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Sabarmati. He appeared to be a perfect Gujarati. He possessed
a complete Gujarati personality in eating, living, language –
everything. Living life as a Sangh Pracharak, he worked like a
saint. All Pracharaks are habituated of these things. He washed
his clothes himself, but he suffered from soap allergy. As soon
as he touched soap, his hand would show up rashes and pimples
all over the hand, resulting into extreme pain. However, he put
up with pain and tried to do his work himself for years. When
the situation grew unbearable, only then did he agree to get his
clothes washed by others.

Deshmukh also suffered from ‘halwa’ allergy. If halwa was
being cooked in the neighbourhood, its fragrance itself was
enough to spoil his health. It would lead to headache and
vomiting and the like. The Swayamsevaks paid attention to all
these factors whenever he was touring.

He basically hailed from Uttar Pradesh, yet he had
completely blended into Gujarati way of living. He accepted
Gujarat as his home. He had assimilated into himself even
Gujarati language, dress, customs, traditions and the like to the
extent that no one was ever ready to accept him as a non-
Gujarati. Due to this closeness, he created thousands of
Swayamsevaks in Gujarat, on the basis of whom the Sangh work
was progressing well in the state. He wished that Gujarat should
excel other states so far as the Sangh work was concerned, and
he continued to work towards this goal.

The lifestyle of Deshmukh was not monotonous; it was
colourful, all-pervading. He possessed a number of sources for
gathering information. The minutest information pertaining to
every aspect reached him. Despite his love for the traditional
aspects of the Sangh life, he had maintained lively contacts with
different types of people of the society in order to derive
information from them.

The foundation stone of any organisation are visits and
contacts, and the working style of Deshmukh was unique in
both aspects. Contact with the families is very important in the
Sangh work. Deshmukh had evolved a particular family contact
style. His style of family contact was in consonance with the
future plans. He contacted families in a very light atmosphere,