The location of the Prayer Meeting for Dr.Mujumdar was the Admar Mutt in Andheri. It was a very solemn occasion. We had an audience of 100 persons.The family had arranged for a pleasing,smiling photograph of Dr.Mujumdar, duly garlanded. The meeting began at 5 p.m with prayers by the younger brother of Dr.Mujumdar--who sang lustily Ganesh Vandana and several other moving religious verses. He spoke briefly. This was followed by two cute speeches by the two granddaughters of Dr.Mujumdar--which revealed what a loving Grandpa he was.He induced in them a love for books, instilled a sense of discipline. The kids used to go for morning walks with the Grandpa as the walk would end with fresh tender coconut water !.
Since Sudesh, the son could not attend his message was read out by his sister Mamata--a touching tribute. Mamata spoke after this but could barely control herself. She made a deeply moving speech. Then we had tributes from Tarapore,Philip Thomas, Vasudevan,Shetty, one lady and myself. Impressive accounts were given of the intellectual attainments and outstanding personal qualities of Dr.Mujumdar. I also spoke and my speech is given below. Finally Shri Tarapore released the latest book of Dr.Mujumdar and gave the first copy to Smt.Mujumdar. She spoke a few words praying to the God that in her future janmas too she should have Dr.Mujumdar as her husband. The meeting concluded at 7 p.m.
- P.P.Ramachandran
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