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All Workers are a Family

(On the occasion of distributing employment orders to
the kin of deceased employees, Town Hall, Gandhinagar.

July 27, 2004)

Providing jobs to the dependants of deceased employees may
be a small event for the government, but it is a very big
thing for the concerned person. I have always been in a
quandary in my mind on this issue. On one hand, I congratulate
the deserving and wish them future success through their own
efforts. They may have gained entry with the advantage of kin,
and the government has helped them in their critical time, but
their progress is now up to them. If they become complacent
and stop working hard, fifty-eight years of their lives would
pass with no use and life would be tiresome. Why should they
be in such a system?

They should think about clearing various departmental
examinations and learning new skills. It may be that a person’s
father was a peon and he got a job on the basis of pity, but they
should think about upgrading themselves by learning driving,
appearing for the Class 12 examinations, etc. Getting support
does not mean that they should stop progressing. Your father,
mother or your husband who has left for the heavenly abode at
an early age and because of whom you have got this job, would
find their souls at peace only if you continue your journey of
progress. You might be satisfied by staying in the same position,
but your ancestors won’t be happy. They would be happy and
satisfied only if you achieve greater heights than them. Their
soul would feel that you are doing well even in their absence.