For a long time we did not know her name. She was and is a constant presence at our back gate in Jor Bagh (New Delhi) – always with a smile, pressing freshly brought clothes, chatting with people who often drop in to collect or give clothes, eight hours or more on her feet. Earlier we called her ‘ironing lady’; of late she is called ‘Guddi’.

George Pattery, SJ

The author is the former Provincial of Calcutta Province and former President of the Jesuit Conference of South Asia (POSA).