56. Swayamsevak's Discipline Begets a Muslim Admirer:

The shores of Lake Ambazari, outside Nagpur, are famous for their sweet, juicy oranges. Many orange orchards adorn these green shores. The arrival of a five-day camp of RSS, with some two thousand young swayamsevaks in attendance, took place near the orange orchard owned by one Mr. Dilawar Khan, a devout, ardent Muslim. Mr. Khan suspected the worst - that young hooligans might  cause devastation to his carefully nurtured orange orchards.

Doctorjee had, in his inaugural address to the camp, stressed the value of discipline, and had specifically stated that no nearby trees, flowers of people should be disturbed. Accordingly, the swayamsevaks were extra careful. On the final day, when Khan saw that not even a leaf of his orchard was out of its natural place, he was very pleasantly surprised. The camp site also had been meticulously cleaned, and the cows, sheep and hens who belonged to the place, strutted about, happily undisturbed, as if the huge camp had not taken place.

Mr. Khan met with Doctorjee and spoke to him in a voice full of friendship and emotion. He said, "Even if my fellow Muslims had a camp with two thousand young men here, I am sure that my orchard would have been ransacked and devastated. The restraint and responsibility inculcated in your fellow swayamsevaks is nothing short of a miracle!"

Mr. Khan, of his own accord, gave a large bag full of oranges as a gift to each and every swayamsevak, as they left for their homes. 

(This incident was published in the popular Hindi daily "Yuga Dharma", published simultaneously from Nagpur, Raipur and Jabalpur)

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