No words of comfort can wipe away the tears that we shed for Baby Aji. Baby was what she was fondly called by my grandpa and I made her Baby Aji. She was Vahini to most because she was the oldest bahu in a brood of 12.Kamal Shanbag became Shobha Prabhu when she married by grandpa. She was Aai to her children and Aditi, who spent her first 5 years in her chatrachaya.
Being her oldest grandchild, I had the pleasure of delivering to her, the title of Great Grandmother by way of Arya, and Atul followed suit with his own contribution, the little Anjali. As she had for so many babies before, she knitted a sweater and a woollen cap and little socks for her latest heroine and thanks to Skype, she even saw her walk. Anjali will only see Baby Aji in photos though.
There is so much to say about Baby Aji and somehow I don't want to believe that she is no more. She did leave a little part of her in all of us. It is impossible to let go of her.
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