An Autograph - 1

I am not a role model. But, inspired by a lot of people. My main inspiration is my mother and my role model is my father. Today is April 6, 2006. I am now in Bahrain. I wanted to start writing about myself from this day onwards in the form of blog. I dont have plans to invite anyone to read my blog, but, if anyone does, i welcome and appreciate their comments in any form.

There are many friends now and new relationship began [including my wife]. But, they know me as an MCC-an, or a BE Electrical Engineer or MS degree holder or a TCS employee. My parents and my relatives know me from the beginning. I cannot comprimise my parents or my relatives for that matter for anything in this world. When others know for what i am now, they know how i was and from where i came here.

Childhood Days
I, Bright, was born on March 5, 1977, to Mr. A.R. Kasimani and Mrs. K. Kasthuri. I was born and brought up in Chennai [when it was known as Madras]. Most of my childhood days were spent in Royapuram in North Madras. I was put up in school [LKG - Lower Kinder Garden] on February 29, 1980. Nice date to remember, isnt it? My amma used to tell me about the day i got admission to the school. The school name was Kamaraj Kinder Garden school. It was housed in a small terrace with the thatched coconut leaves ceiling. The school is above my grandparents [amma's parents] house.

My best childhood buddies [and even today, they are my best] are my Raja machan [brother-in-law, my amma's brother's son] and Sudha machan. I spent most of my school holidays and festivels with them. I used to call my mama as Ayya [because my machans call him like that] and athai as Anni [because my mother call her like that].

My Family Cirle
My relative circle is big, but my little world is limited to only that.
From my father side, i had Four periappa and one athai.

1. Thangaraj Periappa - I have only heard about him. Never had much opportunities to talk to him. When i am writing this blog, he is not with us. He died a couple of weeks back. I heard from my appa that he was asking about me and my wife and wanted to see us when he was in his death bed.
His wife, my periamma loves me a lot. For some personal reason she lived separately from my periappa. She is also not with us when i am writing this. She died on 4th November 2004 - the day after my wedding. She was ill for quite some time and will always be telling that, her only reason to keep the life is to see my marriage. Some strange coincidence, she died after seeing my marriage. She blessed us and took photo with us.

2. Seeniappa Periappa & periamma - They love so very much. My periappa used to make official trip to chennai every month when he was working. Everytime he comes, he bring a load of goodies for me. He will roam around any part of the world if i ask him anything. He will buy and give me a lot of guide, books and encourage me to study and get more credits.
My periamma, she loves me more than my kennedy anna and malar akka. She will prepare home made ghee with lots n lots of love especially for me. She makes achchu murukku, mundiri koththu very well. She will send vellam athirasam paagu for me, whenever my periappa comes.

3. Singaraj Periappa & periamma - When we stayed in Royapuram, they were also staying in our neighbourhood. My ezhil akka is also only child and she is my childhood friend. As any other sister and her little brother, we also shared a lot of fun and fought a lot more times. This brought a special bonding as brother and sister between us. I dont know if she shares the same feelings as mine, but, however, i have the same memories and affections evergreen in my mind.
If my seeniappa periappa taught me to use the heart more, my singaraj periappa taught to use the brain. He will think a lot and analyse things a lot. He will make decisions based on what his brain advices him and not based on his heart. He had gone around lot of places in India on deputation. So, he carries a lot of experience with him.

4. The next is my father - i will talk about him later.

5. Jeyaraj Chittappa & chithi - They stayed in my native place. It is a nice greenish [but without rain / water] village called Mangudi, near Rajapalayam. [btw, rajapalayam is famous for a special breed of dog]. My chittappa taught me cycling and he attempted many time to teach me swimming. He used to hold my hands and take me to the market. He will buy and give me sappotta - a special variety of tasty mango, and cheeni mittai - my native place speciality sweet. He died few years back due to a medical mishap.

6 - My athai & mama - They stayed in my native place only. I never had much interaction with them. But, we were in Mangudi when MGR died. During that time, the entire tamil nadu came to a standstill and there was not a single business going on. My athai had a milk farm and all the milk where directed to her home. So, we were making anything possible with milk and had a grand gala time.

With this, i am coming to a logical end about my father side relatives [first level - their offsprings and their information is still pending]