Ba And Bapu Bapu has set before us a unique example through his life and work. But Ba's share in making Bapu what he was not a small one. Bapu himself said after her death, "I could not have attained to the present height of my inner progress but for Ba's co-operation." A study of the married life of Ba and Bapu will, therefore, surely prove inspiring to the present generation as also to the future generations as long as the old Indian ideal of a householder's life retains its hold on the people's mind. Bapu's betrothal with Ba took place when Bapu was only six and Ba seven. The actual marriage came off when he was thirteen years of age. Thus, they lived a long married life of sixty-two years.