the perfect grandmother
‘Maa’ technically means mother in Hindi. Its what papa called her, but its also what we, her granddaughters called her too. Because she kind of was like our mother too. I always said ‘no matter what happens, Maa will always be there,' and I believed it: she was an institution in our family and no one ever imagined life without her. By the time I knew her and loved her she was short, fat and had a waddle. (I’m allowed to say it because I was her favourite, but you aren’t allowed to laugh). She was perfect to me.
