Indu Gajwani with her sisters

Whenever anyone gets hurt or is in pain the first words that come to the person’s lips is ‘Oh Maa’. When any child returns home from anywhere the first thing that he asks is ‘where is Maa’. Maa is our first teacher as she teaches us sitting, walking, talking and inculcates values in our life. In absence of father, brother or sister Maa can take their place and we won’t feel their absence, but nobody can replace Maa.Such is the importance of Maa in our life.

All children feel that their mother is Best Mother of the world.

Our mother, Kanta L Makhija, who we called “Maa” was really The Best. She was beautiful inside as well as outside with a face of innocent angel. She glowed without any makeup. Her inner beauty gave her glow. She was great grandmother too. All her children and grandchildren miss her dearly till this day.

Our mother couldn’t complete her school education due to various reasons, but she was super street smart. She saw to it that we all get proper education, and we should all be financially independent. All her life not only she managed her children and home very well but also helped my father financially by running some or the other small business from home to make extra money so that children can get best education and comfortable life. She made so many sacrifices but never ever made us feel that she is sacrificing.

She was loving, caring, helpful and kind and a role model for us. She will feed everyone whoever came to our house. She was so loving and caring that even other small children used to call her Nani that means maternal grandmother.  She taught us to respect elders, love everyone. Respect the food that we are eating and not to waste as there are many who are not so lucky to get proper food to eat. She taught us to be grateful for whatever we have and to always say that we are having everything in abundance and by saying so you would have abundance. She was very helpful and will help people in their difficult times even when she had less resources. She taught us the value of hard work. She used to tell us that even when you can’t help people with money in their difficult days you can always help them in other ways. She would always say that never retire from work. So long you are working your body machine will be in proper shape and if you stop working your body machine will get rusted and you will fall ill. So, keep on working till your last breath. She earned blessings of many people young as well as old and with their blessings she was in good health till her end.

We remember her every day and miss her every moment of our life. For us, every day is Mother’s Day.