Santali to English:
ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱡᱽᱜᱚᱜᱚᱭ ᱵᱚᱨᱱᱚᱱᱟᱫᱤᱭᱟ, ᱵᱮᱼᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱜᱚᱼᱵᱟᱵᱟ ᱦᱚᱛᱮᱛᱮᱭ ᱦᱟᱨᱟᱜᱽᱠᱟᱱ, "ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱮᱜᱟᱨ" ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ, ᱮᱱᱦᱚᱸ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱩᱯᱟᱹᱭᱨᱮ "ᱤᱧᱟᱜ ᱩᱯᱩᱨᱩᱢ ᱡᱚᱛᱚᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱚᱸᱜᱟᱛᱟᱞᱟᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱡᱟᱜᱣᱟᱨ ᱦᱚᱲ" ᱟᱨ "ᱱᱤᱨᱚᱯᱮᱠᱠᱷᱚ ᱢᱟᱱᱚᱵᱚᱛᱟᱵᱟᱫᱨᱮᱱ ᱮᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱹᱠᱠᱷᱤ" ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱾
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".