Inputs and corrections from Monikaka this evening:
Tarulata was born in 1908. (When Monikaka mentioned her as "Tarudi" today, I felt a warm ripple flowing in my heart. The PisiThamma about whom we did not know till a few days back became so "real" with the address "Tarudi"). This birth-year means Tarulata was 16 when she was married and 18 when she passed away. Math says Monikaka was 4 when Tarulata died in 1926. Tarulata was the middle child of Kalinath Ray. She was born two years after the birth of S N Roy, Kalinath's eldest child. My Grandfather A N Roy was born in 1910 or 1911 (Monikaka couldnt be specific).
Monikaka's father i.e. Kalinath's elder brother Taraknath had a son Narendranath from his first marriage. In 1926, Narendranath died of small pox, the death taking place just 6 months before Tarulata's passing. Thus, the Ray family lost two of their children to two diseases in the year 1926.
The passing away year of Narendranath tells us that Taraknath had remarried before the death of his son from his first marriage, as Monikaka, his eldest child from his second marriage was born in 1922!
Bani (Mago) and S N Roy got married in 1936 and not in 1937 as Jethu thought. Baro-Jethu (Prabir Roy) was born in 1937 and not in 1938 as Jethu always knew.
[There are millions and trillions of other anecdotes that could be gathered throughout the day today, courtesy the hours Anjoli spent with Banlu Pisi (Mago's twin Fu-Thamma's daughter) in the morning-afternoon and the hours that we were fortunate to spend with Monikaka this evening when he visited south City Garden.]
Tarulata was born in 1908. (When Monikaka mentioned her as "Tarudi" today, I felt a warm ripple flowing in my heart. The PisiThamma about whom we did not know till a few days back became so "real" with the address "Tarudi"). This birth-year means Tarulata was 16 when she was married and 18 when she passed away. Math says Monikaka was 4 when Tarulata died in 1926. Tarulata was the middle child of Kalinath Ray. She was born two years after the birth of S N Roy, Kalinath's eldest child. My Grandfather A N Roy was born in 1910 or 1911 (Monikaka couldnt be specific).
Monikaka's father i.e. Kalinath's elder brother Taraknath had a son Narendranath from his first marriage. In 1926, Narendranath died of small pox, the death taking place just 6 months before Tarulata's passing. Thus, the Ray family lost two of their children to two diseases in the year 1926.
The passing away year of Narendranath tells us that Taraknath had remarried before the death of his son from his first marriage, as Monikaka, his eldest child from his second marriage was born in 1922!
Bani (Mago) and S N Roy got married in 1936 and not in 1937 as Jethu thought. Baro-Jethu (Prabir Roy) was born in 1937 and not in 1938 as Jethu always knew.
[There are millions and trillions of other anecdotes that could be gathered throughout the day today, courtesy the hours Anjoli spent with Banlu Pisi (Mago's twin Fu-Thamma's daughter) in the morning-afternoon and the hours that we were fortunate to spend with Monikaka this evening when he visited south City Garden.]
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