Aunt Mira's role in upbringing of the Das children

In the novel Clear Light of Day, aunt Mira Masi's role in the upbringing of the Das children was crucial and significant. Aunt Mira Masi was originally asked (by Mrs. Das) to take care of Baba since he was mentally challenged. We learned from reading the novel that aunt Mira helped Baba bring out some of his potentials that no one else could have helped to brought out. She (aunt Mira) not only brought out some of Baba's potential but she also formed a relationship with the other Das children. This relationship that aunt Mira forms with the children is what makes her role one of great significance within the novel. This relationship with the children would have helped to mold the children as they grow. This being so because she would have spent quality time with the children that both Mr. and Mrs. Das (the parents) never did. As a result one could say that the role she plays the in the upbringing of the Das children was one of a mother or one of a parent in general. She gives the children something that was not given to them by her parents and she in turn gains since she never experienced the relationship pf a mother and a child.