Memoires of another day - XV - by Arun Roy Mukherjee

XV : My father was transferred to the District Headquarter office at Suri. Suri was not very far from Dubrajpur. Our residence at Suri was in a lane and was very near to the Girls’ school. Our acquaintance developed with a muslim family from our Dubrajpur days. The gentleman was also a government servant and the son-in-law of Fazlul Haque, a famous political person of that time. The gentleman had two wives and two beautiful daughters Lily and Dolly. Both of them were older to me. That gentleman was also transferred to Suri at about the same time and found a house very near to our residence. At Suri, I was not admitted to any school and my mother used to take care of my studies. Opposite our residence was a very big brick-built three storied building which had a temple, a brick-built courtyard and an impressive gate belonging to a well-to-do family The eldest lady of the house took a fancy for us and used to visit our house and call my mother to theirs on all occasions and religious functions held at that house. They were vaishnavites. Had a Vaishnava Guru who was a very good narrator of religious stories (a kathak thakur) particularly about the life and incidents relating to Sri Krishna.