MUMBAI: Prabhavati Khedkar, an Andheri resident who marked her 100th birthday on Friday, was surprised to find a cake waiting for her at the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) Covid-19 hospital of the BMC when she arrived there to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
Her family said that according to the Gregorian calendar, Khedkar was born on March 5, 1921, and officials who noticed the date on her Aadhaar card decided to have an impromptu cake-cutting for her.
“It was a very kind gesture for them to have organised something like this. We least expected it. Even though we celebrate Aaji’s birthday as per the Hindu calendar, which falls on Holi, still, for them to have noticed the date and brought a cake to have her cut it was very nice. Aaji was very touched,” said Khedkar’s granddaughter-in-law, Ruchita, who, along with her husband, accompanied the centenarian to the centre.
She said the arrangements were well done and a wheelchair was kept ready.
Khedkar was born in Ballari and moved to Mumbai after her marriage.