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you are able to do it, well, else it’s no problem.” The
Swayamsevak accepted this advice from Vakil Saheb and took
over the responsibility. Today, he is counted one amongst the
best editors.

Wide Contacts
A great characteristic of Vakil Saheb was his wide range of

contacts. Even after he rose to the post of Kshetra Pracharak
and then an official of the all-India level, he used to be busy
expanding his contacts during his visits. He never looked away
from any opportunity in which he was required to visit a former
Swayamsevak’s family. It was his special feature. Even while he
was touring with high all-India level officers such as the Man.
Sarsanghchalak, he would ensure to take time out to visit the
families of new and old Swayamsevaks as soon as the scheduled
assignments were over. Due to his wide contacts, he became a
symbol of infinite affection and unfathomable attachment in
the Gujarat Sangh family.

A Gentleman
During his long stint of thirty-five years, he held a number

of responsibilities. He directed the Sangh work from 1952 to
1973, first as a Prant Pracharak in Gujarat, and then as a Kshetra
Pracharak (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Nagpur, Vidarbha).

When a ban was imposed in 1948, the volunteers had to
face great many difficulties. It was a question of life and death
for the Swayamsevaks from Maharashtra who were then
working in Gujarat. In such a time, he remained underground
in order to successfully run the Satyagraha against the ban
imposed on the Sangh. This type of another calamity befell in
1975 when the emergency was imposed. At that difficult time
too, he had efficiently guided the Sangh in order to achieve the
specified outcome. During both these struggles, the
Swayamsevaks had witnessed his bottomless patience.

He possessed this type of Tapasvi or perseverant
personality; he was ever ready for the development of and
sympathy for the co-Swayamsevaks. If an error was ever