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Vasantrao was very lazy when it came to keeping the accounts.
His accounts rarely matched, as he often forgot where he spent
the money, or sometimes he washed 5-10 rupee notes in the
clothes. At the end of every month, he used to grope in dark
about his income and expenditure report, but he never failed to
submit his accounts. He submitted his accounts something like
this:

1.80: bus fare
0.50: peanuts
0.10: glass of water
1.00: chappal repair
0.80: a bar of soap
34.30: GK
Every account statement of his contained the head ‘GK’.

As naturally he lived, as was his witty life. He had a detached
attitude, with a tendency to be free from all bonds. He lived a life
free from all expectations, without seeking favours, a happy-go-
lucky life – all these qualities had another name – Vasantrao. If
ever an effort is made to compile all the true anecdotes that occurred
in his personal life, a thick book can be written which will be a
treasure of entertaining jokes, such memorable are his anecdotes.

In this way, he spent 80 per cent of his expenditure under
the head of GK. When this head occurred repeatedly, the account
manager drew the attention of Vakil Saheb towards it. Vakil
Saheb called Vasantrao and asked about it, “What is this GK
head in your statements? What is that expenditure?” Everybody
in the meeting wished to know this mystery. Finally, Vasantrao
revealed this mystery. He said, “GK means ‘God Knows’. I
cannot recall where I spent that money, so the total amount I
cannot recall, I just write it under the GK.” How authentic he
was in his dealing, he took God as witness to all his deeds.

One day, a senior Pracharak was writing his account of
expenditure. Once, he was not able to match 25 paise. He
murmured a sweet song Nirmanon ke pawan yug mein… and kept
calculating, but the difference of 25 paise eluded him. He kept