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When Mother Wakes, the House Breathes Light
Dr.Vijayalakshmi Aluri, Winner of World Bank’s Projects competition, Author, Health Educator, Social worker and Gynecologist, Sri Sri Holistic Multi specialty Hospitals, Hyderabad.
6 min readMay 11, 2025
Khalil Gibran once said, “All houses are dark until the mother wakes up.”
Some words don’t need explanation; they just sit quietly in the corner of your heart and start glowing. This one does exactly that.
This is the story of a woman named Vaidehi. Not famous. Not extraordinary by the world’s standards. But to her family, she was everything — the clock, the comfort, the strength, and the soul of the home.
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The Quiet Before the Light
Vaidehi lived in a small town, in a modest two-bedroom house with her husband Raghav and their two children — Anu, 11, and Rishi, 7. The house was like any other: walls painted in soft shades, a fridge humming in the corner, shoes scattered near the door. But what set it apart was something you couldn’t see. It was the rhythm of Vaidehi’s…
