MILESTONES OF MEMORY

MOTHER TERESA AT MUNGER

January 28. That was a memorable day in 1981. Mother Teresa was to come from Calcutta to inaugurate the foundation ceremony of ‘Bal Bhawan’ for poor, abandoned children in Munger. I was there, under arrangement by the DM, Munger, with my college NSS unit to receive Mother Teresa who was to alight from Delhi Express at Kiul Jn at about 4 am, and from there we were to escort her on car to Munger. After the ‘Bal Bhawan’ foundation ceremony, there was also to be a public reception at the Town Hall to be presided over by Shri Jagannath Mishra (then CM, Bihar). Here are some photographs taken on that occasion.

© Dr BSM Murty

Top down : MT /  Reception function in Town Hall, Munger / MT having tea / Swami Satyanand welcoming MT in the Reception function / At stage / With girls at the foundation function / At the Foundation ceremony, with Dr BG Bose / At the Town Hall function where I introduced her & acted as her Hindi interpreter, with the girls singing the welcome song / At the Foundation stone of BAL BHAWAN on the Notre Dame School road in Munger. MT also visited The MC centre in Munger near the Cigarette factory. These photos were snapped by Sudhir Gupta "kebu', our college photographer.

There's an Audio also  of MT's speech (in her voice) which I'm trying to upload on my YouTube channel MURTYWORLD as soon as possible. It's a rare treat! Listen to it in the coming week.