Sitting in a wheelchair at her residence in South Kolkata’s Tollygunge, Gobind Kaur, sister of late former prime minister Manmohan Singh, can not imagine that Papaji (as she fondly referred to as her eldest brother) is not any extra. Her eyes moist, she shakes her head and is perplexed.
Singh’s sisters Pritam Kaur and Gobind Kaur stay in Kolkata with their households. Each time he fell sick, the 2 – together with their members of the family – would maintain prayers on the native gurdwara.
On Thursday night time, Singh was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after he misplaced consciousness and was later declared useless on the hospital. He was 92.
Talking to The Indian Categorical, Gobind’s daughter-in-law Kuljit Kaur mentioned, “We nonetheless can not imagine that he’s no extra. We had not damaged the information to my mother-in-law final night time. Since we instructed her this morning, all she has been saying is that she desires to see her brother for one final time, however her well being is such that she will be able to’t journey.”
Sharing reminiscences of the late Congress chief, Kuljit mentioned he was the eldest of his siblings and a fatherly determine to all of them. “He all the time enquired concerning the kids, their research. He was a person of few phrases, however very caring and really emotional,” she recalled.
They final met Manmohan Singh at his residence when the household visited Delhi to attend a operate in February final yr. “He was unwell however he sat with us and had tea,” Kuljit mentioned.
“He had visited our flat when he got here to Kolkata. We had additionally been to the Raj Bhavan to go to him. Ever since I married into this household, I noticed him as a involved household man. By no means as soon as in so a few years have we ever felt that he held such an enormous place,” she added.
The members of the family, who at the moment are making ready to go away for Delhi, mentioned the economist-turned-politician’s greatest asset was his humility. Having climbed the ladder of success, he was nonetheless down-to-earth and by no means let his success go to his head, they confused.
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