69. Ever optimistic Doctorjee:

In early 1939, advocate Babasaheb Padhye, a luminary of that time, was appointed as the Prant Sanghachalak (province 
in -charge) for RSS for the Mahakoshal (today's Madhya Pradesh) province. Doctorjee hoped that through this appointment, 
Shri Padhye, who was relatively new to Sangha, will learn more about it, and this will help Sangha-growth in the area. To introduce the local workers to Shri Padhye he arranged an evening meeting for all of them at Shri Padhye's home.

After the usual introductions, the discussion began to focus on the local Sangha work. One senior worker said with a greatly saddened tone: " I think Sangha has stopped growing since last 5 years. Our attendance has not grown, and we have the same faces as workers. It is meaningless to carry on work like this. As far as I am concerned, Sangha work has reached its saturation point here".

This statement depressed the mood of the entire group. Doctorjee waited for a few moments to see, if anybody would speak up and voice a different, more positive opinion. But there was only stony silence. Then he spoke up. "Babasaheb, it is my duty to tell you the true state of affairs. I want to explain the attendance, the number of full-time workers (Pracharaks) and the Guru Dakshina amounts in the last few years. I don't have the exact "Upasthiti" (attendance) number. But the Guru Dakshina (voluntary sum of money dedicated to Sangh work by Swayamsevaks, once every year) for 1933 was Rs. 2000; for 1934 it was Rs. 4,000; for 1935 it was Rs. 4500; in 1936 it was Rs.5000; for 1937 it was Rs. 5600; in 1938 it was Rs. 6000. If this is not progress what is? Doctorjee also described the growth in the number of Pracharaks, along with their names, for each year. He also quoted the growing numbers of Swayamsevaks attending the Nagpur O.T.C. (Officer Training Camp) year after year. His tone was humble yet extremely confident. It changed the mood of the meeting completely, to one of great enthusiasm. The meeting concluded on an extremely positive note.

Next day, Doctorjee said to the Swayamsevaks "One of you should have spoken up yesterday. It would have looked much better. Because all of you clammed up, I was left with no choice but to speak. Otherwise the whole purpose of the meeting would have been defeated; and it would have hampered the progress of our work. All of our programs / activities should be such that they fill up everyone with enthusiasm, to do more".

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