I went to see the ballet "karuna" by Lenin Rajendran at Chowdia Memorial Hall, Malleswaram yesterday. Vasavadatta's story. After the show was over, i met Mr.Keshav, retd CGM of SBI. He told me that Meena wanted to give me an autographed copy of her book - autobiography of MKK Nair (With malice towards none"). I had earlier read a portion of the same in a magazine. I had discussed of this and of sri MKK Nair to Keshav sir. He would have told this to Meena. Moreover, when i first met Lalitha das, mother of meena, she told me that she was from trivandrum and on my enquiry she told that she was MKK Nair's brother's wife. Then she was taken aback when i enquired of another brother and his family.
I didn't tell her how i knew them.
While i was at Tripunithura, i got a call from the officer in charge of DRT accounts at zonal office. He instructed me to arrange an AC car and take the DRT officer to trivandrum to see a property pledged to us in one of the DRT cases. I arranged the car. Then i glanced through the case file. The borrower, an engineer, took a loan from us. The venture failed. Then as a part of compromise, bank will release a plot in Kannur belonging to his wife and he can sell it and remit a particular amount (i learned that the land would fetch more than the money to be remitted). Then a new loan will be sanctioned for another venture. The new venture was to manufacture the wheeled baskets as seen in malls of today and airports. but he was too early in the market and it failed. On going through the decree, i was shocked to see that the property we are to see is not in the list. but figures in all correspondences. Actually, there was to have a tripartite agreement agreeing to mortgage the property because the documents were in the court for the earlier loan, which was not done by the Bank. However, i did not tell anyone. we went to see the plot 40 cents in Kazhakuttam. Then, we thought of going to his house. The car had a board, GOI. The DRT recovery officer had vast powers. We went to the borrower's home. His mother came out. An old lady but from her looks we can understand that she was from a "tharavad". She told that we cannot go inside the house or see her husband. We felt bad. I insisted and told her that of DRT officer's powers. But to our shock, we saw a man - a vegetable man as they call...a frail body.
we said sorry and went back.
This was MKK Nair's another brother, a retired RDO.
I sent persons to meet her daughter (borrower's sister) and her husband - then working at Amrita Institue, Kochi to somehow help us recover this NPA.
I took lot of pains to recover about Rs.18 lakhs and write off some interest and the bank closed the case.
But today, i am now a friend to another brother's family. Mr.Gopal Das. Mrs Lalitha das invited me to their annual day function of the Bangalore Club for kathakali and Arts. Mrs Meena das narayan, d/o lalitha das gifted me with a book - a translation of the autobiography of MKK Nair.
I have also been to Ambalamughal, where there were some members of the Book club in which i was a member while at Tripunithura. I have seen the farsightedness and creativity of Sri MKK Nair.
Somewhere i have read..meeting people accidentally is coincidental for us but it is acually a continuity, from earlier births..
