*Modi has kept minimal contact with the family. No family member has gone to the chief minister's house for any work.
* The Modi family was so poor that they could not arrange for photography at any of their weddings.
* When he became the Gujarat chief minister in 2001, his mother told him: "Beta, kadi lanch na leis." (Son, never take bribe.)
* When Modi was young, his mother worked at houses of others to earn extra money... She would also clean utensils.