THE KICHA MAMA I KNEW When I married Venkatraman (fondly called Venkata by the family members) , he made it clear all Mamas have a special place in life for him, Kicha mama was one of such special relation whom we always thought of fondly . For me it was indeed so delightful to have such close knit family that every meeting with mama and mami was always a happy occasion I can recall mama and mami had come to all different places we were transferred time to time This is a tall commentary equating to the present times where even parents and children don’t get to meet one another staying in different continents and packed with busy schedules When we were stationed in Dehradun and decided to have the poonal of Ravi and Raghu there, mama and mami took the trouble to travel all the way participate in the poonal staying at home and later everyone did a pilgrimage together to Badrinath and Kedarnath. Those memories can never be erased, always we recall ...