A person for whom I've tremendous respect and am glad that I too have had the privilege of living during her lifetime. She's the classic example of selfless love towards fellow human beings. The love and care that she provided to the wretchedly poor, impoverished and ailing people from the streets of Calcutta(and of course, to the world at large through her 'Missionaries of Charity') is legendary.
How does one explain the phenomenon of this frail but majestic lady, having left her home and hearth in Albania (of the erstwhile Yugoslavia), to be with the needy in India? India is indeed blessed to have been the land of her calling!
On the occasion of her birth centenary, which falls on this date, I salute her in all earnestness and offer a silent prayer to her soul for everlasting peace in eternity. I'd like to reproduce an extract of Rabindranath Tagore's 'Geetanjali', which sums it all up so beautifully,
"It's in giving that you're given
It's in loving that you're loved
And it's in dying that you're born to eternal life".
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