Dashrath Manjhi was born in 1934, to a poor labourer family of Gahlour village near Gaya, Bihar. In 1967, Dashrath Majhi's wife, Falguni Devi was injured and needed immediate medical attention. But unfortunately, the nearest town with a doctor was located 70 km away, as he had to travel around the Gehlour mountain hills; and as a result, his wife died due to lack of timely medical treatment.

A 300-meter tall mountain that was between thier village and civilization in Wazirganj

Dashrath was taken aback with the loss of his wife in this way. He realized that his village was situated in the lap of rocky hills and because of this the villagers would often face lot of trouble crossing the small distance between Atri and Wazirganj blocks of Gaya town. Dashrath Manjhi did not want anyone else to suffer the fate of his wife, so the old man started something no one could think of.


He knew his voice will not create any reaction in the deaf ear of the government; therefore, Dashrath chose to accomplish this Herculean task alone. He sold his goats to purchase chisel, rope and a hammer. People would call him mad and eccentric spirited with no idea of his plans,




so he carved a path 360-foot-long (110 m) through-cut , 25-foot-deep (7.6 m) in places and 30-foot- wide (9.1 m) to form a road through a mountain in the Gehlour hills, working day and night for 22 years from 1960 to 1982.


 His feat reduced the distance between the Atri and Wazirganj blocks of the Gaya district from 55 km to 15 km, bringing him national acclaim. He died on 17 August 2007.He was given a state funeral by the Government of Bihar!

Miss faith, a newly wed and a good christian,got her first pregnancy and she was so overwhelmed : all she wanted is to the best mother in the world.She then decided to seek spiritual councelling from her priest.



One beautiful Sunday,after mass, Miss Faith approached the priest and asked, " Father,when is the right time for me to teach my little baby how to pray?".........."The very first day you receive the news that you are pregnant..."answered the Priest.

This little story was narrated to me by my mother and it made me relate it with the famous Swahili proverb "mtoto mkunje angali mbichi" meaning if you want to impact certain changes start at the very early stage.It might have sounded absurd to Miss Faith and to some of us but what the Priest wanted is for Miss Faith to realize that there is a special bond between a mother and a child that is naturally created from the very first day of pregnancy.

Unborn babies in a very miraculous way learn and develop a sense of connection with their mothers that helps them understand emotions. Every child is unique and it is the parents' task to groom them into finding their life assignments (what they were born to do), Moreover,in a very special favor a Mother is giving extra responsibilities of ensuring this particular child is infused with love and protection from day one.

A lot of women spend their pregnancy season stressed and they just can't wait for delivery..Yes! pregnancy comes with all other sort of physical stress but this is that right moment to teach your little baby and prepare them to face the world...Talk to the baby,read some stories,let the whole family talk to it from time to time,so that it feels loved...this like that and many more help the child's brain to paint memorable pictures that are to be printed when its born..

We have heard of several cases where a child doesn't feel connected to the parent(s)  because the pregnancy was so called  "a mistake or not planned"..Ever asked yourself ( how did this child know all that?) well don't forget mom and Dad talked and argued about it..even at its unborn state, it felt the rejection..Be careful what you talk about your unborn child.

There is never a bad kid, but a bad parent...!!!


Julieth Msoffe.