73. True happiness is derived from doing something good for others

Thousand Moon: Shrimati Ushaprabha Kale, 84

Contributed by: Dr. R. Boradkar

Shrimati Ushaprabha Kale is 84 years old. She is fond of reading and spends two hours in the morning reading newspapers.

She is a graduate and has other accomplishments to her credit. She is a Marathi Visharad, Hindi Kovid ,has passed the 4^th standard Gujrati Examination, . She has also passed the Physical  Training Teachers examination conducted by the Maharashtra Mandal.and has worked as a Physical Training Instructor in Maharashtra Mandal. On top of this she has completed a Deaf Mute teachers  training course and has worked as a Teacher in a school for Deaf-mutes for a period of ten years.

She worked for 25 years in the accounts Section of Mumbai Corporation and retired from the Accounts Department of Mumbai Corporation.  She settled down in Pune after her retirement.

She narrates how she got the appointment in Mumbai Corporation. 

In Mumbai they were staying in a Bungalow .Her husband and his brother had a workshop on the ground floor and they used the first floor as their residence..One day a person working in the workshop came to ask for half day;s leave. The Bombay Corporation was recruiting clerks and he wanted to get the necessary form. She asked him to get form for her too.. On getting it she filled the form and sent it. Within a few months she got the Appointment letter  from the corporation and she was taken up in the Accounts section.After 15 years of service as a clerk she appeared for the departmental examination for the post of Head Clerk and  passed.and worked as a Head Clerk.

She feels that true happiness is derived from doing something good for others. And so never lets a chance slip.

She  once got a knitting machine from an Orphanage in Mumbai. She used to knit on the machine and sell the work to various people and donate the money to the said orphanage. She did this for a period of ten years and felt very happy that she could be useful to the society. She had to stop this charitable work when she shifted to Pune. The machine was give back to the orphanage I am sure regretfully as the work made her happy.