CHAPTER NO EIGHT ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH VIDYA KIRAN After pacifying Shyamala, Baskar pondered over how to deal with Ramanathan family. He behaved freely with Ramanathan who was in the company of our Astrologer. He engaged conversation with Ramanathan who was surprised to see Baskar giving him company. “Come here, Baskar. Take the seat.” He offered a seat to him. Baskar took a seat in front of him and started conversing with him: “My father had already predicted that Santha could not be the cognate (One related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another) with the deceased foster parents. But none believed his prediction including myself. But on seeing Vidhya Kiran at the Intercollegiate Competition, I was stuck with wonder as she was a spitting image of Santha. A
