Kerala
![Page 28: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
And new adventures…..safaris to all the game parks
![Page 29: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
She learned to drive …
![Page 30: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
Special people came into her life!
![Page 31: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
She loved Laxmi Menon !
![Page 32: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
Kenyatta was rising as independence neared!
![Page 33: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
And Tom Mboya had a special place in her heart
![Page 34: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
Honored guests that she entertained with excitement
![Page 35: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
At her home …cocktail parties…with famous people!
![Page 36: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
we kids were always impressed! - & took advantage!
![Page 37: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
Madame president- of Rotary Club
![Page 38: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
Celebrating Tagore’s centennial with dance drama
![Page 39: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
And always……travels to far away places
![Page 40: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
And unusual experiences
![Page 41: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
Back in India …….and adopting a stray pup
![Page 42: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
Watching, with fascinated curiosity, her kids growing up
![Page 43: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
Then….
A new phase
Maybe this was a difficult one?
![Page 44: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
![Page 45: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
She watched her kids spread their wingsand was the wind beneath their wings
![Page 46: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
She sent her kids far away…and visited
![Page 47: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
ramakrisha
And everywhere she went she found the
Vedanta Society & Ramakrishna Mission
![Page 48: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
Durga puja
And everywhere she went she found the
Vedanta Society & Ramakrishna Mission
![Page 49: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/49.jpg)
Durga puja
And always … always… her beloved Durga Pooja!
![Page 50: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/50.jpg)
Adventures never stop …. Camping….Back to Army life???
![Page 51: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/51.jpg)
A new phase….her first grandchild…
![Page 52: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/52.jpg)
Rina
![Page 53: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/53.jpg)
Shona arrived… and Baba departs
![Page 54: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/54.jpg)
Sid the Kid arrives!
![Page 55: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/55.jpg)
And there were ….. Six granchildren!
![Page 56: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/56.jpg)
Duttas
![Page 57: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/57.jpg)
Rupa Ravi
![Page 58: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/58.jpg)
TJ
![Page 59: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/59.jpg)
Her wish to see Café de la Paix …. Where World War II ended and the peace treaty was signed in Paris
![Page 60: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/60.jpg)
there isn’t a place that she isn’t ready to go visit!
![Page 61: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/61.jpg)
and surrounded by family…..always!
![Page 62: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/62.jpg)
And when she could not walk – that did not slow her down!
![Page 63: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/63.jpg)
Not really….!
![Page 64: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/64.jpg)
On the cell phone……while driving?
![Page 65: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/65.jpg)
She was a really special lady!
![Page 66: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/66.jpg)
She was a really special lady!
![Page 67: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/67.jpg)
She was a really special lady!
![Page 68: Ammamemorial 08](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110308/557d16cbd8b42a4a498b4997/html5/thumbnails/68.jpg)
end