Family elders Mangammal and Annakutty (my mama). As the eldest surviving male in the Chakrapani family Annakutty, C V Raman, to give his proper name, gets invited as chief patron, ex-officio, to all family functions and gatherings organised by any member of the Chakrapani clan. As such, Annakutty (not many in our clan know him as Raman)is on the move, away from his Mumbai base, for three to four months in the year. The picture (above) was taken at Vizak (June 2007) at the wedding of his sister Mangammal's grandson Shankar.
His wife Purnima.
They met as students at BITS, Pilani, married as Colleagues at TCS; and they now live in Chennai. Purnima was photographed in New Delhi (Sept.2007) at her in-laws' sashtiyapti - Govindan and Bhagya. 
Bhagya, my sister, works for the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Govindan, a retired company executive, is into volunteerng at a neighbourhood temple in New Delhi.
Baby(Subbulakshmi), Bhagya's elder sister, doing the honours at brother-in-law's 'second marriage'. Baby is based in Chennai, with her son Raja Chakrapani and daughter-in-law Radha.
Radha and Raja (if you can figure them out from this poor shot) at the Vizak wedding.
Their only son Praveen (left) with cousin Mukesh. Seated behind him is his father Muthuraman; and Babu (left), son of Sambu (my chitti) at Pollachi. Incidentally, Babu is perhaps the only member of the third-generation Chakrapani family who hasn't eft Pollachi. He works for a an insurance company at Udumalpet and commutes from Pollachi.
A closer,and clearer, profile of Babu, taken at Shankar's wedding in Vizak.
Kalpana, a third-generation member of the Chakrapani family, is my sister Baby's daughter. A school teacher, Kalpana lives in Coimbatore.
This, a picture of a fourth-generation clan member, Saranya, helping with the steps her great grandma and the eldest surviving member of the Chakrapani clan.
Uma, Saranya's mother, at the Vizak wedding of her only brother Shankar. Uma lives in New Delhi, works for Tata-McGraw Hill; and is marrried to Rajesh of IBM.
Rajesh with daughter Saranya, at the sashtiyapti function of Govindan and Bhagya in New Delhi.
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