Maithili to English:
गैर-धार्मिक माय-बाप द्वारा पोशल गेल अपन मायकेँ ओ "धर्मक प्रति अनासक्त" वर्णित करैत छथि, तखनो कतेको मायनामे, "हमर जानकारीमे आध्यात्मिक रूपसँ सभसँ बेसी जागृत व्यक्ति" आ "धर्मनिरपेक्ष मानवतावाद के एकाकी साक्षी" छलथि।
He described his mother, raised by non-religious parents, as being "detached from religion", yet in many ways the most "spiritually awakened person I have ever known", and as a "lonely witness for secular humanism".