Saturday, May 19, 2007

Mr. Shankar Visits Govindaniketan

13 May 2007

A wonderful new development on Mother's Day - Mr. Shankar visited Govindaniketan.

This was rather unexpected. We had been under the impression that a visit could take place only after Rajesh prepared the detailed sketches. But on 30 April, after taking measurements for the sketches, Rajesh had dissapeared. Then came the abrupt announcement that he was getting married.

Worried that the whole project would be indefinitely delayed, Achan had made a telephone call today to Mr. Shankar. As luck would have it, he was at Chry itself! Since he had some spare time at hand he asked if he could visit Gnktn at short notice. Thankfully Manoj was at home and he quickly took Mr. Shankar around the house.

Manoj later told Achan that Mr.Shankar suggested some broad changes to preserve the ambience of the old house, while at the same time, making it more open and airy -- removing a portion of the kitchen, making a sit-out near the entrance, etc.

Great! A lot of uncertainty has just got blown away...

:)

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