She was a very simple soul sometimes very adhering to her point of view. Way back in late sixties of the last century, she was very close to me. She was married to Ekana Bhai who was the lone person from our village who worked in Rourkela Steel Plant and I was always carrying him to Jagatsinghpur market on the cycle.In return almost every day I had the chance of getting treated in Dhani Dokana apart from special delicacies from Suna Nuabou- Kanchan Nuabou's sister-in-law at their home.
Later when I also joined Rourkela Steel Plant as a doctor, our family always frequented Ekana Bhai's family.
What enderared her as a human being is her ability to donate a son to the elder sisiter-in-law who was without issues. She suffered a lot psychologically and physically when her second son Chita was diagnosed to have blood cancer and ultimately succumbed at the young age of 14. She endured these sufferings with the hope of returning back to her elder son Ranjan in village.
After Ekana Bhai's retirement, they both returned home but Kanchan had to go through a lot of psychological turbulence for many years. For small family feuds Ekana and Kanchan stayed out side their home for 4-5 years. It was recently- only a couple of days back- that she had returned to her own home and spent some time with her son, daughter-in-law and grandson.
She had diabetes- a family gift- for more than 30 years and had septicemia when she was shifted to SCB Medical College, Cuttack. She passed away in the early hours on 2nd June 2009. May God rest her soul in peace.
