Live for Others as you LIVE for Yourself

A boy was playing on the ground, he was running, jumping, and moving on the ground. After some time, he fell while running, “Amma, Amma, he cried profusely, his mother saw him from a distance ran towards him and consoled him..

Every child in pain, utters his mother. It may be “Amma”, “Ma”, “Mother”, “Aai”, etc.

“God cannot be everywhere hence he created a mother” is another popular saying about greatness of a mother. A child is blessed to have a Mother, Mother a God near you.

But what about people who do not have a Mother?

In Pune, an 80-year-old was in her office and there is a knock from a volunteer, they say a man has come for shelter in our place.

The Lady replied, ok fine. Let him in and give an accommodation

The volunteer hesitated, The lady asked, are rooms unavailable?

Rooms are available, came the answer

Then, what is the problem asked the Lady sternly.

The Old man who has come is from Nawargaon Village and his name is Srihari Sapkal, informed the volunteer

The Lady paused for a second and said, provide him with accommodation and food.

The volunteer murmured, Aai do you remember, he is the person who removed you from his house though you were pregnant. He believed the words of a cunning fellow and left you an orphan.

Don’t you have anger?

Aren’t you feeling bad, Aai lets not allow him, let him pay for his sins.

He left when you had nothing

Let’s leave him when he is having nothing, said the volunteer

What do you call me asked the Lady

Aai !! said the volunteer proudly

And Aai means Mother, I am a mother now, mother to everyone in distress

I take him as a Mother, he is no more my husband. He is a child for me now.

This is a story of Sindhu Tai Sapkal, a prominent lady, who is also called as Mother of Orphans

She took her husband as a child in her Ashram in Pune.

 For all Orphans there is a Mother by Name Sindhu Tai Sapkali !

Many of us have not known her name, many might never have heard her. She is taking care of about 1600 orphans in Pune.

Sindhu tai was born as Chindi, an unwanted child to her parents. She was interested to read and write. But poverty did not allow her, she dropped out of a school at a young age. As Child marriages where prevalent at that time, she was married to a person 20 years senior to her.

As a child, she was the least prioritized one. Her Marriage proved nothing better.

Her in-laws troubled her, her husband too trouble her. But the lady was always in good spirits. She dared against a cunning man in the village, who was duping people. Sindhu tai exposed him, out of revenge, the man created a rumor. He convinced people that sindhu tai had extra marital affairs with another person. Everyone believed him including her family. Her husband left her and send her out of house. She was 8 month pregnant and they didn’t even consider this.

She delivered the baby in a cattle shed, cut the umblical cord by a stone. She was troubled, she was in pain physically and mentally.

Weeping she went back to her mother house, she was discarded here too. The mother family disowned her. Depressed, dejected and destitute, Sindhu tai decided to end her life.

Who will take care of her baby ? was in her mind and she thought to live for her daughter.

She began to beg and feed for herself and her daughter in railway stations. To escape from bad people she began to live in the crematorium. Out of hunger, she even took food that was offered to the corpses.

After sometime she came to know that there are many unfortunate children left unattended by their parents. She began to beg for herself and for the children.

Later, she left her child in an ashram because she thought it might make her partial.

Slowly, she began to ask for funds from people, and thus began her life where she became a mother for orphans. There are more than 1500 orphans taken care by her.

Many have passed out in high academics and serving the society.

When Life gives you Difficulty

You Give Life an Opportunity