distinctly remember she had invited many ladies to the main drawing room hall and had initiated an informal fun game where all the guests had to come either dressed or enact an occupation of any common manwoman figure of societymany came and participated each one doing justice to the topic she had chosen i was invited too i came as the puchka wala in front of victoria memorial dressed as one and speaking the awadhi tonguetime went by and my association after leaving kolkata became distant but whenever there was an occasion to meet her or be in reference of her there was always a display of respectability and dignity around and about herthe most noticeable quality to me about her was her utter modesty and simplicity for someone of her stature and bearing it was a quality that was most endearing one that is difficult to perceive in todays times