Mother-Some Recollections;मां-कुछ यादें;
ماں -کچھ یادیں
Deepak Budki
I lost my mother (Somawati Budki alias Kamala Nehru) in March 1962 when I was just 12 years old and had to appear for my 8th standard board examination after ten days. Later my aunt, father's sister (Mandodhari Budki alias Pranashwari Chaudhri), who had been widowed in childhood, looked after us and we never felt mother-less. May both of them rest in peace.
My mother, with all her four children, was sleeping on the first floor of our ancestral house in Wazapora, Sri Ranbir Gunj, Srinagar, Kashmir. Papa had to go to the airport to bid farewell to his brother-in-law who was nominated as MP, Lok Sabha, so he had left very early in the morning. Then came the lady hawker's voice asking my mother to come down and take the Saag (Collard greens). My mother replied, "Go to others and return, by the time I will get ready". My mother got up and went to the toilet which was outside the house. On her return, she asked the servant to give her water for drinking. She drank water in the corridor (wuz) and fell down instantly saying adieu to the world.
She was just about 40 at the time. My father, aged 46, never married again and looked after four children to the best of his ability.
May both of them rest in peace. Om Shanti.
Pious lady,Naman
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