A LivingValues Movement

PPT 33

TOGETHER FOR A JOYFUL WORLD

Once a young British officer travelled to a remote village..

He was very fond of the well-known Vidyasagar and had travelled for hours to listen to his speech in

this village…

The moment the officer landed on the station, he started looking for a porter.

A man, dressed in a simple dhoti and kurta, who got down from the same

train asked him..

Why do you need a porter to carry this small suitcase? You

can carry it yourself?

It is not in keeping with my dignity to carry this luggage. I am an educated person.

He gauged the mentality of the Englishman and offered to carry his luggage.

So he let the man carry his baggage.

The young officer assumed that he is in need of money.

The old man left the suitcase where the officer wanted it to be kept.

The officer then offered money to the ‘porter’ but it was politely refused.

INTERACTION

On seeing Vidyasagar, the Englishman was stunned… He was the same person who had carried his suitcase…

On reaching the hall, the man saw a lot of people crowding around Vidyasagar the moment he

entered… He inched closer to see the great scholar..