Yesterday, Kasumba Sheth stepped out of her posh row house in Kalyaninagar after almost six months. She wanted to cast her vote. But her circumstances are slightly dissimilar. At age 105, Kasumba finds it difficult even to walk.

Family support: Sheth family (from left) Priyal, Kasumba, Anant and Pankaj at their residence in Kalyaninagar.
Pic/Mohan Patil

But she managed to muster the strength to step out and vast her vote, helped by her son. In fact, she was eager, says her family.

Her keenness about this democratic exercise only served as an inspiration for her 20-year-old great granddaughter, Priyal, who cast her vote for the first time in her life.