Much like Milind Soman, his 80-year-old mother Usha Soman has always proved she is also a fitness enthusiast. From running marathons in a sari to pulling off push-ups, she’s done it all. On Saturday, Milind’s wife Ankita Konwar shared a cool video of her mother-in-law.
In the video, Ankita and Milind’s mother do two rounds of one-leg hops and they are totally having fun. “If I live to be 80 someday, my only wish is to approach it as fit as you are.
May you inspire many more,” Ankita captioned the post.
In a post last year, on Mother’s Day, Milind had posted a video of his mother doung push-ups with him. “It's never too late. Usha Soman, my mother. 80 years young. Make every day Mother's Day," Milind wrote on Twitter.
It's never too late.
— Milind Usha Soman (@milindrunning) May 12, 2019
Usha Soman, my mother.
80 years young.#mothersday #love #mom #momgoals #fitwomen4fitfamilies #fitness #fitnessmotivation #healthylifestyle #fitterin2019 #livetoinspire make every day mother's day!!!!! 😃😃😃 pic.twitter.com/7aPS0cWxlR
Milind and Ankita tied the knot in 2018.
Ankita and Milind have also been sharing snippets from life during the lockdown period. Recently, Milind shared a photo of Ankita giving him a hot oil head massage, during the lockdown. "Day 6. Plain, simple, slightly warmed up, coconut oil for my hair," Milind captioned his post.
In another video posted by Ankita, she sang for Milind and played the guitar as well. “Felt so good to pick up the guitar after so long,” she wrote.
Milind found himself on Twitter's trending list recently after he revealed his childhood memories at an RSS shakha. In his memoir, titled Made in India, Soman shared what he felt like being part of the 'desi Scouts' as a child.
In an excerpt published in print.in, Milind spoke of going to the local 'shakha' at the Shivaji Park in Mumbai. His father had been part of the RSS and was a 'proud Hindu'. He added that in those days it was all about getting youngsters to lead a disciplined life, with a focus on physical fitness and right thinking.
He added that he is baffled by recent media reports that attribute 'subversive, communal propaganda' to the RSS. In the excerpt on print.in, he stated that his memories of what happened at the shakha every weekday evening are completely different. “...we marched about in our khaki shorts, did some yoga, worked out in a traditional outdoor gymnasium with no fancy equipment, sang songs and chanted Sanskrit verses that we did not understand the meanings of, played games and had a bunch of fun with our fellows,” he described in the memoir Made in India.
He added that as far as he could remember, he did not know what the shakha leaders felt about being Hindu, and neither did they sir their views on the young boys.
As Milind started trending on Twitter, he put out a funny tweet, saying he was trending at the age of 54, for an experience he had at the age of 10.
