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Mala grew up under the care of social worker Shankar Baba Papalkar in a home for the blind and deaf in Paratwada, Amravati. The 81-year-old, who devoted his life to the welfare and rehabilitation of divyang (differently-abled), orphaned, and destitute children and was awarded the Padma Shri this year, named the young girl Mala and also gave her his surname, Papalkar.