Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary

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Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary

(Diary of the Hon’ble Mr. G.S. Khaparde (events between 1910 December and 1918 March)

 

1910, 12 December Monday

Shirdi.

 

In the morning after prayer we saw Sayin Maharaj passing out as usual & then sat

talking among ourselves as usual. Mr Dixit appears to have turned a new leaf

altogether & spends a good deal of his time in prayer & his temper which was

always mild, appears to have acquired the peculiar sweetness which is entirely

due to internal calm. Rao Bahadur Rajarampant Dixit came soon after from

Pulgaon. He said he had no intention of visiting Shirdi when he left Nagpur,

but some how, at Pulgaon, he made up his mind to the

visit very suddenly and made the journey practically on the spur of the moment.

I was very glad to see him. We all went to see Sayin Saheb later on. I was a

bit late & missed a very interesting story told by him. He teaches in parables.

 

 

It was about a man having a very beautiful horse, which, do what he could, would

not go in pair. It was taken all round and given all the usual training to no

purpose. At last a widwan suggested its being taken to the place from which it

was originally brought. This was done & then the horse went all right in the

harness and became very useful. I heard the fag end of the parable. Then he

enquired when I was going. I replied that I would go when he gave me permission

of his own accord to go. He replied “you go today after taking your meals,” and

later on sent curds by the hand of Madhava Rao Deshpande, as prasad to me. I

had it at meals, & soon after it went to Sayin Saheb. He confirmed his

permission to go as soon as I went. My son did not feel sure of the permission

& so asked

expressly & the permission was given in clear words. The Sayin Maharaj today

asked Dakshina of others but nothing of me or my son. I was very low in funds &

he appeared to know it. After saying goodbye to Mr Nulkar, Mr Dixit, Mr

Bapusaheb Jog, Babasaheb Sahasrabuddhe, Madhavarao

Deshpande, Balasaheb Bhate, Wasudeorao & others we left with Patwardhan,

Pradhan, Kaka Mahajani, Mr Tarkhad and Mr Bhide who came today. We caught the

train about 6.30 P.M. at Kopargaon & travelled to Manmad, Mr Bhide getting down

at Yeola. I & my son will soon leave Manmad by the Punjab Mail. Last night I

dreamt that I saw Uzizuddin & another whom I could not recognize.

 

 

1910, 13 December Tuesday

Manmad-Akola.

 

I & my son Baba got into the Punjab Mail, and secured seats in a compartment

with some trouble by the help of a ticket collector. There were two Gujaratis

going to Akola and an aiya who was accompanying an English lady going to

Calcutta side. We had to sit up all the way up to Bhusaval which we reached

about

Arial">midnight & changed into the Nagpur passenger. We met Hiralal ticket

collector there & stood talking with him for a few minutes. I & Baba lay down

and slept up to Akola where we got down about 5 A.M. and drove to Vyankateshar

Desai ’s Bungalow at Umbri. He has extended &made it very comfortable. He & his

family,

Mahipat, Narayan, & children were very glad to see me. Vyankatesh Hundiwala

with his uncle Yashavantrao are also here & very glad to meet me. I had an

early bath & lay down. Vyankatesh went to the Bar dinner which was held at the

Indian Club. I had a late breakfast and lay down again after it. Towards

evening Bapusaheb Phadke, Hatwalne, Dada Khunzode, Gupte, Paranjape all

pleaders came to see me, & we all sat talking. I was very sorry to learn that

Dada Soman & Madhavarao Vaidya are dead. They were very old friends. Hatwalne

is a new L.L.B., now practicing. He is a Jahagirdar of Lupali in Malkapur

Taluk. Wapudeo Narayan Joshi who is the chief constable here came to see me &

enquired about the duration of my stay. It is only for a day. After they all

went, I had some milk with Vyankatesh. We propose to retire early.

 

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