Indra Gangabissoon was married for 59 years. She gave birth to six daughters, and lived and raised her family at their home in Calcutta, Freeport.
She held her family close to her. It was the only way she knew. It was a way of life until a merciless act of violence on Thursday cut her life short.
Gangabissoon was savagely beaten and bludgeoned at her home after she and her husband, Sugrim, returned home after cashing their pension cheques, and Sugrim had kept an eye appointment.
Indra succumbed to her injuries yesterday at about 8.30 am at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital.
Gangabissoon celebrated her 76th birthday on March 25. She and her husband were supposed to celebrate their 59th wedding anniversary on that ill-fated day when they were attacked.
Sugrim, 93, a former employee of the Board of Inland Revenue, sustained injuries to his head and chest, and still has problems recalling what exactly transpired during the incident.
But his wife did not give up her life without a fight, not without struggling for what she knew was her and her life.
Even while suffering from the grief of losing his lifelong partner yesterday, Sugrim spoke briefly with Sunday Newsday at his home.
“I do not know what was in her mind when she struggled for her life, but she gave the best she could, trying to do her part, lovingly and honestly, and it’s the same thing we want to do.
old lady beaten