gandhi inspires 2nd innings for jagubhai shah

by vijaysinh parmar
Who is not acquainted with munnabhai and his idea of GANDHIGIRI ?
a retired life insurance corporation agent from veraval, jagubhai hah, has takan gandhigiri a step further. his aim is to spread the mahatma's thoughts by selling his autobiography.
shah has been selling satya na prayogo(my experiments with truth) for the past decade and if you buy the book in bulk,he will sell it at half the amount to the price and will pay half the amount to the publisher from his own pocket! obviously, its not money which got him into this business.
shah wants the book to find its rightful place in each and every household of gujarat.till now, shah has sold more than 35,000 copies of the book.
sixty one year old jagubhai shah hails from umbarigam, a small village near veraval. his mission began at the age of 50. " believe that SATYA NA PRAYOGO should find its place in every household of gujarat like the holy books like gita, bible and quran," he says.
"i was highly impressed by the book when i read it while studying at mumbai university. i could nit identify with the weaknesses that mahatma wrote about because i also had similar weaknesses. still, that young boy with all those weaknesses grew up to become the father of the nation. amazed by his life i decided to follow the path set by him" said shah
jagubhai adds that he could not keep the promise he had made to himself in his university days.
"i joined LIC an ordinary man with a routine life. i got married and had for sons. however, after retirement i got the time to follow my dream" he said.
"so, i embarked on the mission to sell the book that had made a deep impact on my mind as a young man. i will pursue this mission till i am able" he added..