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So here goes, this #MothersDay 
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Mum was born in a poor, rural household. My grandfather was a retired sepoy engaged in farming when mum was born. She was the youngest of 9 siblings, 7th daughter. Her elder sisters followed the traditional pattern of village life. 1/8
Mum was born in a poor, rural household. My grandfather was a retired sepoy engaged in farming when mum was born. She was the youngest of 9 siblings, 7th daughter. Her elder sisters followed the traditional pattern of village life. 1/8
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They enrolled in school, learned to read & write & dropped out at puberty. Thereafter they would take over household chores, care of younger siblings & own farm work before being married off into another family in the village.
Mum, however, was a dreamer. 2/8
Mum, however, was a dreamer. 2/8
She recalls that two women teachers rode their horses to teach at the village school from a nearby town. Mum was inspired & wanted to become one, a teacher. She was diligent, smart & wanted to learn. She completed matric with flying colors & insisted on continuing education 3/8
There was no college in the village so she moved to city where her eldest brother was. It& #39;s unfair to cut her story short, but suffice it to say that she braved many storms, including family pressure & violence but completed her bachelors & her masters from a university. 4/8
She secured a scholarship to continue her studies at Al Azhar University, Cairo but wasn& #39;t allowed to go. So she cleared the FPSC exam & started teaching at colleges for women, first in Kuhat, then at Wah & finally in Isb. In b/w she got married & had us. 5/8
Dad was good man, life was finally good. Except that he passed away, very suddenly. She was left to take care of 4 children the eldest of whom was 16 & the youngest 5. We were a nuclear family so there were no grandparents or any in laws to take care of her & of us. 6/8
She became our father & mother. Since then, mum did everything on her own. Everything that a father does & everything a mother does. Never taking a day off, from work or from parenting. It& #39;s now been 20 years. I don& #39;t know how she managed to do much in a woman-hating society. 7/8
She really was and is a formidable force. I wish her every Father& #39;s day & mother& #39;s day both, as she is both for me.
Happy Mothers Day Mum 8/8
Happy Mothers Day Mum 8/8
