Contributed by: Dr. R. Boradkar
Shrimati
Kamalini Kamlakar Natu is 85
years old and enjoys good health. She thanks God for that and also gives credit
to Vai’s pollution free atmosphere,
where she spent her childhood and the waters of river Krishna.
A religious ceremony called ‘Roupri shaant’
was performed by her son when she had completed her 85 years.
She is also very thankful to her mother for
having told her the stories from Ramayan and Mahabharat and also for inculcating good Sanskars in
her.
As a girl she used to be a member of
Rashtra Sevika samiti and there she
learnt Kabaddi[Hututu] Atyapatya Lezim and the art of self Defence. Her name
appeared in Papers when she passed her Vernacular Final and for her it was a
moment of great joy. Her brother who was stationed in Mumbai used to bring
Ribbons and hairpins for them, whenever he visited , and they used to be
overjoyed with the presents.
After her marriage to Shri Natu she came to
pune. She says she learnt a lot from her husband’s sister Shrimati Bakul
Devkule. Shri Natu was in Railways and was then transferred to Dound near Pune.
While in Dound she got a Daughter and
that was an extremely happy moment for her. But soon Mr Natu resigned from
railways and joined S.T. So she was in Pune again and had a son. In spite of
the fact that she had to look after two kids she prepared and appeared for the
S.S,C. examination and passed it. This was after a gap of twelve years. She also learnt First Aid.
Now that she was comparatively free she and
her neighbour worked for the Jansangh. She worked as polling agent also during
the wars with Pakistan in 65 and 71[Bangladesh] she donated blood and motivated
others to do so. Her whole family participated in the blood donation campaign.
She joined uddyan Karyalay and there she
learnt Pourohitya [Performing Pooja] and also Shri Sukta and Atharvashirsha and
started teaching others.
After retirement of Shri Natu they shifted
to Talegaon. She became a member of Chinmay group and started a Devi Study
group. She studied Dnaneshvary and dasbodh. She appeared for three Sajjangadh
examinations and cleared them with flying colours and willingly provided
guidance to others.
She has travelled quite a lot with her
husband.
Shri Natu passed away in 2006. The members
of the housing society where she was staying helped her to get over the grief.
Of course her family was by her side throughout. Her grandsons and great great-grandsons are a great solace to her.
Hers is a story of contentment and
happiness at its best and therefore she
quotes Poet Tambe’s song’ Madhu Magasi’ with some changes.
She says:
Madhu magasi mazya sakhya Hari, madhu ghatachi bharale mazya ghari,
Dhalala re din dhalala sakhaya Sandhya
chhaya rizavati majala[hrudaya?]
Aata Prabhuche darshan ghyaya Aaturale mi kiti antari.
Translation:
Oh dear friend Krishna, you ask me for nectar
of life, I have pots full of homey it at home,
The is drawing to a close, the long evening
shadows are interesting and amusing
And now I long to meet you.
Shrimati Kamalini Kamalakar Natu
Kothrud, Pune.
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