जय श्रीराम Story from life of Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, Founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh - On a Saturday evening, Doctorji and his associates went to their another friend’s (Shri. Shankar Rao Bharat) house at Adegaon village to attend some important ceremony. On the next day morning, back in the Nagpur, a Sangh Parade was scheduled. In the evening, after attending the ceremony, Doctorji decided to return to Nagpur because he wanted to attend the Sangh Parade. He asked his companions, “Now that the ceremony is over, let us go back to Nagpur”. His companions replied, “Doctorji, we can not go back today because there is no transportation. We will have to wait until tomorrow morning”. Doctorji said, “Well! If there is no transportation, we can walk!!” Again his companions questioned, “Nagpur is 32 miles away from this place. How can we walk?” But Doctorji made it a point and his companions could not convince him. They began to walk towards the highway which was 10 miles away from that remote village. While walking in a pitch black night, stumbling on stones, rocks and dense overgrowth, accidently Doctorjee stepped on a sharp, needle shaped wood fork that lodged itself deep inside his foot, causing intense pain. Steeling himself against it with iron determination, he kept going with his companions and somehow they made to the highway after midnight. Without taking a rest, they kept walking along the highway towards Nagpur, which was still 22 miles away. After walking a few miles, a late night bus going towards Nagpur came by, and the driver, being from Nagpur, immediately stopped the bus, when he recognized the limping Doctorjee in his headlight. He implored Doctorjee to come on board along since the bus was extremely over crowded. Doctorjee politely refused to board the bus also. He said “I will come only if all of us in the group are allowed to come on board”. In spite of his swollen, bleeding foot, intense pain and exhaustion, Doctorjee did not forsake his companions, even when they wanted him to go. Finally, the driver allowed the whole group to come aboard. Since there really was no room, some sat on the bus engine, while some others sat on its roof. Somehow they made it to Nagpur in the early morning and attended the Sangh Parade.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:05:04 +0000
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