I guess, one needs to get used to such passing of seasons/lives...
Keti - a very chubby, exhuberant and efficient - person... Geeta's first secy, when we came to XL in 1990.
She retired in mid '90s - and since then I think I must have met her maybe only once or twice - but each meeting was a warm occurance, a kind of continuation of conversations from the past..
...and so this morning, when I received this mail from Director's office, the flow of time stopped for a moment to take a note:
"We have received the sad news this morning that Mrs Keti Jilla passed away this morning at TMH. The funeral will be held this afternoon [January 18] at 3.30 pm in the Parsee cemetery.
For those who do not know Keti, she was a Secretary of XLRI since 1968 and took early retirement on 11/10/95. Keti was very hard working and sincere in her work. She has worked for 4 Deans during her tenure: Prof. Joe Philip; Fr John Prabhu; Prof. Sudas Roy and Dr Jittu Singh. "
Keti's funeral took place today the same place, where some 17-18yrs back, we had gone to say our goodbyes to her young son...
...but today, I could not make it say bye to her!
so in some ways, this posting is to say: Good to have known you, Keti...good-bye, and may you RIP...
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