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એપ્રિલ ૨૦૧૬ ૬ પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન : ડૉ. ધનવંતભાઈ ટી. શાહ સ્મૃતિ વિશેષાંક ૬ પૃષ્ઠ ૧૦૩ શાહ સ્મૃતિ વિશેષાંક
Tributes and condolenses pour in on sad demise of Dr. Dhanvantbhai Shah
ધનવંતભાઈ ટી. શાહ સ્મૃતિ વિશેષક : ડૉ. ધનવંતભાઈ ટી. શાહ સ્મૃતિ વિશેષાંક ૪ ડૉ. ધનવંતભાઈ ટી. શાહ સ્મૃતિ વિશેષાંક : ડૉ. ધનવંતભાઈ ટી. શાહ સ્મૃતિ વિશેષાંક - ડૉ. ધનવંતભાઈ ટી. શાહ સ્મૃતિ વિશેષાંક ? ડૉ.
Manniya Smitaben,
spiritual he had such an open mind. Extremely Grieved to hear about Sad Demise of It is hard to believe that he is no longer with us. Dr. Dhanvant Shah. Kindly accept our heartfelt sym- He was indeed a noble soul. I pray to almighty to pathies and condolences.
give all of you & your family members the strength & There are more than 100 Ph.D. Scholars on courage to bear this irreparable loss. Kindly accept KALAPI across the country, yet it was only on behalf of my family members our heartfelt condoDhanwantbhai who could bring Kalapi alive even af- lence. ter his death more than a century and half ago. It
JASHWANT B. MEHTA up was woderful to go down the memory lane while
XXX watching Dhanvantbhai's natak (drama) KALAPI'. We the Trustees of Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Mumbai C We feel as if we have lost someone from the Lathi and myself are very sorry. to hear about the sad de Royal Family
mise of respected Dr. Dhanvantbhai Shah. I pray Lord almighty to give you strength to bear He was a Trustee of Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, the loss. Time is the only healer.
Mumbai from 15th June 2013 and From 2nd August With kind regard,
2014 he was working as a Treasurer. Truly your's It is indeed a great loss for all of us who knew
KIRTIKUMAR him. But we have to accept the will of God,, the death Thakore Saheb of Lathi is inevitable. X X X
we have to accept the will of God, the death is Dear Reeti,
inevitable. I was grieved to learn about the said demise of May, god give you & the family courage to bear your dear father. Your late father was a very helpful this irrepairable loss. We share your loss. and kind person and I always remember his kind- May his soul rest in peace. ness shown to me. Please accept my heartfelt con- With warm personal regrads. dolences in your sad bereavement and convey the
Yours Sincerely same to your mother, brother, sister and all other
Usha H. Gokani members of your family.
Chairman, Gandhi Smarak Nidhi May the departed soul rest in eternal meace!
XXX Yours in grief. Dr Dhanwantbhai Shah has been the sole 1
B. H. ANTIA inspiration to encourage me to write series of articles X X X
Enlighten yourself through study of Jainology. His It was indeed shocking to hear of the sudden & aim was to help people who were unable to come to sad demise of Shri Dhanvantbhai. As I was out of university to study Jainoloy to have basic information Mumbai & returned yeasterday only, I could not at- right at the door step. Prabuddha Jivan has been tend the prayer ceremoney. His commitment & con- part and parcel of life of DR Shah. Since its inception
tribution for Jain Yuvak Sangh is tremendous. After the medium of the magazine was Gujarati. " # Dr. Ramanbhai's passing away, he had also carried Farsightedness of Dr. Shah led the magazine to upon on himself the responsibilities of conducting incorporate the articles in English for the next Paryushan Vyakhyanmala' & he did it so well. It was
generation whose medium of instruction was English. always a pleasure speaking to him on the phone &
With this a new group of readers were encouraged exchange of thoughts on various topics. While I have
to read and get acquainted with the vast knowledge E not been a professional writer, he was insistent that I must contribute something for Prabhuddhh Jeevan.
stored.
Dhanwant bhai is living with us today through his In fact, while personally we may not have met many times. our talk on the phone was almost on regular Vision and mission through Prabuddha Jivan. basis. Even on the topics as varied as Presidential
Dr Kamini Gogri * Democracy or other issues not exactly religious or
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ડૉ. ધનવંતભાઈ ટી. શાહ સ્મૃતિ વિશેષાંક B ડૉ. ધનવંતભાઈ ટી. શાહ સ્મૃતિ વિશેષાંક : ડૉ. ધનવંતભાઈ ટી. શાહ સ્મૃતિ વિશેષાંક # ડૉ. ધનવંતભાઈ ટી. શાહ સ્મૃતિ વિશેષાંક
