Saturday, October 28, 2000
In the evening, Swami gave Darshan at around 2.45 pm. He took two groups for the interview separately. He came to the Ganesh portico just before Sitar music was about to begin in the Bhajan Hall. Swami was looking out for Prof. Anil Kumar. He was not there in his usual place at that time. When he came…
Swami: Where did you go? For water?
Prof.A.K.: Yes, Swami. Only for water!
Swami: Is it for water or for solid also (referring to snacks)? What is the news? (After a pause, mentioning the name of a Medical College from a nearby town) Medical College experts have come. Why do they come?
Prof. A. K.: Swami, to get Your blessings, so that their college will function smoothly.
Swami: They don’t even have chairs in their college! There is a School by name ‘Sai Baba School’. They occupied a few rooms there and conduct classes over there.
Prof.A.K.: Swami, our institutions have their own land and buildings.
Swami: We even have around 800 acres of land in Uravakonda. They (Medical College) collect ₹10 lakhs for a seat from students.
Prof. A. K.: Swami, in Nellore there is a college (giving the name of the college). There, the seats are filled by evening once they announce in the morning. They collect ₹40 lakhs for a seat!
Swami: Such kind of education is not education at all. I asked them why they should have this trouble of running the college? Why don’t they close it? I asked them without any hesitation.
Prof. A. K.: Swami is always straight forward. (After a pause) Swami, the Railways have reduced their fares to half their rates for the passengers coming to Puttaparthi.
Swami: What is the fare from Guntur to Puttaparthi?
Prof. A. K.: Around ₹200, Swami.
Swami: Then, what did they reduce?
Prof. A. K.: Swami, for to-and-fro it is ₹200 instead of ₹400. They have even included extra bogies (compartments).
Swami: How do you know?
Prof. A. K.: Swami, this news came in the newspaper and in T.V.
Swami: From when are they going to implement this?
Prof. A. K.: Swami ten days before Birthday. The Railway Board held discussion on this matter in their Chennai regional office. There, they made this decision. They showed some photographs of Puttaparthi on T.V. and said that it is being decorated for the Birthday Celebrations.
Swami: (To Prof.Anil Kumar) Those Medical College (at Anantapur) people invited Me to come to their town. It is 12 years since I have visited their place.
Prof. A. K.: (Pointing to one of the Institute students) Swami, that boy is kneeling down with a card in his hand.
Student: Swami, Gujarati New Year Day.
Swami: Ayyo Papam! (Oh poor fellow!)
Student: Swami, we are 11 boys from Gujarat.
Swami: (Swami called them all near Him and saw the card. To a Brindavan Campus student) Are you from Gujarat?
Student: Yes, Swami.
Swami: Only body belongs to Gujarat.
Swami gave Padanamaskar to all of them. He created Vibhuti for one of the Gujarati students. By this time, the first Bhajan had started. Swami went to the Bhajan Hall at the end of the first Bhajan. He went back to the Poornachandra residence after the Bhajans, at 5.50 pm.
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