In the midst of Navarathri, as we were praying to Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswathy for more health, wealth and wisdom, a disturbing situation presented itself. There is this single-mother family which we (our Sai Group) have adopted. The middle-aged widow has 4 kids. Last Thurday, we had decided to bring them to the Sai centre for Navarathri. And the shock realisation dawned on me when I went to pick them up. The mother works in a scrap metal factory. And the family lives in a ramshackle shed next to the scrapyard. Surrounded by other sheds housing (mostly young male) foreign workers.
The house itself is barely a collection of planks, and subject to flooding at the least downpour. And this mother, living alone in this desolate place, with her young children, including a 14 year old girl, surrounded by male foreign workers. What a nightmare. Imagine for a moment your own mother, wife, sister or daughter in that situation.
Considering this brave mother’s plight, what else can we ask of Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswathy for ourselves ? Pray for them.
As an aside, we are endeavouring to find alternative accomodation at a more secure location for the family, with some assistance to help them out.
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