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in the world. Recently, I asked her how long remembered everything.
she watches TV every day. She replied that Mother is not only extremely sensitive and
most people on TV are busy fighting with each caring but also quite talented. She knows
other, and she only watches those who calmly innumerable home remedies for treating
read out the news and explain everything. I young children. At our Vadnagar home, every
was pleasantly surprised that Mother keeps morning, there used to be queues of parents
track of so much. bringing their infants for examination and
I recall another incident relating to her sharp treatment.
memory. In 2017, after campaigning in Kashi She often required a very fine powder for
for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, I treatment. Collecting this powder was a
went to Ahmedabad. I carried some Prasad collective responsibility of us children. Mother
for her. When I met Mother, she immediately would give us ash from the stove, a bowl, and
asked me if I had paid obeisance to Kashi a fine cloth. We used to tie the cloth on the
Vishwanath Mahadev. Mother still uses the bowl and place some ash on it. Then we would
full name - Kashi Vishwanath Mahadev. Then slowly rub the ash on the cloth, so that only
during the conversation, she asked me if the finest granules would get collected in the
the lanes that lead to the Kashi Vishwanath bowl. Mother would tell us, “Do your work well.
Temple are still the same, as if there is a The children should not be troubled by bigger
temple inside someone’s household premises. pieces of ash.”
I was surprised and asked when she visited I can recall another instance that reflects
the temple. She revealed that she had gone Mother’s innate affection and presence
to Kashi many years back, but surprisingly of mind. Once, our family had gone to the
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