My mother is, oh she is awesome. She and my sister used to pray to God to get a son and a brother. Finally I was born, chubby and cute little “David”. One day when I was playing with my sister, I fell on the showcase which had a hard glass. My head hit this glass and it broke into pieces, but I didn’t get a single scratch. My mother always prays for us day and night to protect us from evil forces and so I never experienced any sickness during my childhood. I recently met with an accident, but again I had no scratches on my body. Because when she was praying, she saw me with a broken hand three days before and she prayed and rebuked it. — David Dias
For me my mother is my love, my pride, my world she’s my teacher of compassion and fearlessness I just can’t stay without her. My life is incomplete without my mother and am proud to say that am a “mummy’s boy”. For me my God is my mother. My mother’s happiness is like a beacon lighting up the future but reflected also on the past of fond memories. Today whatever I am it’s because of my mother as I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me & my abilities. I have given lots of trouble and tension to my mother but in return I always got her love which only a mother can give and no other relation on this earth can do so.
— Prathamesh Naik
Five years ago, I was in the 10th standard and the whole world had their own ideas of what I should choose as a career. Added to this was the board exam pressure and constant career guidance talks at school. But my mother came to my rescue. I told her I didn’t know what to do after my boards. She had this broad smile on her face and she said to me, “It doesn’t really matter what profession you choose and what you become. It doesn’t even matter if you are a successful person or not. But what really matters to me is that, you become a good human being who always does what is right. You may be anywhere or may be doing anything. What I want is that you are happy in that. You should always listen to your inner voice and be true to yourself. “ Today as I look back, I now understand the importance of that advise and how it has changed my perspective on life. Actually nothing in reality had changed that day, but yet nothing was the same anymore.
— Name-Dazzle
I like to address my mom as ‘hero’ rather than ‘heroine’, as the latter reminds me of those horrible Bollywood ladies with their terrible ‘tumkas’ and ‘jatkas’. First and foremost, she is extremely good in studies, she keeps getting degrees after degrees, she just got a Ph.D and now she has some more to study. And when she’s not studying she’s teaching. She is an associate professor in a college. Secondly, she is a cartoonist. Thanks to my mom I’m a political pundit in my class, and can throw a few political names and views that serve as bouncers for my friends. Last but not in the least, she is a very kind at heart. She’ll give up whatever she’s doing and go out of her way to help others. Be it stray puppies, kittens who she promptly deposits at the pet shelters or the maids who tell her stories or any sob stories melts her heart. Yes, she’s my role model.
— Kamakshi Ajit Kamat
My mom is the most awesome and amazing lady in my life who defines the very pinnacle of love, sacrifice and strength. In my much younger days when I was in primary school, we had a financial crisis. I never realised how bad of a situation we were in as I was always taken care of and never needed anything as such either in school or basic amenities. Everything changed one day though when I saw mom come home with her broken sandals in one hand and carrying her heavy work bag in the afternoon searing heat. That woman would mend the same sandals and have them broken every couple of days and walked home from work in the hot sun so as to not incur any unnecessary expenses that would cost extra for the family. The respect I had for my mom and dad for putting up those days and taking care of us like nothing was wrong will forever be etched in my life and that single memory of my mom gives me strength to push through the most difficult obstacles in my life.
— Royston Lorena
