"You are my sons discovery. I respect you." Raman told daughter in law.

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-law/articleshow/31072185.cms?intenttarget=no

My first thought on reading such a nice heartwarming article was to post it here. I think I may be spending too much time on this site.

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You are my son's discovery, I respect you, Raman told daughter-in-law

TNN | Feb 27, 2014, 05.19 AM IST

BANGALORE: Frenchwoman Dominique was in awe of the occasion: she had to meet her future father-in-law who was a great scientist and Nobel laureate, for the first time. She gingerly stepped into the room where CV Raman was resting.

Raman, though, was amiable. Raising his head, Raman said: "So you're Dominique? You are my son's discovery and I shall respect you for that." This is how Raman welcomed his daughter-in-law when they met for the first time in 1970.

"I shall not forget that moment. He was so nice to me," Dominique Radhakrishnan told TOI.

According to Dominique, "Raman had an attractive personality and piercing, sharp eyes. He often quipped that my name sounds like an island."

Asked for her most memorable moment with Raman, Dominique said he had once told her he would gift her his collection of opal crystals. "He had some rare gems, and had displayed them in his private museum. One evening, he asked me to visit the museum. After my visit, he suddenly said he would gift all the opals to me," she said.
But Dominique decided not to take possession of them. "I strongly felt the opals should remain in the museum," she said.

Raman relished South Indian food. "He was a teetotaller and preferred South Indian dishes. He often took me to hotels like Blue Fox on MG Road and Quality Hotel on Brigade Road. In his leisure time, he would listen to Carnatic music," Dominique recalled.

Terming Raman an emotional person, she said, "Once, my husband wrote him a letter. Raman was so thrilled by it he made a teakwood frame for the letter, displaying both 'from' and 'to' addresses."

 

Your question made me curious so I checked. Raman passed away Nov 1970 so looks like this lady knew him for only a few months if she met him for the first time in 1970. The MIL lived for 10 more years.