Aunt K Gets Married

Uncle K had come to see Aunt K while grandfather was ailing, but their marriage took place after he passed away. Uncle K came with a distant relative of his. I instantly liked Uncle K. He was a smiling, friendly guy. Aunt K was happy too. They were smiling all the time in the initial days of their marriage as far as I could remember. Who would have thought they'd end up fighting bitterly like enemies in the later years!

The wedding was in Guruvayoor as it was with most of the people in our family. I have only vague memories of the day. Aunt K was my constant childhood companion. She talked more with me than my mother, who I felt was lost in her thoughts in those days. I cried to go with her to her new home, but wasn't sent. On the day she came back to our house, she came with a huge tin of toffees for me. I took one and was enjoying it when I accidentally swallowed it. I felt that it got stuck in my throat. That was because my people used to frighten me with stories of children dying of choking from balloons and other stuff. I wailed out loud and it was quite a commotion later on. It took some time for everyone to realize nothing was really wrong.