Pratap Bhogilal Journey Through Life

Author(s): Rauf Ahmed
Publisher: Bhupendra Singh Anand

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PRATAP BHOGILAL - JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE
meaning:
May the entire universe attain bliss May all beings be oriented to the well being of others May all negative thoughts be destroyed Let everyone be happy everywhere
I think it has helped me considerably in my life and moulded my mental attitude. I uttered these shlokas in my mind when I was being taken into the operation theatre for my bypass surgery, which, according to my cardiac surgeon, Dr. Ramakant Panda, was a high risk operation. He felt I might have to be in the ICU for a couple of days after the surgery and continue to be hospitalised for a while. However, I recovered normally and did not have to stay in the hospital as long as expected.
My father had been keen that people should become self reliant like many, who had come down from the native place to Mumbai to make a career for themselves, had become. Most of them had stayed at our Pedhi in Jhaveri Bazar in the initial stages. So I decided to set up a Swalamban Kendra at our native place Patan in the area called Kanasa na Pado, where we used to once live. It is run by the Kanasa Charitable Trust, which employs women for preparing food items as well as textile articles, which it arranges to market. The venture has been highly successful in providing employment to a large number of women in Patan and the women earn Rs. 3000/- or more per month.
Realising the need for good education, particularly in the English medium, which is more or less a global language in today's globalised world, I decided to establish an English Medium School in Patan in the name of my late wife - Bhagwati International Public School - in the CBSE stream and it has been affiliated to Baccalaureate as well. I also donated an Information Technology Lab to the SNDT University in Bhagwati's name.
The North Gujarat Education Society
Acharya Hemchandra Suri was a versatile Acharya whose contribution in the spheres of life, religion, social issues and politics during the reign of kings
To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of
transportation. - Yann Martel