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IN PHOTOS: Meet this Mumbai mom who embraced all her creative interests

Updated On: 22 April, 2025 09:22 AM IST | Raaina Jain

Organising drama shows, cooking breakfast dishes and other delicacies on order, feeding stray dogs every day — 75-year-old Devyani Kothari is a mother who refuses to let her age or any other factor limit her from pursuing her passion and creative interests

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Organising drama shows, cooking breakfast dishes and other delicacies on order, feeding stray dogs every day — 75-year-old Devyani Kothari is a mother who refuses to let her age or any other factor limit her from pursuing her passion and creative interests

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Organising drama shows, cooking breakfast dishes and other delicacies on order, feeding stray dogs every day — 75-year-old Devyani Kothari is a mother who refuses to let her age or any other factor limit her from pursuing her passion and creative interests
<p>After she got divorced over 50 years ago at a time when it was still taboo, the Vile Parle resident was fortunate to get immense family support</p> <p><strong>Read full story:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/culture/article/mothers-day-2025-meet-this-mumbai-mom-who-found-her-passion-in-cooking-community-building-and-more-23523713" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Defying norms, embracing passions: How this 75-year-old Mumbai mom never gave up</a></strong></p>

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After she got divorced over 50 years ago at a time when it was still taboo, the Vile Parle resident was fortunate to get immense family support

Read full story: Defying norms, embracing passions: How this 75-year-old Mumbai mom never gave up

<p>While she didn&rsquo;t marry again, Kothari adopted one of her brother&rsquo;s twin sons and brought him up</p>

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While she didn’t marry again, Kothari adopted one of her brother’s twin sons and brought him up

<p>When her father passed away, she decided to support her family and started working. After pursuing several jobs, she built her own apparel business, where she designed sarees, home linen, etc.</p>

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When her father passed away, she decided to support her family and started working. After pursuing several jobs, she built her own apparel business, where she designed sarees, home linen, etc.

<p>But that isn&rsquo;t her only creative pursuit. Kothari is also a home chef and organises drama shows for her community, in addition to running a Housie club and kitty party groups. Apart from these, what makes her the happiest is feeding stray dogs every morning</p>

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But that isn’t her only creative pursuit. Kothari is also a home chef and organises drama shows for her community, in addition to running a Housie club and kitty party groups. Apart from these, what makes her the happiest is feeding stray dogs every morning

<p>While her son and daughter-in-law are well-settled and she is also a grandmother, Kothari continues to approach her passion with the same zest, exploring new things and dreaming further</p>

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While her son and daughter-in-law are well-settled and she is also a grandmother, Kothari continues to approach her passion with the same zest, exploring new things and dreaming further

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