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was not a youth who would waste his life in the New Shorok
Mill in Nadiad. He was more invigorated to weave the country
more than he would weave the cloth in the mill. He was
ordinarily educated, but his determination was firm. Even the
strongest strands of the fabric could not restrain him. He was
never inclined towards living a good life in a city like Nadiad,
or to do something only for himself. When the family members
had seen off the young Kashinath from home, they certainly
must have seen some exalted dreams about him that he would
help them financially and the family would become financially
sound. The young Kashinath was well aware of the family’s
needs, situation and expectations from him; but the seed that
had been sown in his heart and the ardent desire for freedom
did not allow him to sit idly. He was being called by his family
inflicted by poverty on the one hand and by the country bound
in slavery in another. In the end, the struggle between the family
and the Sangh went in the favour of the latter. In 1945, Kashinath
resolved to renounce everything of his for the sake of the
country. He abandoned the family, the job, the house, and joined
the Sangh as a Pracharak in order to realize his dream of uniting
the Hindu society.

In the initial stages, he worked in Kheda. Those days, he
made an earnest effort to learn the Gujarati language out of
curiosity. In a short time, he became a Gujarati so far as language
was concerned. He was inclined towards developing his life as
per the ideals of the Sangh, and this effort on his part influenced
many of his comrades. Even the absence of an academic degree
could not become an obstacle in the path of his progress due to
his wide depositary of qualities, simplicity and hard work. Right
from the beginning of life as a Pracharak, he had secured a good
hold over Kheda.

For many years, being transferred to Kutch was considered
a type of punishment. However, the young Kashinath was
assigned the responsibility of Kutch due to his perseverance,
and he was transferred from Kheda to there. Prior to
independence, the journey to Kutch required one to travel by
sea. Kashinath camped in Kutch. He identified the