When the worldwide Missionaries of Charity (MC) elected Sister Nirmala to replace Mother Teresa as the Superior General, in March 1997, she said she was in a “dreamland”, but added in the same breath that one of the most visible positions in the Catholic Church was “loaded with responsibilities”. True to her calling, she performed her duties, including shouldering her “responsibilities”, to the letter till she breathed her last, aged 81, on June 23.