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Transparent Gem – Pappaji
Dr. Pranlal Doshi

Pappaji inseparably bound himself with the daily Shakha for the
development and expansion of basic tasks of the Sangh. His
dedication to the daily Shakha was manifest in his conduct even
in the advancing stage of ninety years.

Dr. Pranlal Brijlal Doshi – when you say this name, no
picture emerges on the mind. When you call Dr. P.V. Doshi, you
feel as if you know him a bit. But as soon as you hear the words
‘Pappaji’, you can find a streak of bright light in the eyes of a
large section of people not only in Rajkot, but all over Gujarat.

A personality filled to the brim with diversity, still you feel
not an individual, but the essence. His personality was like the
soft wind that refreshes everybody – young or old – felt this
way.

I tried to recall when I met Pappaji first. I tried to remember
it hard, but could not when I met him first. Maybe, it was the
special feature of that mortal body that had transformed itself
from an individual to essence. Of course, there is some feeling
that several decades lapsed between the time when I met him
first and the time when I bade him farewell. His conduct, his
behaviour was uniform in all aspects of life – body, mind, speech,
interaction. There was a series of events, there were mountains
of questions. The time of calamity came and passed off. All these
manifested in the tests of ideas at one time and momentum to
the working at another. The calamity was natural at one time
and manmade at another. In every moment and instance, he