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Hi Friends Namaste. 15 August happens to be my mother’s hundred and third birthday. She was better known as ‘Ammaji.’
A few lines I wrote in her honour in my book titled, ‘Rhythm … in poems’ follows:
Moms are special. They are never too old for their children. They continue to bless. Even more special, are their memories, when they are gone that keeps rocking their children all their lives.
Years don’t distort, Time doesn’t warp, Lifetime doesn’t blot, As mother’s priceless memory, Always remains atop.
Even when I know you’re not there, Yet, there is always something, That keeps telling me, You’re somewhere here and somewhere there, For my life and for my care. So I still feel she’s somewhere around me.
On this occasion friends let me introduce a book that she had written long back. Say somewhere around 1960s titled, Nari aur Samaj.’ (Women and Society). I had read it long time back, and, as it always happens, with time, this priceless book, disappeared somewhere. But I was fortunate to get one copy from my brother Ajit who stays in Guwahati. I have converted the book into a small video clip that you’re about to see. In between the pages you would have Ajit, Shakuntala, Sujata and Suniti giving their comments. I hope you enjoy our effort.
Ammaji was not a highly educated person as many in our family which she admits in her book yet she was the first author, of a book, in the family, and a voracious reader, and quite expert on mythology. She also wrote many articles that were published in many newspaper around sixties. She also had a good understanding of all-time great authors and has quoted some like Shakespeare, Sir Thomas Roe, Munshi Prem Chand and others in the title book, and what they thought about women.
And that apart, she was the one who taught me that one can achieve what one wants even without a qualification. Hosle buland Rakho. Thanks Ammaji for everything that you did for us in life.
By Kamlesh Tripathi
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ONE TO TANGO … RIA’S ODYSSEY
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AADAB LUCKNOW … FOND MEMORIES
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REFRACTIONS … FROM THE PRISM OF GOD
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TYPICAL TALE OF AN INDIAN SALESMAN
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RHYTHM … in poems
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MIRAGE
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Short stories and Articles published in Bhavan’s Journal: Reality and Perception 15.10.19; Sending the Wrong Message 31.5.20; Eagle versus Scholars June 15 & 20 2020; Indica 15.8.20
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