Wisdom of the unschooled Friday 2 April 2021 THE EDITOR: In this time of covid19 the issue of right choices can mean the difference between life and death and it is amazing how the inspiration for same can come from sources we are likely to ignore. Recently I observed a clip on YouTube of how the 99-year-old mother of Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, may have impacted his political life with the exhortation, first and foremost, that he should “never take bribes” during his tenure. To date, according to the clip, he has not been officially accused of any corruption, and it is likely that her motherly influence may have also been the inspiration for his “maitri” programme in its humanitarian effort to assist countries with the vaccine in this time of covid19.