Superdadi at 96! -Parbati Pattnaik

 

“My family did not have a girl child for 3 generations, until they were blessed with me. Now it seems like those 3 generations’ lifetime has been bestowed upon me- of which I don’t know what to do anymore. My superpower at 96 today is, I can still read the Bhagavad Gita naked eyed and walk without a stick. I’m the oldest in this village and have already witnessed generations! 

As a child, my father never let me ‘sit without the feathers’. I was his favourite child among all my 5 siblings. I went to school when I was ten for 4 years of education, in those days. Bapa used to wait outside my school so he could carry me home on his firm shoulders.

I was married off at 19 and have had a happy life with my beloved. He’s gone what seems like a long time, and I cannot wait to meet him on the other side of this world.” -Parbati Pattnaik