I visited Babi, mother of P L Saproo, we call as Gashea at
her NIT residential quarter at Hazratbal, Srinagar
on August 17, 2014 after a gap of more than forty years. Even much earlier than forty years, we may
have met per chance on roadside casually and wished each other.
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| Babi- Shyam Rani Saproo |
`Gasha tried to check her ability to recognize the visitor.
Babi did not only name me correctly as Brij Nath, but also asked about the
welfare of each member of the 19 member family by name one by one. She
described picturesquely in detail, how we four brothers as palanquin bearers
had carried our father the late Pundit Madho Dass around the street decorated
to receive the bharat on the marriage of our sister.
17th August, 2014 Gasha was on fast on account of
Janam Ashtami. He kidded Babi that being on fast he could not entertain the
guest with a cup of tea. Under her command, her obedient and sincere son obeyed
her orders before he would have been reprimanded by her Majesty.
The burnt house is the house where Shyam Rani had come in
her teens as a bride.
The burnt house is the house where Shyam Rani lived
peacefully along with many more families until January 1990 when the terrorists
threatened her life.
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| Partly burnt house of Shyam Rani Saproo |
The burnt house is the house where Shyam Rani became mother,
grandmother and great grandmother.
The burnt house is the house where Shyam Rani had her
friends from the close neighbourhood.
The burnt house is the house wherefrom Shyam Rani used to go
to Tulmul with her friends on each Ashtami.
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| Periphery of the temple |
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| Kathleshwar temple adjacent to Saproo house |
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| The obedient son P L Saproo with his mother |
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