Tributes

Randy Taran, The Dalai Lama Foundation
 

On behalf of all the participants in Project Happiness, we were all so honored and grateful to have had the opportunity to meet and spend time with Nirmala Deshpande. Her caring and commitment the legacy of Gandhi and to our students was ever present, and it was a privilege for all of us to be welcomed into her world, her home and her presence. She extended herself in so many ways including the opportunity to meet with the President. Above all, it is her graceful wisdom and warmth that we will all remember.

Please send our thoughts and gratitude to her extended family. We deeply appreciate our time together.

John-Nuriel  

My heart goes out to our dear friend Nirmala Deshpande and her extended family. After my Grandmother died last year, my very first emotion was that of deep remorse and sadness, however later i was only filled with joy that she had been able to pass in such a peaceful and beautiful way. In the same way i am sure that our dear friend Nirmala Deshdande passed in the same grace and beauty that my Grandmother did.
 
I will never forget what she told us in India. above all else, the one thing that she kept conveying to us again and again was the importance to do what truly made you happy in life. She loved to help people, she did so much good and she loved doing it. she had so much passion and so much joy in the stories that she recounted for us about her time spent walking with Gandhi. Nirmala Deshpande was an amazing women. I pray that all that she has worked for will continue to develop and grow in honor of her dream.
  
        
  
 

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