Prem started with my own family.
I live in London while my Nani and Dadi live in Delhi. When my Nani’s Parkinson’s suddenly worsened, I found myself trying to understand how she really was through fragments passed between family and carers.
Everyone cared. Nobody had the whole picture.
Prem is my Nani’s name.
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I live in London, while my Nani and Dadi live in Delhi. As I got older, so did they; every visit home began to feel too short. Every goodbye came with the same worry: how will I really know how they are each day?
They’re both fortunate to have wonderful caregivers around them, but calls and WhatsApp messages can only ever paint part of the picture.
When my Nani’s Parkinson’s suddenly got much worse, I wanted to feel closer than ever.
That’s when Prem — my Nani’s name — was born: from wanting families to feel closer to the people they love, even when they can’t physically be there.
She’s still fighting Parkinson’s today, and Prem is built with her at the heart of it.