As India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "demonetizing" scheme is kicking up a storm, the Prime Minister's 96-year-old mother Hiraba stands out as a beacon of strength amid the chaos.
Hiraba herself stood in a long queue to exchange her Rs 500 and 1000 notes.
Amidst the rumble of grumbles and paeans of praise for India's Prime Minister Modi's swift and sudden demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, the Prime Minister's nonagenarian mother Hiraba sets an amazing example of patience and adherence to rules.
Hiraba withstood a long queue in her village of Gandhinagar battling the heat to exchange her old high currency notes.
The Nation's Mother Hiraba in a wheelchair was accompanied by relatives, as she came to a local Bank branch of Oriental Bank and got notes worth Rs 4,500 exchanged. She completed the mandatory form and put her thumb impression on the form to exchange the notes.
During the past week people from every walk of life have flocked to local Banks to deposit, exchange and withdraw their cash.
People are hard pressed to withdraw money for their daily basic expenses. Many have well and truly weathered the blistering heat and test in patience albeit not too calmly.
Against this backdrop the Prime Minister's mother has stood out to many ordinary citizens as a shining example of following rules in a Democracy - where all are supposed to be equals. Hiraba is known to lead a very modest life and lives with Prime Minister Modi's brother Pankaj and she has also been seen travelling by autorickshaws.
