After reaching Kannur to attend the AIBDPA meeting today, I thought that I will visit a senior comrade of Postal Union, who in fact advised me to enter P and T Department.
Along with Coms. Ananta Kumar Bhattacharjee, President, AIBDPA, P.V.Chandrasekharan and my wife, I went to the house of Com. Narayanan, retired Postmaster, which is in the centre of the Kannur town itself. He was very happy to meet all of us. He is 91 now and still keeps good health for that age. His wife, daughter and son-in-law, all of them welcomed us warmly.We had good coffee and tasty biscuits also. We talked about the old days.
Com.Narayanan Master was the Post Master of Mattanur at that time when I was working as a teacher in a nearby school. One day he told me that applications have been called for jobs in P and T by the Postmaster General and advised me to apply. I applied for all the four arms, viz. Postal, RMS, Telephones and also Telegraph. I got intimation having been selected for all, since marks alone was the criteria for selection. When I asked Narayanan Master to advise me which post to select, he said that the best selection will be telephones since it is the fast growing sector. Accordingly I selected the same. Within a few days I got the telegram to join the training class and joined duty after training. And the advice given to me was the best, as I experienced later.
When we were returning Master came till the road. He waved his hands in farewell when the car started moving.
Thank YOU Comrade! We will meet next time again when I visit Kannur.