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Sindhutai Sapkal | Mother of thousands of Orphans

 From begging on stations at the age of 20 to becoming the mother of more than thousand orphans, how did Sindhutai Sapkal became mother of so much kids. She saw life at the worst and then decided to help others for whom no one is there to help.

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Today we will let you know about a person who all of us should know for the noble cause she did to the society without asking anything in return. Today we will talk about MAI-that's what her kids and people who knew her called out of love and affection.

 At the age of 20, she was sitting, crying at a station and had a 10-day baby with her. She saw another beggar crying in loneliness and disgrace. The person wanted to have some water before death. She went to the beggar, offered him roti so that he can have food and water before he dies. Fortunately the beggar didn't die nor did Sindhutai.

She started "Sanmati Baal Niketan" for orphans and beggars. In today's world where everyone is thriving behind self-growth and money, a woman who struggled to manage her own food started this organization to help others. Assume once how she managed this organization where 1000's of kids live today, get educated and are doing great in life.


Mai got a lot of awards from various presidents including Padma Shri. She said in an interview- I got so many awards but not a single government fund. Adding to this she said-"Awards ki roti nahi banti (Awards can't buy you breads)". 

The country needs to know about Mai. We intend to suffer a lot in our lives but think this way- A lot of things we have got without or with negligible efforts. She is a real-life inspiration. A real-life hero!


Mai left us early this year in January. It's high time we change our heroes and role models. These people need some validation and support from us. 

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