Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Kalahasthi Bala thripura sundari

In short we used to call her KBT.She was short,slim, fair and a good person. She was dignified and did not entertain any males unnecessarily ,whether they were colleagues or customers. She used to keep everyone at bay.But I was shocked when I came to know that she was married to A Singh. bondelavaallu, and that second marriage for him. I did not ask her about these things but I am writing what other colleagues told about her. She was a Tamil Brahmin and all her brothers were teachers. They had own house at Pogathota,Nellore, heart of the town. She was the only daughter. No one knew how but she got attracted towards him who was more than ten years older than her and was already married and had a son by his first wife. It seems First wife came to the Branch once she knew that her husband married this lady and made a big scene.
As a result her entire family boycotted her. When i JOINED AT Nellore branch, she was already married. She was tensed that she could not concieve. As my sisters were working as doctors at Government maternity hospital,Nellore ,I took her to them and they conducted D&C ,BUT it was of no use. Then there was a rumour that already her husband had undergone Fp operation, so she could not concieve.
She was friendly with me , SHE was MA english literature. I could smell that she was not happy in that relation ship mainly because her brothers, parents did not accept her. Once ,it seems our second line manager RR KANADEhad gone to Ranganayakula swamy temple with family and she was sitting there weeping. She looked as she was about to indulge in self harming act like drowning in Penna river flowing nearby. Kanade suspected aptly and waited and saw that she had alited rickshaw and went home.He gave company to her till she could become normal emotionally. Few days after wards, she did not come to the branch. Halfan hour, after, her husband came for her. I was afraid that she might do some harm to herself if she could not think properly. Then I took permission from manager and went to her house. Her house was lcked from outside, Then I called and enquired with her house owners, She said sundari was inside, Then I went to her and clarified myself that she had no such motives as on then and returnedto the branch with relief.

Achandra sekhar and Ram manohar rao

These two also worked at that time at Nellore branch. Special attraction of these two people is that my father tried for matchmaking for me. Both did not materialese. AC was Amancharla boy and he had a sister to be married. When my father approached her, she put forth obligation that My brother had to accept to marry her daughter. My father did not like this proposal and it was dropped. I dont know why match with Rama manohar did not materialise.
But both of them were decent people and never reminded me of my fathers approach to them earlier.Of them AC was good looking and sharp and Rammanohar was calm and composed. As they were long standing they got transferred soon and became officers afterwards.
Murthy was a typist and he was not a native of Nellore . He was a vegetarian but soon became a non vegetarian by habit. The reason was this. Srinivasulu, our dafthary was maintaining poultry farms at home. Once in a while he used to invite colleagues to his house and give nv party. First time , he tasted it with reluctance and later became a lavish eater of non veg.

Seshagirirao, p chandrasekhar

When I joined at Nellore ,Seshagiri rao and P chandra sekhar were senior clerks. As I changed my union membership from Staff union ti employees union, these people talked to me. Staff union members boycotted me. These were good natured people. Once Seshagiri rao lost rs10000/ in cash. They could not locate it. He was not economically sound to pay back the amount to the bank. Then all the members got united and contributed each rs1000/ and made good the payment to the bank.
P Chandrasekhar was short, stumoy and jovial Brahmin. He was a cigarette smoker. They all had good working knowledge. It seems that earlier he was attracted to K bala thripura sundari, our another colleague at Nellore branch. She was a TAmil brahmin and they were very Orthodox. It seems that she used to bring her coffee in a flask so that she may not be forced to drink outside.
But she got married to another person and he with some other person.
Both of them became officers soon.

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Suresh, Mrk murthy

A suresh was our special assistant at Nellore branch. he was short, fair and good natured Brahmis. I never swa him lose his temper. He was soft spoken. His son was a dancer. He is to perform frequently at town club. He used to invite us for those programs. He was a small boy then, but in later days also he pursued his hobby and got appointment as dance teacher in Kendria vidyalaya, Delhi. I was his clerk for many terms. I handled Drfts, head office, outstationed cheques collection and other miscellaneous departments under him. Our combination as supervisor and clerk was a success.This I am saying because , I am really short tempered. It is more apt to say that even I dont know when and how I would lose my temper. I am most unpredictable creature on the face of the earth.He handled me efficiently so that he could extract maximum work with least resistance.
Later he got transferred to Karakambadi and became an officer also before retirement.
MRadhakrishna murthy was a senior clerk At Nellore when I joined there.He was also a good Brahmin and of helping nature. He always had a smiling disposition and a helping nature. He had the best working knowledge of the bank. Practically he was a gem. Taking me as an inspiration, he too completed CAIIB IN few instalments and later became an officer.He attended my brothers marriage also at nellore then.He was agood friend of mine.