Success The Turning Point

Author(s): Rajendra Rakhecha
Publisher: Rajendra Rakhecha

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Responsibility Health
Take care of parents Protect your health during all the reasons, rain, winter and summer! Use protective devices like umbrella, sun-glasses, warm clothing sweater, etc
1.1.8 -Educational Life Part 1 and learning
1. Let me start introducing myself 2. I am from Shirpur, taluka place, population of around 40,000 in 1979, when I came to Pune after
my 12th std, in District Dhule, based on bank of river Arunawati. It had no dam built in those days
though now it has. Thanks to Shivaji Rao Patil, MLA then, a father of late Smita Patil. 3. My Father was a businessman, social activist, kind of social leader and involved in free services
of social arrangement of marriages, etc. He will have compatibility map ready in his mind &
better than any of today's softwares. 4. I have a huge family with deeply loving mom, sisters & brother, and many cousin brothers &
sisters. Till my SSC my grandfather was live, he was 87 then. 5. My father had cloth shop. I learnt to measure the clothes and unit meter in the shop. 6. I faintly remember there was a flood, he was at home. Everyone was rushing to their shops to
bring clothes or grocery at home or other safe places. But he said, what is something happens & get caught in flood. Life is more precise than money. I would not understand economics but it was said that there was a loss of 40,000 Rs., and later he had to spend a lot to get those clothes washed, pressed & had to sell at throw away prices. It was a huge loss then. He had to forgo the expected credit of the clothes he had sold. In the process he had to close the cloth shop and start grocery shop. There was a marriage of my sister. It was the grand marriage of that time. Entire school was taken on rent. There was a planning, preparation of items, caterers, band, pandol, etc. I used to extend support and also observe these activities very closely. My uncle used to form a team and get the work done including toilet & bathroom cleaning. It was a great fun to see the management of various activities from arrival till departure. These are the lessons learnt of making hand dirty as well as manage the events. I had a hobby of collection. To collect the invitation cards & compare the content & design. Also collect various items like any other child. My father would consult me about design and content finalization for the marriage invitation card. This is how I learnt comparing, detailing &
choosing the best. 9. My father then started grocery shop. I was allowed to spend little time in the shop. During this
period I sold general grocery items and special festival items. I learnt to sell and manage
negotiations. Also I learnt unit of weight as grams & kilos. 10. I was extremely lucky like any other mom. I had extremely loving mom. Love you mom..! She
was amazingly loving & caring. She did not allow me to learn bi-cycle thinking what if I fell! She did not allow me to swim, thinking what if I draw in the river! She did not allow me to go to trips
thinking what if I am lost! Great mother. I learnt how to love your beloved. 11. I was sent to school. Yashwant Prarthamik Vidyalaya. Mostly after learning just 1-2 weeks in
nursery, I was sent to 1st std. That is how at 21st age, I completed my graduation.