World of Philosophy

Author(s): Christopher Key Chapple, Intaj Malek, Dilip Charan, Sunanda Shastri, Prashant Dave
Publisher: Shanti Prakashan

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writing this and that, I must complete my research and get PhD. From that day onwards I took the words of Sunandaji very seriously and I started my research work in full swing till it culminated in PhD thesis in the year 2003. At this point of time I must remember Yogesh Dr. Shastri's son who helped me technically to type set my thesis.
During the odyssey, I became more and more intimate to Dr. Shastri, Dr Sunandabahenji and Yogesh. On every week end, I used to go to Dr Shastri's residence with bits and pieces of my research work. Dr Shastri sat with me, listening to my work and I read out to him what I had written. During these sessions of studies Sunandaji served us delicious dishes very warmly. Sometimes she served tea/coffee with both Kanrnataki and Marathi dishes. She never felt any disgust even though I always preferred night time for my studies. It was an ever smiling face of Sunandabahen whose humanistic hospitality services cannot be described in words. There lives Goddess Saraswati in her and in him. They are the real teachers. The Shastri's home is a temple of Goddess Saraswati, full of sacred books ranging from Vedas and Upanishads to the Philosophy of Husserl and Hebermas. The mingling range of subjects and the books, the family of Shastri is also a mingling of composite Indian culture. Sunandabahenji knows many languages- Sanskrit the language of Gods, Gujarati, Hindi, English, Marathi and Kannad, so is Dr. Yajneshwar Shastri in whom has reincarnated the Vedas, the Upanishads and the sacred scriptures.
I have become an integral part of the family of Prof. Yajneshwar Shastri. He keeps me with him for all academic, social, cultural and familial functions, whether it is an occasion of holding academic seminars, or selecting and buying a house or inviting great persons for seminars, he always shares his feelings and his ideas with me and always keeps me involved. It was the time of International Conference on world peace that we worked together hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder. It was a great and memorable experience to work for International Conference on World Peace with a selfless, egoless man. I worked in the conference as a Joint secretary of the conference. Dr. Shastri introduced me to many scholars such as Dr Christopher Key Chapple, Dr Krishna Ahooja Patel, Dr Vishvanath Karad, Prof, Ramjisingh, Dr. G C Nayak, Dr. Hamidulla Ayatollahi and Dr. H Kalbasi from Iran, Dr. Santinath Chattopadhyay, His Holiness Swami Maheshwaranandaji and many others. There were approximately four hundred and fifty delegates from all over the world who took part in the conference on world peace. I also presented a paper along with scholars of international stature.
Value Added Tax System of Indirect taxation was introduced in Gujarat from 2006. As I am working with the Commercial Tax department of Gujarat, Dr. Shastri gave me an idea to introduce a short term course on taxation. Dr. Shastri and I both went to Dr. Parimal Trivedi the Vice Chancellor of Gujarat University and put our idea before him. Dr. Parimal Trivedi
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