‘Mother of Orphans’, Sindhutai Sapkal in Oasis Programs

Girls of Gujarat Inspired by Sindhutai's Struggles

(Above Photo) Sindhutai interacting with the girls, Sheeba Nair (left end) anchoring the program
with Dr. Pravin Shah (right end) and Hiral Patel (second from right)

In the first of two programs, Sindhutai Sapkal, 'Mai' of Orphans, visited Oasis Valleys on 16th & 17th December, 2015, on a special request to come during the Girls' Special Dream India Camp. Sindhutai interacted with 90 girls, came from all over Gujarat, for almost two hours and had a heartwarming dialogue with them. In the end, girls took vows to live life with courage and never to get discouraged by problems in life.

Sindhutai also interacted with Oasis Team members, Oasis L3 Course Friends and few Well-wishers from Vadodara. She talked about her toughest moments in life and difficult decisions. Her adopted son, Vinay Sapkal, told stories of Mai's care for them. All were moved by Mai's love for her 1050 children.

“मंजिल बहुत दूर है, जाना वहाँ जरूर है, रास्ता मुश्किल है, मरना मंजूर है;
मगर जो मरेंगे तो शेर जैसे मरेंगे, बकरी के जैसे नहीं”

(Above photo) Girls asking questions to Sindhutai

Some inspiring quotes of Sindhutai noted during the interaction with girls :

“जिंदगी आती है - जाती है, अँधेरे के बाद उजाला होता है । तुम हिम्मत मत छोड़ना । मैंने जिंदगी देखी, संघर्ष देखा, भूख सही, मार खाई, पर हिम्मत नहीं छोड़ी । कल की माँऐ तुम हो, कभी हारना नहीं; जिंदगी को जीना सीखो ।”

“कोई भी संकट आये, फिर भी पढ़ना; खूब पढ़ना । सब कुछ आना चाहिए, हम कमजोर नहीं है । आज मुज़े अंग्रेजी नहीं आती है तो दुःख होता है । पढ़ो तो खूब मन लगाकर पढ़ो, दिल पे छप जाना चाहिए । सोचो, क्यों पढ़ते हो? सोचो, जीना है तो क्यों जीना है?”

“डरते है तो डर खा जाता है । डरना नहीं, कुछ करना सीखो । पहले मैं नीचे देख के चलती थी तो लोग धक्का मारते थे । फिर मैंने आँखों में आँखें डाल के चलना सीखा तो धक्का मारना बंध हो गया । देख के चलना सीखो, रुआब से चलना सीखो । दुनिया झुकती है, सलाम करती है ।”

'Power of One' Inspires Surat Citizens

Photo top: Oasis South Gujarat Team members, Saloni Shah (left end) and Siddharth Mehta (second from left) interacting with Sindhutai (on right)

Photo bottom: Audience of Surat intently listening to the interaction

Second program was a public event, 'Power of One', organized at Science Center, Surat, on 18th December, 2015, by Oasis South Gujarat Team. 300 citizens of Surat attended the program. After the talk, Sindhutai interacted with the audience and answered their queries. Snehal Shah & Pratiksinh Parmar from Oasis South Gujarat Team took opportunity to inform about current activities of Oasis. Yogesh Patel ended the program with vote of thanks.

Media Reflection of Programs

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  Hiral Patel

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  Sheeba Nair

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