Champaklal Speaks

Mother’s Self-Portraits

1948-03-04

In the evening, Mother brought to Sri Aurobindo two of her self portraits. She gave them in his hands saying that she had found out the period when they were done.

She told Sri Aurobindo: “Champaklal wants to have them photographed. What do you say? If you find them all right they can be photographed.”

Then turning to me Mother said: “In the portrait done earlier, the face is nice; in the other the eyes are nice.”

C: “Mother, I find both are nice.”

At this, Sri Aurobindo put both the sketches in my hand.

Then both looked at me and smiled.