Sunday, May 4, 2014
Here I am . Sunday my A Day - Arrival Day . Three PM GMT .Tenth Day Of December 1967 . I arrived at Victoria Terminus heart of Central London from Airport Heathrow International . I have the message that a friend is waiting for me . With my luggage I proceeded towards the exit lounge and there was waiting my Host my welcome Angel and He is the one introduced himself as Doctor Karri Nooka Raaju sent by Sri Karri Satthi Reddy gaaru of Preston in Lancashire . He welcomed me warmly , enquired about my trip from India , informed me that he is a family practitioner in a suburb of London . He helped me give a cable back to India ( He paid for it Thank You K Nooka Raaju ) about my safe arrival , a formality for my satisfaction . He took me to a tandoori restaurant and we both had a good sumptuous Indian meal ( at his expense - I have only two pounds and twelve shillings - you all know that - Thank You Dr Nooka Raaju Friend maatha AnnapoorNa )and then he gave me ONE HUNDRED POUNDS BRITISH STERLING which he told me was a welcome gift courtesy of Preston Sri Karri Satthi Reddy gaaru ( Thank You Sir Lakshmi Pradaatha Sri Karri Satthi Reddy garu ) for which I thanked both my welcoming Host and Preston well wisher and wondered how in a foreign land a gentleman could trust me a complete stranger so explicitly while my own people back home were reluctant to lend a helping hand and even if when they condescended to do so kept on reminding me and all and sundry about their meager help for the rest of their lives . Let it be so let the ghosts lie low , me at present happy in the company of friend and savior Doctor Karri Nooka Raaju and in absentia Preston Sri Karri Satthi Reddy gaaru . After that gourmet meal my friend took me to Indian YMCA 41 Fitzroy Square near Warren Street Tube Station and paid for first week's rent of seven pounds and made arrangements with the management to accommodate me as A Student Volunteer at a weekly rental of Seven pounds for a bed , breakfast and dinner with a proviso that I should serve as a volunteer server in the dining hall during breakfast and dinner times which I was very happy to do . Now it is 7 PM GMT and my host Doctor Karri Nooka Raaju , before leaving for his place gave me the addresses of two London Resident Doctor friends who will help me and guide me - 1. Doctor M Dasaraddha Raam FRCS a native of Visaakhapatnam , 2. Doctor Pradeep Kumaar Dattha FRCS hailing from Calcutta ( Kolkata now ) , and addresses of A . Indian High Commission which has a canteen to serve a meager lunch for students at two shillings per a plate of rice and dal and also that I should register with Indian High Commission ; B . General Medical Council of Britain where I should register my medical qualification . Now I have a bed to sleep , and assured of breakfast and dinner where I serve others and serve myself , and a place ( Canteen at Indian High Commission ) where I can have lunch and things to do during next week starting Monday , 11 December 1967 . With all matters settled and me assured , confident , my welcoming host Doctor Karri Nooka Raaju left to his own place - now friends that is my first day and night in London and please wait for me while I get over jet lag , come Monday eleventh December 1967 I will narrate what will be chi sera sera what will be will be !
AnasooyaAthreyaSeshaAnjaneyakrishna
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