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Madhavan returns to Kerala after working for twenty years in Dubai. He thinks that now he can enjoy the retired life.
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Ravi Ranjan Goswami
Ravi Ranjan Goswami is a native of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is a retired Indian Revenue Service officer,and former Assistant Commissioner of Customs at Cochin. He writes poetry in Hindi and fiction in Hindi and English. He especially enjoys telling stories.
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Cochin Stories - Ravi Ranjan Goswami
Cochin stories
Ravi Ranjan Goswami
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Destiny
Madhavan Pillai returned to Kerala after working for two decades in Dubai. He thought that now he would enjoy the retired life with his family. His wife Lata, who was a professor of Hindi in a college in Cochin had retired too. While in service, the two people never lived together for more than three to four months in a year. Sometimes, Lata would go to Dubai, on vacation. Sometimes Madhavan would come to Cochin. Their only son Shashi had grown up. He obtained a civil engineering degree, but was working as an Inspector in the Central Excise Department. He was happy with his job.
Madhavan was from Thrissur. He had built a house there. The house was very beautiful and full of modern amenities. Shashi's posting was in Aluva which was not far off. That's why Shashi lived with his parents. Overall, Madhavan and his family had a happy life. A few days ago, they had received a proposal for Shashi's marriage
It had been raining incessantly for the concluding two-three days.
After lunch, the three were sitting in the drawing-room watching TV and talking about Shashi's marriage.
Madhavan asked Lata, "The girl is from Cochin and has studied at your college. Have you ever seen her?
Lata asked Shashi, What was the name of the girl?
Shashi said, Lakshmi.
Lata said, " There were many girls of this name. I can’t guess about this particular girl.
Madhavan said, " We will go to see the girl next month in September. By then the rain will also reduce. One of my friends knows this family. In his opinion, the family is very respectable. If everything goes well, we can fix the marriage in November or December this year.
Meanwhile, Shashi's mobile
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