![]() Tired of her routine life which had cut her freedom, she would often pray for death. “I felt like I had lost everything in the world.” “During that time, girls were rarely sent to school and I also faced the same,” she recollects. A farmer and a home-maker, Suvarna always wanted to complete her education. ![]() The note is a conversation from 2008 which the 46-year-old Suvarna had with Jadhav ma’am, a Government school teacher in Shirgaon village of Satara’s Wai taluka in Maharashtra. I spoke everything,” she says with a sigh of relief. These are the lines from a thank you note written by Suvarna Maskar who describes it as ‘the moment of awakening’. Jivhala (Translated from Marathi by Vishakha Ghadi) … And I still cherish the memories of that day I came across a person on this turn of lifeĪnd a day came when I forgot everything and dissolved into you The moment had brought back joy in my life So much, so that I begged for my death to the almightyīecause our friendship was destined to be Never had a moment of happiness… but just gloom Never found respect in that house… but only disrespect The warmth of love harbours relationships This story is part of a series on the everyday heroes of rural Maharashtra.
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