[Dialogue] For those of you who remember Ratnamala Meshram /Jadhav

[Charles or Doris Hahn]

Thank you Mary.  Your story brings back such wonderful
memories of our time in India.  It was great being
caught up on several members of the old ICA staff.
Charles

--- Mary D'Souza <marykdsouza at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a quick note to those of you who know
> *Ratnamala Meshram/Jadhav *
> 
> 
> 
> Hritodaya and I have just returned from the wedding
> reception for Raju
> Jadhav and his bride of one month, Manisha.
> 
> 
> 
> Ratnamala, the mother of the groom, looks very good
> and happy.  Raju was
> particularly keen that he would marry a person
> approved by his mother.
> 
> 
> 
> Though the occasion was the wedding of the elder son
> Raju , for me the real
> celebration was the courage of Ratnamala to face the
> challenges of her life.
> 
> 
> 
> *The story as I know it: *
> 
> Ratnamala had two sons from her marriage to Meshram.
> They are Raju and
> Avinash (also known as Pintia ).  They were infants
> when their father passed
> away while working with us in Nava Gram Prayas.  I
> forget the exact details
> of the illness but it was something like
> tuberculosis that lay undetected.  At
> the time of Meshram's illness and death Avinash was
> found to have polio and
> his legs were affected. He now walks with crutches
> but continues to have the
> bright eyes he always had.
> 
> 
> 
> Ratnamala stayed with the ICA at the Mumbai facility
> and worked as best as
> she could with our structures and demands while her
> children grew up.
> 
> 
> 
> Ratnamala then married Raghunath Jadhav who was also
> with the ICA and worked
> with Brian Stanfield and the Research team in
> Mumbai.  When ICA disbanded
> Ratnamala and  Raghunath moved to Pune.  Raghunath
> had a job at a petrol
> pump as a cashier. The two children took on the
> Jadhav surname. They
> consider him consider him as their Dad. Raghunath
> passed away while they
> were in their early teens.
> 
> 
> 
> Since then Ratnamala  has been working at Hotel
> Kohinoor in their
> housekeeping section.  She picked up the job after
> Raghunath passed away and
> has brought up and educated the children. It is
> really quite lovely to see
> the devotion of the boys to their mother.
> 
> 
> 
> Raju was working for a bus company.  With
> encouragement from John and Linda
> Cock Raju was hired by Kanbay and he now holds a
> responsible position in a
> team of 8 people that does all the procurement for
> the company. Avinash is
> working in the finance section of another company in
> Pune.
> 
> 
> 
> *How the marriage came about*:
> Raju got married to Mukesh Taksande's older
> brother's daughter.  The
> marriage was arranged by none other than our Yeshoda
> Verma.  At the
> reception Rekha (Yeshoda's daughter) and her husband
> Manoj were present.  Manoj
> is Anil and Lucina Prasad's son.
> 
> This is sent to you by Mary D'Souza in Pune, India
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