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SADHU VASWANI MISSION

[Founded by Sadhu Vaswani]

(Regd. Under Indian Societies Act XXI of 1860 and Bombay Public Trusts Act 1950)

10, Sadhu Vaswani Path

PUNE 411 001. (India)

Press Report

Baba Gangaram Felicitated – at the Sadhu Vaswani Mission

On April 8, 2005

Today saw the joyous occasion of the unveiling of Baba Gangaram's Sttatue. Amidst the host of St. Mira's School children, were present several ex-students, admirers and friends who honoured and felicitated Baba Gangaram – above all Dada J.P. Vaswani himself.

Baba Gangaram was a true educationist, whose disciplinarian ways were super imposed by his warm smile and twinkling eyes. He touched the lives of thousands, both girls and boys who are now parents and grandparents.

His towering personality, his fair and rosy visage, his confidence based on his dedication, made him appear no less than a highly placed government official.

He was remembered as a true karma yogi, his life being a living Gita; for having a mother's heart for his students; for equating the work for his mission to being on a perpetual warpath. For him true education meant that along with the 3R's, children should learn about the life of saints; recitation of slokas, competition and plays emphasizing moral values.

He passed on his tremendous dynamism and dedication to the children of St. Mira's Schools believing to be true crusaders who would say-nothing is ‘impossible', but instead ‘I'm possible'; who would do their duty and a little more.

Speaking on the occasion, Dada J.P. Vaswani said:

Baba Gangaram, a unique and simple soul of flawless character, an apostle of children, immersed himself in the teachings of his master, toiled from dawn to dusk with no though of self, filled his life to saturation with compassion for birds and animals, making himself a crusader of animal rights. His soul must be joyfully smiling down today to see his dream fulfilled – all the children of St. Mira secondary school have turned vegetarian.

Just as Michael Angelo could envisage an angel in a dirty broken piece of stone, so also for Baba no child was bad or dirty, for his vision only saw the angel in each child.