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wedded with all the golden dreams in their eyes; they must
have nurtured a lot of ambitions and aspirations; but when a
mentally-retarded child takes birth in the family, the husband
and wife devote all their life to the service and care of the child.
It appears to me often that God believed in the wife and husband
that they would take every care of the mentally-retarded child.
However, I feel, that a mentally-retarded child should be the
responsibility of the entire community, and not the family only.
Social harmony is not limited to only untouchability; it is not
limited within high and low castes; it pertains to all classes –
depressed, women, illiterate, deprived – and how they all should
be linked together with the common interests. We have to deeply
think about this all in order to renovate and transform the
society.

Social transformation is necessary in every age. We must
enable ourselves with the blessings of the saints. We should be
devoted to community service, and be united too. A great feature
of this country is unity in diversity. We cannot look at the society
in fragments, nor can we afford to see it divided. We will have
to unite and integrate the entire country right from Kashmir to
Kanyakumari, from Atack to Cuttack, and the bridge of harmony
alone becomes the guarantee of this unity and integration. God
has specified many a task for the welfare of the country and
mankind in the world. Just look at Vivekananda, Aurobindo.
They all meant the same things. They were all great people,
they were seers. They say that it is the responsibility of India to
lead the world on the path of well-being, but this will require
strengthening India, so that it is capable to carry out this duty.
For the realization of this goal, the saints, seers, teachers and
others have an effort to modify the country. Look at the
background of freedom struggle of the country. This struggle
could not have become so strong had the Bhakti movement not
taken place.

The twenty-first century is going to be that of India. The
Bhakti movement is taking place in every nook and corner of
the country. An environment of new awareness and energy has
been created. New awareness and new energy have given birth