Mr. Kavathekar was – Vice President in Reliance Industries. He had been associated with me personally and visited Warrier Foundation at the time of its inception about 17 years back. I was not recalling his visit. 4-5 years back he also retired from Reliance. It was amazing to see that he got my number from some of the colleagues in Reliance and spoke to me that he wanted to come to our BalMandir and old age home along with his son, who has come from USA. It was really surprising that they had visited Warrier Foundation on the very next day of the marriage of his son. This he had planned one month before his arrival to India. Instead of going for honeymoon after marriage, he had decided to spend time with BalMandir of Warrier Foundation and the old age home.
They had distributed lot of bed sheets to all the inmates as well as the employees. He also contributed 12 cots to our BalMandir.
Social commitment for the under-privileged will definitely enhance an individuals perception towards life. They will have a right feeling of contentment and happiness by getting related with larger society and also appreciating what they got. Giving is more difficult than accumulating and earning. Unless parents are cultivating values and culture and individual will not have an attitude of giving.
There is a commitment from his son that he wanted to be an integral part of the activities undertaken by Warrier Foundation. This will be possible by enrolling and empowering our friends, relatives and likeminded people to be part of this movement. We all can be a divine instrument of the divinity and see that the movement of educating underprivileged children will be an ongoing process and success.