Profile of Parul

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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credit. These all themselves speak volumes of her literary, Artistic and Journalastic achievements,
Family Life-Self Sacrifice, Great Affection for all, but No Attachments!
With all of us - parents, her four younger sisters and other relatives and friends and neighbours, ever - smiling, ever joyous Parul had very congenial, affectionful, modest, service-rendering and self-sacrificing relationship.
For her mother Sumitra, apart from childhood past birth revelation episode, she had no less regard, respect and devotion just as For me, her father. Her letters and longings full of unusual lofty love, devotion and pathoes of separation, tell too much about this. In one of such letters to her affectionate mother (not only 'mother' but also her 'teacher' and later a 'companion !) She wrote :
"Mummy! Bapu (father)'s place has been taken here by kind, caretaking Professors. But that of yours is vacant............No one can fill it up.........! I always remain longing for you, in awakened state and dreams, just as Krishna reciting : Radha...... Radha ......... Radha......... !! XXX.........!!! : In turn, she was also missed very much by Sumitra and all of us. Consequently, as a result, she would positively come back to Bangalore from Hyderebad every month to meet us and especially her mother and also to take further vocal music lessons from her and Hindi Literature Matter from me. Her ever-accompanying onepiece Brown Travel Bag, especially brought from Abroad for her by me, is now lying idle and awaiting her to come some time and pick it up.........but alas ! this poor little bag doesn't know that she is never to come back in that usual ever-smiling form and frame of 'PARUL - the all-captivating fragranceful flower ......!!
One could notice here a change in Parul's childhood-previous birth link-born longing & affection for her the then mother."
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