My mother, Bharati.

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Across
  1. 2. a trait she very finely exhibits
  2. 4. a practice that she maintains daily
  3. 6. the profession she has pursued
  4. 8. her strongest subject
Down
  1. 1. something she loves adorning her house with
  2. 3. the specific field of medicine she works in
  3. 5. a feeling she will readily spread
  4. 7. according to her, the most essential thing to care about