Pandurang Shastri Athavale: all for a causeAhmedabad: It's not without reason that Pandurang Shastri Athavale, last year's Templeton Award winner, is regarded as a leading social reformer of India.Last week, Athavale, better known as an authority on the Bhagwad Gita, gave yet another proof of his tireless efforts by inaugurating a 32-acre social agriculture farm, set up with land donations from farmers of 20 villages. Income from the farm, located at Virpur near Rajkot in Saurashtra, will be used to help the poor financially.Besides the farm implements, which too came in the form of donations, farmers have also volunteered to work on the farm. Says Hamukhbhai Patel, Gandhian social worker: "It reminds one of Gandhiji's concept of trusteeship wherein the Mahatma called upon the people to treat society as a trust." Perfect parallel.Published By: AtMigration Published On: Feb 9, 1998--- ENDS ---
