Gita Narendra Parvati

It started then – for us!

A young Bengali girl and a young man from Kerala

She soon got swept off to … Border areas!

Life with the Army – quite an adventure!

– but lots and lots of…

…..fun together

and the start of an adventure!

Aaaah!----Army life!

And starting a family……

Gita messing with Parvati …

And then …. She was introduced to

Blackie…the first of a line of family dogs !

Seeing Refugee camps … the rougher edges

When the going gets rough….move into paradise!

And a love affair with her new family in Kerala

and they embraced her and she became one of them!

When they move back to HQ in Delhi ….Army housing has the best locations

India Gate and Raj Path were our front yard!

India Gate and Raj Path were our front yard!

Naren….

Africa

Africa

The Gateway to Kenya- Mombasa

A new place – & new responsibilities that she loved

She filled the house with plants – lovely and tropical

Near the ocean – so like her beloved Kerala

And new adventures…..safaris to all the game parks

She learned to drive …

Special people came into her life!

She loved Laxmi Menon !

Kenyatta was rising as independence neared!

And Tom Mboya had a special place in her heart

Honored guests that she entertained with excitement

At her home …cocktail parties…with famous people!

we kids were always impressed! - & took advantage!

Madame president- of Rotary Club

Celebrating Tagore’s centennial with dance drama

And always……travels to far away places

And unusual experiences

Back in India …….and adopting a stray pup

Watching, with fascinated curiosity, her kids growing up

Then….

A new phase

Maybe this was a difficult one?

She watched her kids spread their wingsand was the wind beneath their wings

She sent her kids far away…and visited

ramakrisha

And everywhere she went she found the

Vedanta Society & Ramakrishna Mission

Durga puja

And everywhere she went she found the

Vedanta Society & Ramakrishna Mission

Durga puja

And always … always… her beloved Durga Pooja!

Adventures never stop …. Camping….Back to Army life???

A new phase….her first grandchild…

Rina

Shona arrived… and Baba departs

Sid the Kid arrives!

And there were ….. Six granchildren!

Duttas

Rupa Ravi

TJ

Her wish to see Café de la Paix …. Where World War II ended and the peace treaty was signed in Paris

there isn’t a place that she isn’t ready to go visit!

and surrounded by family…..always!

And when she could not walk – that did not slow her down!

Not really….!

On the cell phone……while driving?

She was a really special lady!

She was a really special lady!

She was a really special lady!

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