According to Bhainswali Amma, on February 25m, 2020, the rioters targeted their house and the family escaped by hiding in the neighbour’s house. Manori’s small, two-storeyed house, which was set ablaze by the mob, has also been restored by an NGO, though its walls retain the tell-tale marks of the fire. But eventually, a video of the bovine was sent to Manori because Fatehabad was too far for the old woman to travel. And then Aman Biradari Trust wanted Manori to physically examine the animal before it was bought. Finding the right buffalo was not an easy task.
On behalf of the group, Aman Biradari Trust purchased the two animals for Rs 1.2 lakh from Fatehabad, Haryana, and transported it to Bhagirathi Vihar. Around 40 individuals from Mumbai, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Ayodhya and London pooled resources for a buffalo. “She is in a new environment and will gradually give more milk as she gets used to this house,” Manori smiled. I am grateful to everyone who contributed to the purchase of the animal and I will always remember them in my prayers.” The septuagenarian milked her new buffalo last night, getting around five litres of milk. Several people promised to help us but only now has our prayer been answered. Manori’s family - daughter Sajida Begum and two grandsons stay with her - was having a hard time making ends meet since their only source of earning had been the buffalo they lost in the riots. On Sunday, donors gifted the elated woman a buffalo cow and its calf, helping to reinstate her popular name.
But the kindly people who read TOI’s story on January 21 about the old woman whose house in Bhagirathi Vihar was torched by a mob and her buffalo stolen didn’t want her nickname to be a part of her past. NEW DELHI: The epithet of Bhainswali Amma stuck on even after 75-year-old Manori stopped selling milk following the loss of her milch animal, a buffalo, in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.
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