Our childhood years were spent in a renovated old house in Trivandrum which had partially tiled and concrete roof. The main attraction of the otherwise spartan house was the diversity of trees which included guava, jackfruit, mango, coconut trees, banana plants, flowers such as hibiscus, jasmine, bogain bougainvillea plant were all found in the surroundings.On vacations we used to spend almost two months at my mother's place in Kottayam sharing time at my uncle's house and thereafter at my aunt'...

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