Life as I have Seen It

Author(s): Urmila S Dholakia
Publisher: Urmila S Dholakia

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Life - As I've seen it
everyone felt satisfied. This was a golden moment for Karamchandbhai.
He wanted this food kitchen to continue forever so he registered it as "Janata Sastu Bhojanalay” - (Public Affordable Eatery). He formed a trust and deposited handsome sums of money so that the kitchen could continue just from the interest on his deposits. People started celebrating personal events by feeding the hungry at this charitable trust. Thus, society started donating to this noble cause. Literally thousands of families have benefitted from this ngble action and health has improved tremendously for the poor with good nutrition. Many people also found employment with this activity. This institution was Karamchandbhai's favorite child and even today, it is feeding people with the same love as it did when it first started.
In those days, there was no running water in Bhuj and the water wells were far off. The brothers were on it again. They found the answer in their own back yard. They offered their own land and had a deep well dug in it. The Lord's blessings were with them. Although many wells in Kutch had salty water, their well was full of fresh drinking water that could be filled in pots. People soon started flocking to the well every day and would sing joyfully while fetching the water. It was like a festival in their home every day. They started serving buttermilk at their home. Both the brothers wanted to start activities such that the whole community would be at their home every day. So, they adopted a few
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