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way. Everybody must examine himself if he is disabled from
within.

Pappaji had expanded his inner-self greatly. As a
consequence, the deaf and dumb school was more important to
him than the temple. His glorious personality, like a
philosopher’s stone, had its influence over this school. Due to
his untiring work, every worker in this school appeared to be a
devotee. The reason in its basis was Pappaji’s resplendent
personality.

In our country, it was compulsory for both healthy child
and handicapped child to attain equal marks (35 marks) for
passing in an examination. How can a disabled child be
compared with a healthy child? In any aspect of life, a disabled
child has to work much harder than a healthy boy. He needs a
longer time too. Nobody had ever paid attention to this agony
that disabled people go through. In the whole country, it was
the BJP Government in Gujarat that took significant steps in
this direction. A new practical rule was formulated by which a
disabled child will have to score 20 marks if a healthy child was
supposed to score 35 marks. This decision made Pappaji
indescribably happy.

The firm mind, residing in the fragile body, was the source of
energy. His blooming life continues to spread fragrance all around
even today. As a single ray from the sun provides succour in
chilling cold, so were love and attachment from Pappaji. Like a
twinkling star in the unfathomable dark, his life was like a streak
of light.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is chiefly an attitude to
culturisation and refinement. Pappaji always favoured
culturisation as well as indoctrination. The tendency to
indoctrination could be seen all over India, but little effort had
been made in this direction in Gujarat. Pappaji took upon himself
the task of the continuous flow of indoctrination and
culturisation, just like he had taken steps for the welfare of the
tribal people. His commitment to this task was so firm that could