Remembering Sunder

My Memories of Raju –Prem (Subramanian) My first memories of Raju are from his Poonal ceremony at Valavanur in 1960. It was my first travel experience alone from Kolkatta to Chennai and we travelled by car along with other relatives. Raju’s father had always been a generous host and the…

MEMORIES OF RAJU –Rama (Parmesh) In the late fifties, as a young girl I remember my road trips to Valavanur with my parents,sometimes on the way to Trichy.The village atmosphere which was enthralling, with fertile and lush green fields, was very new for a city bred girl like me. A…

Sunder & Us –Arvind and Anu My first glimpse of Sunder was relatively late in life, as these things go; I (Arvind) was 22, and the year was 1981. I was a graduate student in the US, and out of the blue, received a letter from Raji, whom I had never…

Remembering Periappa –Devi Going down memory lane brings flashbacks of my childhood days growing up in Valavanur. Whenever Periappa visited us on short trips, I used to be so excited at the prospect of meeting and spending time with him of course not to mention enjoying all the goodies he brought…

Periappa –Saisha My mom, sister, and I have been thinking about all our favorite memories and all the good times we shared with Periappa, while it is hard to select just a few, we wanted to share these with you: We always called Perriappa, Perriappa only, even my dad did…