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his hair even. His clothes were disorderly. He looked strange in
his old and worn chappals and thick spectacles. The more
disorderly he was in his personal life, the more systematic he
was while doing the Sangh work. He did all the tasks assigned
in the management of the Sangh works, and ensured that no
shortcoming could be pointed out anywhere. When it came to
undertaking the Sangh work, he was insistent, uniform and
regular and accorded priority to it; but when it came to his
personal life, he was not bound in any limits of bathing, eating,
sleeping or reading newspaper. Often he could be found
washing his clothes at one in midnight; it signalled the others
that he had been busy the whole day.

In the main team of the Sangh those days, Anantrao was
popular for his sweet voice. On the contrary, Vasudevrao had
nothing to do with voice, tune or pitch; still he sang the Sangh
songs during his processes. Singing a Sangh song has its
scientific significance too. It is said that singing collectively helps
to cultivate team spirit. Vasudevrao knew this fact well, so he
continued with this tradition even with his shabby, ugly voice,
and thus emerged as an inspiration for his co-volunteers, and
thus he coloured them too in the spirit of patriotism.

Holding meetings is very important in the Sangh work.
Collective thinking, collective decision-making and collective
responsibility – all these are the unique features of the Sangh.
In a way, these have been an important constituent of the Sangh’s
strength. As a result, the process of holding meetings has become
a tradition in the Sangh. These meetings are held over a long
period of time, in which even small points are managed and
discussed in detail. If you had Vasudevrao in the meeting, and
still it would not be a stimulating one, it could not happen at
any time. He was the one who presented in the meeting totally
novel and original views, and explained them to all those
present there. It often occurred that his view was rejected at the
outset, but as the meeting progressed, he would explain the
significance of what he was telling, and by the time the meeting
came to a conclusion; his proposal was more often than not
approved. There were only a few people to be present in a