Jivi Bai - mother of Gordhandas Jamnadas Choksey ?? - 1926
Got this vignette of this woman from mom at the breakfast table this morning.
Bhai and Ba lived with Bhai's father Jamnadas in a 2 rooms on the 3rd floor in Douji-No-Malo in Bhuleshwar.
She ran the household with an iron hand. After completing her designated tasks, she would walk to the bead store in Bhuleshwar, from where she would return with a man's black velvet hat, pearls and other materials. She would spend the afternoon embellishing the hat. In the late afternoon, she would bring the decorated hat back to the same store and bring back 1 rupee for her efforts.
These beautifully decorated hats would adorn the heads of the wealthy young businessmen of Bhuleshwar.
She had a very shot temper that Ba sometimes got to experience.
How many of us see a bit Jivi Ba in ourselves today ?
Got this vignette of this woman from mom at the breakfast table this morning.
Bhai and Ba lived with Bhai's father Jamnadas in a 2 rooms on the 3rd floor in Douji-No-Malo in Bhuleshwar.
She ran the household with an iron hand. After completing her designated tasks, she would walk to the bead store in Bhuleshwar, from where she would return with a man's black velvet hat, pearls and other materials. She would spend the afternoon embellishing the hat. In the late afternoon, she would bring the decorated hat back to the same store and bring back 1 rupee for her efforts.
These beautifully decorated hats would adorn the heads of the wealthy young businessmen of Bhuleshwar.
She had a very shot temper that Ba sometimes got to experience.
How many of us see a bit Jivi Ba in ourselves today ?
