Cyril is one guy who has, I believe, endeavoured throughout to be in touch. Also, I had the privilege of knowing more than one member of his family, his younger brother Basil being my brother Manohar's classmate throughout, even later in St John's Medical College too. I wonder how many in our group remember that Basil also spent some time in our class when we were in Ist or IInd Form perhaps for familiarisation with the school and self-assessment for the level of entry, when the family first moved into Mangalore!
I was happy to spend time with Cyril in 1990 at the Jesuit House/Sophia University in Tokyo/Japan where he lectures on Indology, where I was amazed how up to date he was on all home town matters, including the latest gossip. I had occasion to befriend further his elder brother Andrew and his family too, when I was chief of police Podicherry from 1990-2000.
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