(Dr TKT). Tata was always Jolly and a family Man. He held himself to very high standards - both professionally, Morally and socially. He made friends easy.
He worked as a CHILLY specialist in LAM farm near Guntur when the Andhra state was created and he opted for Maharashtra in the earstwhile Nizam state. He moved to Parbhani as a principal, agricultural college which he developed and in a very few years it was elevated to be a college. We had a cook ( Hamid Miya aka. Subraminiyam - since his father wasn't supposed to know the cook was a muslim!). Meat and Chicken were described as egg-fruit bhaji or curry ( ofcourse never served to his father). There were parties in our house for ever!. He was a very popular teacher and mentor. His friends were one Feroz (owned local theater), local IAS collecter's, One Dr Chari ( a local doctor who later designed Hyderabad apollo Hospital) and so on. Badminton was played in our grounds. He played Tennis in a club close by. Ammamma was a great sport and support. Yethiraji movedto Parbhani for a while and Radharaman was born in Parbhani. K babu, Pillamma pinni were frequent visitors and she fecilitated their union. Almost everyone visited us those days (1951-1957). I was away in Andhra persuing my studies, if you call them that!. Missed out on a lot, I must say.

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