My father was a man of steel. I don’t just mean metaphorically but also literally, he was Secretary Ministry of Steel for the Indian Central Government.
His was a spectacular professional career that started in the Indian Administrative Service in 1978 and he retired after 37 years in 2015, with a supremely unblemished and enviable record - no scandals, no corruption charges, no police charges, and not even any official complaints in all his years of service. A truly successful career professional.
His career spanned the public corporations in Punjab - from sugar production to argiculture services...
He had nerves of steel.
But alcohol corrodes Steel. And it did. Until finally, my Dad’s steely exterior withered from within, culminating in a stroke in 2016 after which he was never the same again. And neither were any of his family members - my Mom, my brother, myself, and his grandkids. The effects of health crises are far-reaching.
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