We moved to a new (own) house!

This is to inform everyone that we have moved to our new house on 14th May, 2010.

As you can see from the images below, still little work is left, but we thought it better to shift as we got the electricity connection. Got the phone / internet connection too.
All the things have been arranged. Anu Krishna are the architects of the house. Their signature is there many details. The most important part of the house is the kitchen and so, the hall is attached to it. And, it is in the centre of the house. So, as soon as you enter the door, you will reach the kitchen!

The not so important part of the house, but where I may spend most of the time is below. It is called 'Study', I think. But, we will be watching movies here.


The entire construction was done by adivasi masons - Balu being the chief engineer, with Maran taking lot of responsibility in the second half. It was a pleasure to have them. Of course, our regulars like Carpenter Rajan, Electrician Thomas and Plumber Ismail provided the other crucial services (Just realised, we can claim religious harmony award?!) The entire logistics of managing construction was done by Durga; my brother-in-law (Kalai) and mother providing the all needed moral support with hundreds of phone calls.

This blog post is also to let you know that we will not be having any formal function or ceremony. I would not have written this in musings also, but it is important to acknowledge and thank the support of many people - apart from the ones mentioned above. So, here goes.

Financially, the biggest donor was my parents. Our big savings got finished when we completed the foundation itself! But for the generous grant of Rs.9 lakhs from my parents, we could not even dream of building this house. We did not beg, but burrowed quite a lot. Premila, Shikha-Dilip, Durga's Mother, Regi-Lalitha gave loans whenever we were stuck for money. Many others offered support and were kept as stand-by : Henri and Shyla for example. Ram-Rama gave their old stair case, Stan-Mari gave nice plants for our garden. The number of people who offered to help for shifting things is too high to list.

Thanks a lot to all of you - and a special one to Anu-Krishna. Drop in when you are passing this side. Special invitation to Anita.