Award And Other Stories

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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is great exploitation, great injustice, great crime in snatching and grabbing away this land, life saviour land providing bread and butter of the poor persons for your so called Seat of Learning under the guise of Social Service, Society, Institution etc., such deeds of yours are Great Guilts against The Havenots", against the Humanity----- What similes should be given to your such "Great Serviceful" acts ! of jnana Yagna ? Words fall short of them---!" Frankly and deeply understanding prashant replied elaborately. And the hopeful Secretary still went on convicing him
"Prashantji ! Please think over calmly and consider about Greatness of the noble President of our Seat of Learning, he even being in politics what a life full of sacrifices he possess ! Please look at his great qualities, please look at his noble influence--- Could the institutions working under him ever be Exploitative?
*Accepted Sir, I do believe that not only your present president but even the previous one were certainly Great Persons-------- but what about the other players of your team of Eleven under them? Please place your hand on your heart and tell me, are not you misusing the noble influence of these good great people ? Are you not indirectly giving a blow to this leadership only ?"
The Secretary who had become calm, now became hot and told in a raised voice
"Prashantji ! think twice before you raise your fingers towards others. About whom you are telling ?” will you please clearly clarify plainly ?”
"Do you want me to forcibly express the facts ? If so, listen who is unaware of all the Deeds of your Vice-president, whose Great acts as the Chairman of State Finance Corporation are very much known-----! Who is unaware of your joint-Secretary who has forcibly got written the receipts of Rupees Seven Hundred each from all the lecturers while actually paying them Rupees Five Hundred each only ? Only one person like your far away remaining president, no doubt great in his own right, also is being made like a rubber stamp and you go on doing every thing in his name------ By doing so, are you not cheating him and the Society both ? Tell me, give me reply, sir !"
The Secretary had become entirely loose by now.
Yet however he gathered his mind and tried his last effort for getting the Award accepted and signed by prashant some how or other. He requestfully said
"Accepted Prashantji ! what you say is worth-considering. Somewhere there may be weaker side of co-workers, but you will see in future that how great work of people's education is being done in future. Therefore, it is our humble request to you to accept the Award which we are going to give you through the Honorable Government in Public Cermony. And hence you kindly co-operate with us by signing this Letter of Confirmation lying with us or with the Government Officer. The co-operation of Great