Perfecting Youth

Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Samkit Yuvak Mandal

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"you Donkey," British officers were aiming Gandhiji only, Gandhiji knew that, but he did not react. Both of the British officers repeated their respective words quite a few times.
After sometime, Gandhiji responded, "See, I am neither an Ass nor a Donkey, infact I am between the two". Both of them felt like being dumped in a dustbin and they went off.
One fine day, Gandhiji was sitting in a corner and was busy in his work, One British officer came and gave him a letter and said "This is something really special for you." Not knowing about the abusive contents Gandhiji accepted the four paged letter.
That man left and kept an eye on Gandhiji so that he could observe Gandhiji's reaction on that letter. Gandhiji as always, did not react. After 2-3 days, that man couldn't control himself and went straight to Gandhiji and queried. "Found anything interesting in that letter?". "not much" Gandhiji replied and after a pause added "But, I took the Pin
PERFECTING YOUTH
you attached to the letter. That's the only thing I found useful, I tore the letter and threw it in dustbin as it was of no use to me."
Gandhiji picked up the best out of the waste, for that guy it was like waste out of the best!
To cross a river, George Bernard Shaw was walking over a very narrow bridge. His verbal enemy coming from the opposite direction said in disgust: "I will never give way to an idiot", "But I will" George Bernard Shaw said with a smile and gave side to his
enemy.
Keep the availability of your smile so easy that everyone can afford it and keep your temper so heavily priced that even you cannot dare to lose it.
Cuma
SAHARA INDIA
People may have noticed Sachin playing on various grounds, but hardly anyone would have noticed his persistence.
Be it his 70th Century or 100th century, his celebration style
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