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Lesson - 9, How I Made Friends with Auromita, , She lives in Kolkata with her, , They have been living there since 1990., , Auromita is an intimate friend of mine, , parents and younger sister Nivedita, Before that they were in Raipur, a town in Madhya Pradesh, for ten years. Now it, is the capital of Chhattisgarh. Mr Das, Auromita’s father, used to work at the, , SBI, Raipur as a Bank Manager., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , I first met Auromita at Sri Aurobindo Ashram on 20 February in 2003,, the year of the Mother’s 125" Birth Anniversary. There was a special film, show in the Ashram playground in the evening that day. I was sitting close to, the wall-map of Mother India. My Papa was also there. Auromita was sitting, beside me, but we did not know each other at that time. Besides Auromita, her, sister and parents were present in the playground., , The show had not started yet. Auromita said to me, “ Hello ! I’m very, , thirsty. Could you please give me some water 2?” I held out my water-bottle, to her with a smile and said, “ Here you are. Please help yourself. ” She, , thanked me for my help. Then we introduced ourselves to each other. Thus,, , I made friends with Auromita., After the film show we return, , We used to stay there. . o, The next day was the Divine Mother’s Happy Birthday. Pape an h Saal, long before dawn and had our bath. We came out of the guest-house at, , ed to Oriya Nilayam, an Ashram guest-house., , 71