An Ideal Couple
Mrs. Suseela Anand Reddy
I can say that my father-in-law is a great person. He was a disciplinarian and encouraged his children also to live in the same way. Though he had money, he lived a simple life. Once for Christmas festival he was buying clothes to everyone, I was attracted to a costly saree worth Rs.4000. He denied to buy it and said that I could buy clothes for many people with that money. In our in-laws house we were 11 members living. To meet the needs of everybody it was difficult. But Konda Reddy mama garu was concerned about all the children of his brothers and sisters as much as his own children. He was always generous and used to help everyone. When Vimalamma’s husband died, my father-in-law cried dolorously. His brother Y.S. Raja Reddy comforted him. He was worried about her, thinking how she is going to lead the rest of her life without her husband. My father-in-law is a hard worker and he made all his children follow him. He was a prayerful man and whenever he stayed at Hyderabad used to go to the church in Vijaya Nagar colony. He extended financial help to that church also. Once an engineer who was working with my father-in-law came to our house and told me that we won’t get good profits, if my father-in58 law stays at work because he never allowed them to use less cement than the required measurement. I spoke with my father-in-law about it. He said that we should work honestly and leave the rest to God. He was simply satisfied with his honest earnings. My in-laws are made for each other. My mother-in-law is a hard worker. She always helped the poor people that come to her specially the sick. She is now 94 years old and can’t work much but keeps thinking about mamagaru. I would like to keep my father-in-law’s statue in Prakash Reddy’s Mine. Workers will get motivated and disciplined by looking at him. He is known for his honesty, trust and discipline. He had family prayers everyday at his house. One day I told him, because of his prayers he got good son-in-laws, but he said not only good sons-in-law, but also daughters-in-law. Let his soul rest in peace.
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. Psalms 34:9