Didi Rama

She was the eighth child in a family of twelve in Milbuk, Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao, Maharlika (Philippines). At some time in the early 1980s, she went to Davao Training Center and trained as an Local Full Timer (LFT) for a year and a half, under the late Didi Ananda Supriti. She then worked for 20 years as teacher of the Ananda Marga kindergartens, first in Digos, Davao, then in General Santos City and finally in Panganiban, Bicol, Philippines. She was a very good, dynamic and simple worker.

She then trained in Davao Training Center as a Wholetimer from 2008 – 2011. She was posted as assistant Master Unit Rector in Bicol Master Unit.

Didi Ananda Shubhra' writes:
I first met Didi Rama in 1989 in Davao. At that time she was Didi Ananda Supritii’s AMSAI teacher in General Santos City. Because she was very visible in the Ananda Marga circles, the margiis used to tease her when she will become WT to which she only answered with a shrug or a smile. Then in 2008, she finally went to Training Center to become Baba’s worker and finished early this year.

Didi Rama was very calm and always composed, with a ready smile to everyone and at times quiet. In the Master Unit she worked in the garden and the school. I lived with her for almost five months in the remote Master Unit while while we were building the Didi's jagrti there.
We stayed together in a small hut with only a roof and bamboo floor but no walls. We lived simply, but I never heard any complaints from her. In fact we both enjoyed the life there, picking wild vegetables and harvesting bananas in the Master Unit. Later we were joined by Sister Bhaeravii who became fast friends with Didi.

On August 21, Sister Bhaeravii rushed her to the hospital because of stomach pain, later we moved her to a Manila government hospital and then to a private hospital, where she was discharged by the doctor on August 31. Again on September 2 , we rushed her to the hospital as her blood pressure and pulse rate became very low. Sadly, she died peacefully that day while kiirtan was playing in her room. Her body was cremated on Sept. 5 in North Cemetery, Manila.


Goodbye, Didi Rama. Your memory will continue to be in our hearts. I know you are happy sitting in Baba's lap now.