he was truly one of the greatest souls to have walked the earth... his selfless and endless devotion towards so many downtrodden and sick people and d ways and humble means which he used in his struggle put him right up there in the constellation with d other great souls... may he rest in peace and continue to inspire many followers on this earth to further his noble revolution...
Will we be able to blaze a divine halo around her that no power on earth can defile ? Or will her cries never be heard again? Will we bequeath to her only tombstones with a sad tale to tell?
Nation never foget Baba Aamte, We loss a very great oersonality, but we are not forget Baba they are always wits us when we do social work.............. Adv. Sonaji Satote. HRLD.Pune.
Hope he will be remembered forever for the good work he has done in the field of leprosy eradication and enlightening public perspective towards the disease...
Hope he will be remembered forever for the good work he has done in the field of leprosy eradication and enlightening public perspective towards the disease...
I was very small kid when I read about him in my NCERT school book. I was so much fascinated by him that time, not only bcoz he is a great person and a social worker but also because we share the same birth date i.e. 26th December. During school days that were a Kid feelings that someone share my birthday and I use to overjoyed it.
Now stay in Dubai and when today in the morning I checked rediff, read about this sad news...I just got a feeling that we have really lost a great individual and a kind soul. May you rest in peace Baba, I will miss you.
It is very shocking News for us. It was great solace just with a feeling that Baba is in Anandawan. All the words fall short to describe his Greatness. We, far away in Laos feel more lonely. We join Prakash,Vikas and all the Family in praying for the Eternal Peace to the Departed Great Soul.
Baba Amteji is a legendary figure in social service and concern for the underderprivileged.Anandwan is the first of the three ashrams started by Baba Amte to treat and rehabilitate people suffering from leprosy. Baba Amte after taking a leprosy orientation course at the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, started his fight against leprosy. He used to set up about 11 weekly clinics around Warora. Later taking his work to next level and help rehabilitate the patients he started Anandwan. Anandwan was registered in 1951 and recieved a a state land grant of 250 acres. In those days leprosy was associated with social stigma in those days and patients were disowned by the society. It was then belived that leprosy patients were sinners paying for their sins they had done. There was also a widespread fear that leprosy was contagious and can spread by touch. Baba Amte commitment against fighting leprosy can be known from the incident when he allowed bacilli from a leprosy patient to be injected into him while participating in a an experiemental test.Baba Amte also started Somnath and Ashokvan ashrams for treating leprosy patients. .Today Anandwan has two hospitals, a university, an orphanage and also a school for the blind. The self sufficient unit ashram has more than 5,000 people are dependent on it.He belongs to the company of great people like Mahatma Gandhi,Vinoba Bhave etc.,
Baba Amte passed away at 4.15 AM. Rediff, which claims to be the country's finest News site, reports about the death at 9.48 AM - a good 5.5 hours late! And the report (if you can call it so!) is a hurriedly done 5 sentence formality. You guys report a fall of a wicket within seconds and about the death of one of the country's most persons so irresponsibly.
As a regular visitor, seriously something is going terribly wrong at Rediff. Shame on you guys.
RE:Ajith Balakrishnan, what a pity!
by suman suman on Feb 10, 2008 08:49 AM Permalink
cool down dear... wat wud u have done if u had known abt da death at 4.15 am?? would you have gone and paid your last respects to the legenedary man?? dont talk like a silly boy.. instead u cud post to the grp abt what u liked abt Shri Amte and how u have used his ideology in your life...
RE:RE:Ajith Balakrishnan, what a pity!
by Ramesh Nair on Feb 10, 2008 11:49 AM Permalink
It's not about what I would've done if I heard the news earlier. It's about the priorities News portal maintain these days. Isn't it pity that a news on an item dancer like Rakhi Sawant can get more news space than a legend like Baba Amte?
