Page 128 - JyotipunjEng

160

In the Sangh Shiksha Varga at Pune, there was a
Swayamsevak who saved on time in order to invest it in music.
For this purpose, he kept postponing meeting other people too.
Anantrao saw this. Wherever that Swayamsevak sat for meals,
Anantrao too would sit just in front with his peers and would
pretend as if he was playing the sitar. The Swayamsevak grew
peevish at this, and he complained about this to Dr. Hedgewar.
Doctor Saheb said to Anantrao, “Brother, why do you trouble
that Sudhir Phadke?” After this much, Anantrao became a friend
of the renowned musician Sudhir Phadke.

In Work of Man-making
The contact with Dr. Hedgewar had turned into proximity;

it gave his life a goal. The final message from the founder
Sarsanghchalak moved the sensitive heart of Anantrao, and he
gave up his personal life in that young age itself. He gave up
attachment, affection and comfort of his prosperous family, and
determined to live life in conformance with the Sangh’s scheme
of things.

With a firm resolve and clear planning, he came to work in
Gujarat with the well-known Joshi Construction (Company) of
Maharashtra. He took over the work of building the pedestrian
bridge located near Kheda. Building the bridge was only the
pretension, his body and mind were busy building this lifeless
bridge, but his heart was fully absorbed in the scheme of man-
making. He learned the Gujarati language as quickly as possible.
With the expansion of contacts, he started to undertake the
Sangh work too. As soon as the work on the bridge was over, he
bade farewell to his job with the Joshi Construction. He forgot
all about Maharashtra and assimilated himself fully with
Gujarat. He made Nadiad his area of working for achieving his
goal. In the initial days, there was no arrangement regarding
the basic needs, such as food and shelter, yet he confronted these
difficulties in order to carry out the Sangh work without a break.
It did not take long for him to form a large group of comrades.