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With help from a neighbourhood and a past she has shunned, a young woman returns home to deal with her mother's dementia | dG1fY3A4NnpBNlIzVHM
Transcript
00:00 Ma, what are we doing today?
00:04 I don't know.
00:07 You're thinking of care home, no?
00:16 Yeah.
00:18 Forget it.
00:19 I can't.
00:20 Just three months. No care home. And after that I won't say anything.
00:25 I'm going to need a carer soon. You'll have to sign for that.
00:29 And then?
00:30 Then you can take my ashes to Haridwar or just courier them.
00:34 Ma!
00:38 What are you doing?
00:40 BBC 4 recording. Have you forgotten?
00:42 One sec. Is this that Aaj Ka Sangeet recording?
00:44 Yes.
00:46 Ma, that's not today. It's tomorrow.
00:47 She's not herself.
00:48 I need to see it. That she recognises what happened.
00:54 Is this why you came?
00:56 I came because you set the house on fire.
00:58 You came rushing back because you're almost out of money.
01:01 If I need to mortgage the house, I need...
01:04 It's not your house to mortgage.
01:06 Yes, but whose house is it?
01:08 What was in there?
01:15 The goldfish.
01:24 If you make a choice, it is yours. Even if you don't want it.
01:28 She should be allowed to live in this house as long as she can.
01:31 I'll take this one.
01:33 Why?
01:34 Because you like the other one, no?
01:35 We're going because it's the best thing for you and for me.
01:41 We're going because it's the best thing for you and for me.
01:51 Now sometimes I tell people I'm adopted.
01:54 So do I.
01:57 [Laughter]
02:05 [BLANK_AUDIO]