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

[Jeanette Stanfield]

Dear Mary, 
Thank you for sharing this story of Ratnamala and our first and second
generation of colleagues.  It gives one confidence in the present and the
future. 

Love,
Jeanette


Mary D'Souza

>  
> 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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