Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that Mother is not a mere word but it encompasses a range of emotions like love, patience and trust. The Prime Minister met his mother Heeraben Modi at Gandhinagar in Gujarat on her birthday this morning and sought her blessings on the occasion. The Prime Minister’s mother Heeraba enters the 100th year of her life today.
In a blog, Prime Minister Modi said, children have a special affection for their mothers. He said, a mother not only gives birth to her children, but also shapes their mind, their personality and their self-confidence. And while doing so, mothers selflessly sacrifice their own personal needs and aspirations. He said, a mother’s penance creates a good human being and her affection fills a child with human values and empathy. A mother is not an individual or a personality, motherhood is a quality.
Recalling his mother’s qualities, Mr, Modi said, his mother Heeraba always showed respect for those involved in cleaning and sanitation. He said, whenever someone would come to clean the drain adjacent to their house in Vadnagar, his Mother would not let them go without giving them tea and their house became famous amongst safai karamcharis for tea after work. Mr Modi said, his Mother made him realize that it is possible to be learned without being formally educated and her thought process and farsighted thinking have always surprised him. He said, Mother has always inspired him to have a strong resolve and focus on garib kalyan. Heeraben lives with her younger son at Raysan village on the outskirts of Gandhinagar. She was born on 18th June, 1923.
Prime Minister Modi is on a two-day visit to Gujarat. He reached Ahmedabad last night.
