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Mrs Roy, "I know Mrs Vibha very well. She came to consult me also. I shall try to visit the site as early as possible."
Deepak. "It will help educate us also if we can synchronise our visit together. We shall be there on even short notice of just two days. Please inform us on telephone or E-mail and we will be there."
Turning to Deepti he told her about the exemplary sacrifice made by Mrs Roy, "She is an iconic person. She is an intellectual and got in L.A.S. in the first attempt and was enjoying cosy life as a senior officer at the centre with nice bungalow, car and what not. She left all these comforts, left her lucrative job and committed herself to social service. She now lives as an ordinary villager, travels in public transport, buses and trains like ordinary people. She is the architect of the Right to Information Bill and pursued it to its logical end, being enacted as law. We shall try to emulate her dedication, commitment and simplicity. Monks if they at all want to help people should emulate Mrs. Roy. She is many times superior to monks who are mainly engaged in selfish pursuits.
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| 121 delighted to be together again at Bangalore. Deepak congratulated and thanked both Shree and Vibhu for managing the office in their absence so efficiently that all the clients were satisfied and had commended their work through E-mails received during their journey. Pointing towards Shree Deepak said, "I have committed to the Acharya that you would carry out one very important assignment for you.
Shree, "I hope, you are not pushing me back into the same cage from which I have been freed with great difficulty."
Deepti, "It is impossible now even if you want it as Vibhu will stand as an invincible wall to prevent you from getting into the trap again. You will now work hard to facilitate freedom of your parents and that is the assignment for you Deepak talked about."
Deepak, "We met Acharya at Sohangarh when he was on his way to Udaipur while we were returning to Jaipur. We requested him to expedite the dates of conference of monks he had promised. He was in no mood to expedite rather wanted to delay as much as possible. We requested him to start the preparatory work immediately and suggested that we shall depute you to help him. You may decide the dates when you would like to join him, record his instructions, names of monks and others he would like to invite and also formulate a detailed questionnaire to be circulated to the participants. I think you will be able to do this in a week's time. We shall then examine it, add more invitees, edit the draft questionnaire and circulate."
Shree, "I shall leave next week."
Deepti, "You will get a good surprise on your return. But I will not tell you now even if you insist."
Mrs Roy, "Please do not exaggerate. It is embarrassing. I have done all that you said for my own satisfaction and happiness. I am happy in the way I am living. I am enjoying it. I feel great pleasure when I see a smile on the faces of the down trodden and poor."
Deepak thanked her for her promise to visit the site of their project at Jhadol and begged leave of her with the hope to meet again soon.
All the four, Shree, Vibhu, Deepak and Deepti were
