My wife and I travelled to Los Angeles to spend the thanksgicing with my uncle and his family. My uncle has arrived in the United States 5 years ago from India. He is the closest from our pallathu family I have always talked to and get together for fun and stories. He has so many stories to tell. This time we discussed about an Impala Fiet car that our grand-mother (grand-father’s sister) Valiyamamma had. She completed her medical in Mysore and became the first doctor in our area. She bought an Impala Fiet car which was like Rs.15,000 in 1969. She had also a fridge at that time. A car or a fridge was rately seen in India at that time. I have asked my uncle why everyone could not have a car or a a fridge at that time. She was rich and her knowldge of the world was very vast. Now almost 40 years later, all middle to upper class people can afford a car in India. The people know what they require to have to raise the quality of life.