My second eldest brother late A R Krishnan

Late A R Krishnan - Arangotukara Ramaswamy Iyer Krishnan


Birth of A R Krishnan

I have posted about my eldest brother late A R Raman. Next to him in seniority in family was late A R Krishnan. He was the most favourite son of father. Father has certain likes and dislikes. He likes persons who want to study, who do not tell lies and who is not showy. Since this brother has to some extent these qualities he became the favourite of father. Brother Krishnan was born at Cherukunnu, Kannur in North Kerala, place of our mother's mother as per the custom. The delivery place should have been Chenagad near Ottapalam which is the place of mother's father. For reasons not known to me, the place of delivery like the eldest sister and eldest brother took place at Cherukunnu which is the place of mother's mother's parents' (mother's maternal grand parents)  place. 

Studies of Mr Krishnan

As indicated while writing about eldest brother late A R Raman, late A R Krishnan spends lot of time for reading and he passes the examinations with good marks.  Between the eldest brother and this brother there was only two years difference in classes in school till S S L C. Since eldest brother skipped one year in S S L C the gap was reduced to 1 year. After S S L C he went to Trichy in Tamilnad. My eldest sister's family was at that time in Trichy. He went to her house and joined St Joseph college for arts course. He jooined for B A and passed with honours so got the degree of B A Honours which at that time was equivalent to MA. After the course he wrote IAS examination and if I remember correctly he passed the written test but could not cross in some of the interviews and interactions. He went to Bombay for a job as those days Bombay was the place for jobs. 

Job - service of Mr Krishnan

At that time the only press information centre was Press Trust of India (PTI), a British private company with head quarters in London. The Indian in charge was one late A S Bharathan (father of ester years cricket commentator Raju Bharathan who used to write critique on cricket in Illustrated weekly of India, a Times of India publication). Bharathan was our neighbour in village. He had helped any person from our village and places around our village by giving job in PTI. He has told father that if any body from the village with graduation goes to him (Bharathan), he will give a very good job. So father suggested brother to go to Bharathan and brother met Bharathan at his house in Marine Lines in Bombay but somehow did not get a job through Bharathan. Since father was in Parvathipuram which was a place of rich spice traders he had contact with some of the top political leaders of the composite Madras state as they come here to meet the rich people for donations for the party. At that time the Chief Minister was late Kumaraswamy Raja of Bobbili and father got a recommendation letter from him for brother. But brother Krishnan did not want to use influence and did not make use of the letter. He got a job in Central Government Revenue Department as LDC and later got promotion as UDC and became a gazetted officer after passing departmental examinations. He retired from Income Tax Department. Since he was a Government employee he got a Government quarters which was given to the occupiers by Government on instalment payment basis. So the brother got his own house in Bombay. All of us brothers up to me have stayed with him in his house and are grateful to him.He has also accommodated a boy from the neighbouring village at the request of father. This boy happened to be my class mate. After his getting a job, the boy went away from there to some other place. 

Marriage of Mr Krishnan

Brother Krishnan married Smt P Saroja.  She, her maternal uncle Mr Ramakrishnan and myself were class mates in high school classes. Myself (A R Ramanathan) and her uncle were bench mates. By the time of this marriage the eldest brother who was with brother Krishnan had moved out to Madras. Brother Krishnan and sister in law have two daughters Latha and Prabha. Both of them are martried. Latha have 2 sons and Prabha have 2 daughters. Latha is in California , USA and Prabha is at present in Pune, Maharasjhtra. Brother Krishnan had some asthmatic allergy problem but was trying to control through yoga and recitation of Vishnu Sahasranamam. After retirement his illness increased. Brother Krishnan and S-in-law Smt Saroja had been very helpful to eldest brother, my next elder brother A R Narayanan and self. After reaching Bombay (now Mumbai)  we were staying with them. From the time of bachlorship to about 15 years after marriage brother and after marriage s-in-law have accommodated us in their 1 bed room kitchen. We are grateful to them. In fact at least in my case, instead of feeling grateful for the help was feeling at that time as if it is rightful. I am deeply indebted to them.

Post retirement activities 

He was trying to obtain a passport for sister-in-law for her going to USA to spend few days with her daughter Latha. He was personally following up with the passport office. In between the efforts he had severe health problem and was admitted to a clinic. The doctor there after check up indicated that he had a mild hear attack and he should take complete bed rest. Brother insisted with the doctor that he will take bed rest at home and got discharged. He did not give this information to any one else so no one was knowing that he was advised to take bed rest. He pursued the passport issue and got it. Then he went to the banks where g\he had his accounts and got the same changed into the joint names of Sister in law and Prabha who was not married at that time. After this he went to the housing society and persuaded them to change his house in the name of his wife and daughter. He withdrew some money from the bank and gave it it to sister in law and told her to keep for any emergency. He then went to the hospital where he had taken treatment earlier with his wife and daughter and got admitted himself there. After all the formalities he telephoned to his nephew Mr Ramesh, son of eldest brother late A R Raman and intimated him that he (brother) was admitted in the hospital which was very near to the residence of Mr Ramesh and wanted Ramesh to come and be with him in the night. He (brother Krishnan) then send his wife and daughter to home telling that the nephew will be there for any help. When Ramesh came brother told him that Ramesh can go to sleep and will have to get up early in the morning. When Ramesh told brother that Ramesh will inform us (the other brothers of Krishnan), brother told him that he need not inform any body in the night and he can inform all in the morning. Early in the morning the nurse woke up Ramesh and informed him that his uncle Krishnan has passed away during the sleep in the night. Ramesh informed all of us and all of us  went to brother Krishnan's house at Rajawadi, Ghatkopar, Bombay. The rituals were duly conducted. 

Present position of sister in law

Later the Rajawadi house had a good offer and sister in law disposed off the same with the help of my another elder brother A R Narayanan. She bought a 2 BHK flat in Andheri east near to brother Narayanan's house. Shortly thereafter the marriage of the 2nd daughter Prabha was conducted. As Mr Narayanan had already conducted his daughter's marriage one month back, the rituals of the marriage was done by me and wife in place of the girl's parents. Prabha was at Goregoan near Andheri for some time in the accommodation of the company of her husband Hariharan A. Later they shifted to the accommodation provided by company at Chucrhgate. Sister in law had some severe health problem and was not fit to live separately and was accommodated by Prabha and her husband in their house. After few years after marriage Prabha had twin girls and her mother's presence was helpful to her to bring up the twins. About 2 years back Hariharan's office decided to close down the Mumbai office and Hariharan had to decide between going to the head office at Pune or another office at Singapore. He opted for Singapore. About 2 - 3 months back they decided to shift to Pune and in the end or March or beginning of April 2012, they shifted to Pune. 

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