Recount
It was 2003. I was working in ICMR headquarters in a Bio ethics Project. NIMS ( national institute of Medical statistics ) is just adjacent to the ICMR headquarters. Pandeyji was the director and he knew us quite well. He has visited our house couple of times with his wife. I bumped into him a couple of times at work and he liked to see abijit who was a golu then. He would invite me to his room and I would walk into his room with abiju and pandeyji would wash the toy kept on his table and give it to abiju. He talked to me few things which didn't make any sense to me. I don't think it would make any sense to me even now 
. Then one day i heard jayachandran was in NIMS waiting for me. When I went to nims i was directed to the conference room. In the conference room i saw this crowd - a big assembly of population scientists of India. Jayachandran was inthe middle chairing singing his peace. Pandeyji invited me to join and I Sat surrounded by this crowd wondering why I was there ! Then towards the end of the meeting all of them introduced themselves with their experience, when my turn came i said through the mike i came here to pick up my husband and nothing more 
. I got up from the seat and found i was bleeding. The seat had blood and I ran into the bathroom. I was in Tears not knowing what to do. I was sure i was only in the mid of my cycle and expecting my periods after 2 weeks. I don't really remember the process but Sutapa sen ( jayachandran 's Junior in IIPS ) handed over a cover with a ganapathi on it. It had a sanitary napkin and she adviced me you must always carry a napkin with you. O God ! The price of a reproduction cycle paid through noise looks like. Pandeyji is no more but he continues to live in our memories for his diplomacy, initiating the reintegration of traditional medicine with modern medicine through surveys and databases .
. Then one day i heard jayachandran was in NIMS waiting for me. When I went to nims i was directed to the conference room. In the conference room i saw this crowd - a big assembly of population scientists of India. Jayachandran was inthe middle chairing singing his peace. Pandeyji invited me to join and I Sat surrounded by this crowd wondering why I was there ! Then towards the end of the meeting all of them introduced themselves with their experience, when my turn came i said through the mike i came here to pick up my husband and nothing more . I got up from the seat and found i was bleeding. The seat had blood and I ran into the bathroom. I was in Tears not knowing what to do. I was sure i was only in the mid of my cycle and expecting my periods after 2 weeks. I don't really remember the process but Sutapa sen ( jayachandran 's Junior in IIPS ) handed over a cover with a ganapathi on it. It had a sanitary napkin and she adviced me you must always carry a napkin with you. O God ! The price of a reproduction cycle paid through noise looks like. Pandeyji is no more but he continues to live in our memories for his diplomacy, initiating the reintegration of traditional medicine with modern medicine through surveys and databases .******
Disrobe to Discover
We were in Chandigarh to attend T.K. Roy ji's daughter's wedding in 2007. Prof.T.K.Roy was jayachandran's guide and he always held roy sir in high esteem.I had both abiju and abiram, and was SR in safdarjung. Wedding was in a hotel and had a big gathering of academicians and practitioners. Roy sir's daughter married a punjabi and is in california now. Some thing funny, weird and unsettling happened at the wedding. Jayachandran had distanced himself from me and we had to walk to the dais to greet the couple. He didn't budge and dragged his feet. I took the lead and walked up to the couple and greeted them. Jayachandran followed. After that remember my saree falling off from my body. I was wearing a favourite checked kanchipuram saree. All the fleets that is to be tucked into the midriff came out and I rushed into the bathroom. Shalini Verma ( again Jayachandran 's Junior who is a women's empowerment champion working for UNDP ) followed me into the bathroom and asked me why did your saree come off. I don't remember what I said but I don't think I said any substance because i stillhave no clue how one's fixed saree loosens up ! Where are you Shalini Verma ...can u hear me 
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