My tribute to Daddyji - my Father-in-Law
My father-in-law was a man of taste, style, and one who believed in living a good-life, kingsize. A doctor by profession, his personality held a different shade for every moment, occasion, and interaction. He was a medical professional for his patients, a healer for his close friends and family, a counsellor for those facing troubled times, a storyteller for grandchildren and adults alike, a socialite, a dutiful son and younger brother, a faithful husband, and a doting father and grandfather. Tall and slim, his handsomeness was matched with an enduring charm, his presence always commanding even in a room full of younger men. Some of the pictures of his youth are testimony of what a handsome young man he must have been and pardon me for imagining how young ladies at the time would have swooned over him. Perhaps characteristic of surgeons and doctors, he had strikingly long and thin fingers. He dressed sharply and rebuked those whom he found lacking in his close quarters. His...