My classmates in village school & in Sri Krishna Academy

Sashia Nani, Basanta Nani & Hema Nani - Basanta Nani

Photos courtesy Stutee

Gopia Bhai passes away

Died 31st August 2015
He was the last icon of our earlier generation. During my childhood days, he used to work in Kolkata. Later he shifted to the village and had many ideas to have common developmental plans for all the villagers. Hale and hearty till 6 months back, he fell sick in the early parts of 2015. When I visited the village in April 2015, I didn;t expect him to be living till the end of August. The youngest of his sons, Sukanta with his wife and daughter were taking extremely good care of him with support from Gendua who used to frequently visit him from Cuttack and Jhatua from Rourkela. Chhaya had left him long back and he loved to live in the village where Sukanta and his wife took care of every need of him. Dedication of Gopia Bhai's children may be an example for many others to follow.
May his soul rest in peace and may God help his relations to cope with the loss.