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A Tribute to Vakil Saheb

When people of the world were running after material pleasures,
a great number of luminaries, one after the other, gave up their
homes and sacrificed themselves for the protection of values of life
of the country, following the specific tradition of the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh; one of these luminaries was the Man.
Lakshmanrao Inamdar.

We are living in a period when the father can live happily
with five sons in a small hut; but the same father cannot have a
place to live in the five palaces built by his sons. This is the
picture of present-day society – we all have gathered here in
such a period, for a man with whom we are not related by blood.
There is a proverb: “Blood is thicker than water.” But we find a
different scenario here. On the mind, heart and intellect of every
person present here, a sentiment has been created. We have not
grown in the tradition of person-worship, we are the devotees
to duty.

Here –
• Life conquers and not death.
• We adore how you lived, not how much you lived.
• We think over how you spent, and not how you

accumulated it.
Such is the tradition here. And so, the birthday of an
individual who passed all these tests became an occasion for all
of us to gather here.
The birthday of our affectionate Vakil Saheb is a day of
resolve for us. He was born on the holy day of Rishi Panchami
and lived life according to the high traditions.