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Wiping away a

mother’s tears,

saving a man’s job

YEAR 1998 changed everything for the Lal family. Their eldest
son died in an accident in the Delhi Cantonment area. Mr.
Kanwar Lal’s wife couldn’t bear the blow and fell victim to a heavy
depression.

Then a friend of Kanwar’s, Prem Singh, a former Indian ambassador
to Singapore, happened to meet him. Prem naturally enquired
about the family and was told of what had happened. Unknown to
Kanwar, Prem Singh was a devotee of Guruji and he directed his
friend towards Guruji.

Kanwar went one morning to Guruji’s place at Empire Estate. He
showed the ambassador’s visiting card and requested entry. He was
told by a devotee at the entrance, Sudama, that this was not the time
to visit Guruji. Kanwar persisted in trying to show the ambassador’s
visiting card to Guruji; Sudama was not impressed. He told the
distressed father that many ambassadors came to Guruji’s durbar,
which was held only in the evening, and Kanwar should come then.
Kanwar returned and spoke to his friend, who advised him to retrace
his steps. In the evening, Kanwar found his friend waiting for him at
the Empire Estate gate and together they went in. Guruji allowed
Kanwar an audience and the father was able to report his troubles to

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