She epitomizes perfect motherhood

She has not given birth to any child. But she has set a glowing example of an ideal mother. We are talking about Arati Biswas, who nourishes 40-odd destitute children at Thakkar Bapa Seva Sadan at Belpahar in Jharsuguda.

Showing a good Samaritan spirit, she has devoted her entire life in sprouting smiles on the faces of the needy children, most of whom are oblivious about their past. Biswas derives immense pleasure from the philanthropy and understands ‘joy of giving’ to the core.

The inmates lovingly call her ‘bada maa’. They reciprocate Biswas’s love by working diligently in study and learning social and moral etiquettes of life.

“I don’t know why my parents ditched me here. Bada maa has been taking care of us very nicely. She is giving us education besides other facilities,” Bagabati Bhoi, an inmate said.

Source: Orissa Tv

Biswas hails from a poor family in Gandhinagar at Belpahar and has ten siblings. Her father had passed away when she was young. She was then forced to chuck her education.

Later Biswas joined an ashram where she was teaching the children. “In 1982 I was told to teach the children in Gramshree ashram which had 75 children, but later the ashram was shut down to due to certain problems. Then I started this ashram,” Biswas said.

She has developed a garden in the ashram premises where varieties of vegetables are cultivated.

Through her love and affection she has created a paradise for these children in Belpahad.