Profile of Parul

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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In fact, the previous-birth-link-craving Parul got her Great Grand Guru of ages in Chacha-Gurdial Mallik ji.
Same intimacy of. Chi.Parul took shape with Sushri Vimala Thakar - Vimala Tai - An Associate of Acharya Vinobaji, Dada Dharmadhikari and renowned Philosopher Sri J. Krishnamurti. Being acquainted with us from our Sarvodaya Bhoodan Padayatra days and Acharya Rajneesh Meditation & Music meetings, she was also kind enough to be with us from time to time and to shower her loving ? guidance and grace on our children - particularly on Chi. Parul and Chi. Vandana.
Worth-remembering were her, stays with us at Visnagar during our Mahila Arts College Principalship and at Sanskar Teerth, Ajol, in a year-end camp.
I remember quite well. The then camp was to end on 31st Dec., 1968 which was co-incidentally Chi. Parul's birthday also. Vimalatai, after becoming intimate with Paruf all these days, blessed her on the Birthday morning saying---
... Be a Revolutionary,
Be like me!"
Though this blessings of Vimala Tai were contrary to little Parul's silent and serene nature at that time, they began to materialise later when Parul developed her abilities as a writer and her truth-seeking pen went on becoming fearless and revolutionary. Perhaps the seeds of this individuality were sown in this episode of Vimala Tai's blessings. At home she was very much loved by my old mother, who always believed and used to say "In Parul's form, re-incarnate'd is Kirti"-my revolutionary younger brother, who had died young at the age of 26 in November 1959.
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