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Doyen of Kerala K. C. Mammen Mappillai

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  Doyen of Kerala  K. C. Mammen Mappillai  Late K..C. Mammen Mappillai (KCMM)  This blog  starts with a link from  my memoirs, presently being written, which recalls my personal recollections of the life and work of the late K. C. Mammen Mappillai, my grandfather.  He died when I was just 10 years and 9 months old.  The most formative years of my life were between 1949 snd 1954 when I was under the guidance of KCMM, Dewan Bahadur Mysore Matthan, both my grandmothers, my godparents, the late K. M. Eapen, the late Malyakal George  Matthan and the late Mrs. M. M. Thomas.  Plus I had the good fortune in my formative years to go to Bishop Cotton School in Bangalore. Rajen and me in Delhi And I grew up with Padma Shri Kandathil Mammen Mathew (Rajen), with whom I share an unbreakable bond of almost 80 years.  Besides our life in Kottayam, we grew up in Bombay, went to college in St. Stephen’s College, where he was instrumental in getting me elected as the President of the residents in only