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00:00Vedha from Andhra Pradesh who is on the path of Mother Teresa is here with us.
00:06She serves the old and the widows in Bodh Gaya and runs an ashram here.
00:11She has been serving here for years.
00:13Today we will know her story, how she started here and why she chose Bodh Gaya.
00:20We will talk about all these things today.
00:23My name is Dr. Meenakshi.
00:25I am the secretary of Japan Charity Association of Medical Doctors of Asia.
00:30I started working with them.
00:33Madam does charity work.
00:36Japan's team is associated with Bihar.
00:40I got a chance to serve in Japan Charity through her.
00:50I came here through her.
00:52I had an agreement for 5 years.
00:55I used to distribute medicines in villages.
00:592 villages for a month, 3 villages for a month.
01:02Sometimes 4 villages.
01:03I had a duty to distribute 1 village for a week.
01:05After seeing the distribution of medicines,
01:08all the elderly people came to me and started crying.
01:11I said that I don't have medicines.
01:13Please give me more.
01:14I am very sad.
01:16My mind was disturbed.
01:19I wanted to do something for the elderly people.
01:24With this in mind, I started Bodh Gaya Ashram.
01:28Actually, I had a plan to work in Japan Charity and go abroad.
01:35After coming here, I saw the elderly people in Bihar.
01:39My mind was disturbed.
01:41I changed my mind and started serving.
01:44Where are you from in Andhra Pradesh?
01:46I am from Andhra Pradesh.
01:48In Andhra Pradesh, there is a village called C.H. Palem.
02:02I don't know much about it.
02:04My village is called C.H. Palem.
02:09When you went to the elderly doctors in Charity,
02:13did they know your age?
02:16No, my husband came after his death.
02:19My husband was a little younger than me.
02:22After coming here, I realized that
02:26serving people is a good deed.
02:29It is a religious duty.
02:31I have two daughters.
02:33They got married in the South.
02:36They are living their lives in the South.
02:39When you started living here,
02:41did your family members stop you from coming here?
02:44No, they didn't.
02:46My mother-in-law came here.
02:48My mother-in-law passed away.
02:51My husband passed away.
02:54I have no one to support me.
02:59My mother-in-law came here.
03:01She stayed with me for a year.
03:04My mother-in-law passed away a year ago.
03:07My mother-in-law was very happy
03:09to see an old age home.
03:11She gave me some money.
03:13I built a good road in my mother-in-law's name.
03:16She was also very interested.
03:18My daughter does such a good job.
03:21She used to take me to an old age home.
03:23She used to ask me to talk to her.
03:25She used to ask me all the time.
03:27That's why I took her to an old age home
03:29and started living with her.
03:31Her heart suddenly failed.
03:33She died suddenly.
03:35When you were living here,
03:37did you take care of your two daughters?
03:39No, I used to stay in a hostel.
03:41Do you have any other relatives there?
03:43No, I don't. I have a family.
03:45I used to take care of them.
03:47My mother-in-law used to take care of them.
03:49My mother-in-law and mother-in-law used to take care of them.
03:52I didn't have any sorrow.
03:54My husband died.
03:56That's why I was sad.
03:58I didn't have any sorrow because of my family.
04:01Were you a farmer in your village?
04:03Yes, I was a farmer.
04:05Was your family prosperous?
04:07Yes, they were prosperous.
04:09I didn't have any problem with my family.
04:13Did you have any financial problem?
04:15Yes, I had a financial problem.
04:17I am a woman from a big family.
04:19I am a resident of a big family.
04:21That's why I didn't have any financial problem.
04:23I didn't have any problem with my family.
04:25I am not poor.
04:28I have a strong family.
04:32When you started working here,
04:34how did you get support from people?
04:36How did your family support you financially?
04:39My family...
04:41I had a job in a charity in Japan.
04:43I used to get money.
04:45I used to get a percentage.
04:47I used to take care of them.
04:49I didn't need anyone's help.
04:51I used to take care of the elderly.
04:53I invested all my money in taking care of the elderly.
04:56Do your daughters give you any money?
05:00Yes, my daughter gives me money.
05:02If someone dies, I call my daughter.
05:04I call my elder daughter.
05:06I ask her,
05:08do you have any help?
05:10She gives me Rs.2500.
05:12My elder daughter used to give me Rs.2500.
05:14And I used Rs.2500.
05:16I had a clinic.
05:18I used to donate Rs.6500 to the clinic.
05:23I had a lot of people.
05:25I have been running it for 20 years and I have gained a lot of knowledge.
05:28Veda Ji is running it with honesty.
05:30Everyone started coming and helping.
05:34I have no help from the government.
05:36Even the foreign funds have no help from the government.
05:39No funds have come?
05:40No funds have come.
05:41You came here to serve the old.
05:43What did the people around you say?
05:45Did you get any help or were you troubled?
05:48In the beginning, they used to run it with my salary.
05:51I was not troubled.
05:54I used to get money from the agreement.
05:57I used to get advance money from Japan Charity.
06:03I used to run the charity in Budhgai.
06:07At that time, I was not troubled.
06:09Later, everyone started coming to me.
06:14They are South Indians.
06:16They run it well.
06:17They are honest.
06:18They are not liars.
06:19Everyone started helping.
06:21Does the Japanese organization help you?
06:25Yes, they help me.
06:26They have given me a boring job.
06:29They help me with the cow project.
06:32Anyone can come to me and ask for help.
06:35The Japanese organization is helping me.
06:38And they will help me.
06:40What is your goal now?
06:42I want to run it as a separate business.
06:46I want to run it as a business.
06:51I want to run it as a separate business.
06:55I want to run it as a business.
07:00You are not running it now.
07:02I am not running it now.
07:04I did not have the money to run it.
07:08I did not have the money to run it.
07:14I want to run it as a business.
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