Kalam visited AndhraMahila Sabha. This was founded by Durgabai Deshmuk. She is hailed as the 'Mother of Social Service in India.' The culture and language of the people living in the then Hyderabad state were suppressed by Nizam at this time. To achieve her ideals to focus on education, health care empowerment and old age care she established this sabha. Kalam writes, I used this opportunity to emphasize the divinity of womanhood. He said,'On the planet Earth, womanhood is indeed The Almighty's gift.Almighty was designing and evolving the image of his creation. He saw-man.The Almighty decided to give it life.As soon as man received life two things happened.First he opened his eyes and smiled. God was happy. The second he opened his mouth and said"Almighty, thank you." God was very happy. He was so delighted to see his creation and felt that his creation did the two right things. This innate gratitude in man must be expressed for the manifold gifts women bring to our world-in giving life, in working for their families and in binding the very fabric of society. This is more relevant now than perhaps at any other time in history, given the challenges faced by women in contemporary India.
Incidentally having touched the service to aged women, we will try to understand the multiple channels of services which received focused attention of that unique, talented Durgabai Deshmukh.
She was a woman of simple living and high thinking. She was a freedom fighter,lawyer, social worker and a politician.She was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and the planning commission of India. She married C.D.Deshmukh, the first Indian governer of The Reserve Bank of India. He was also the Finance minister in India's Central Cabinet in the years1950-56.
The organisation provides training and education to women and children; it reaches out, giving free treatment to the needy; it dedicates itself to the rehabilitation and integration of disabled children. "The worldly journey of the founder ended in 1981, and she had left Andhra Mahila Sabha
with a rich legacy of the eternal values cherished by every one."
Incidentally having touched the service to aged women, we will try to understand the multiple channels of services which received focused attention of that unique, talented Durgabai Deshmukh.
She was a woman of simple living and high thinking. She was a freedom fighter,lawyer, social worker and a politician.She was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and the planning commission of India. She married C.D.Deshmukh, the first Indian governer of The Reserve Bank of India. He was also the Finance minister in India's Central Cabinet in the years1950-56.
The organisation provides training and education to women and children; it reaches out, giving free treatment to the needy; it dedicates itself to the rehabilitation and integration of disabled children. "The worldly journey of the founder ended in 1981, and she had left Andhra Mahila Sabha
with a rich legacy of the eternal values cherished by every one."
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