Obituary: Thatha Venkatraman
One of the grand old men of scouting in Chennai died recently. Venkatraman, called thatha Venkatraman by almost everyone was one of the leading lights of the movement in the city.
He was closely associated with the south madras district scouting movement, children garden school and the besant camping centre that is part of the theosophical society in adyar.
An energetic and warm gentleman who was rather sharp with his comments, he left everyone whom he interacted with a sense of care.
I grew in scouting days, though never directly under his tutelage. He would visit us all the way from Sholinganallur farm of CG to Madhavaram in his small phut-phut TVS50 those days when chennai had the same roads and lesser traffic. He cared much for his children and ensured that he got to know them as much as possible and always used to enquire about everyone he though you know about when he met you.
A scout is supposed to be many things, cheerfulness, care and concern chief among them. Thatha Venkatraman exemplified these qualified. A true scout who deserves a scout salute.
He was closely associated with the south madras district scouting movement, children garden school and the besant camping centre that is part of the theosophical society in adyar.
An energetic and warm gentleman who was rather sharp with his comments, he left everyone whom he interacted with a sense of care.
I grew in scouting days, though never directly under his tutelage. He would visit us all the way from Sholinganallur farm of CG to Madhavaram in his small phut-phut TVS50 those days when chennai had the same roads and lesser traffic. He cared much for his children and ensured that he got to know them as much as possible and always used to enquire about everyone he though you know about when he met you.
A scout is supposed to be many things, cheerfulness, care and concern chief among them. Thatha Venkatraman exemplified these qualified. A true scout who deserves a scout salute.
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