Grandma

By: Bharath

Mar 15 2010

Category: Bharath, Daily Photo

3 Comments »

This is a portrait of my grandmother – the most amazing woman I’ve ever known.

She was born into penury and suffered the most terrible childhood and adulthood imaginable. Despite being almost illiterate and widowed at age 40 with 7 children, she fought on and brought up her kids with the utmost care and love. And when I was going through troubles of my own, she was the one who gave me support, taught me all the important lessons in life and made me, me. A few weeks after this was taken, she passed away. This photo is the last vivid memory I have of her.

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IDP celebrates its two-year anniversary this week. So, we have a special week in which we display the photos that mean the most to us. You can read more about it here. And folks, thank you for supporting us and keeping us chugging along.

3 Responses to “Grandma”

  1. 15 Mar 2010 at 5:25 pm tessa

    congrats….keep up the great work…

  2. 16 Mar 2010 at 10:10 am Elizabeth McClary

    Thank you for this site and thank you for sharing this beautiful picture and story with us.

  3. 19 Mar 2010 at 10:47 pm Samatha

    Congrats to IDP !! Beautiful pictures along with touching stories. Thank you all for sharing your great work.

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