Deepchand Gardi
Deepchand Gardi is a synonym for ‘donations’, as over the years he has donated crores of rupees for many different causes. What stands out above all is his sharing of wealth for the betterment of educational purposes. With his support, many primary, highschools are built, with his support colleges and post-graduate centres are built and the number of such educational institutions that are built with his vision and support are many.
He says “Life is to live at fullest, and it’s an art to do so. Few people do get upset over tiny issues where as few do remain calm even during the big disasters in their life. It’s all about how you perceive life. And we people are like our fingers, we all are not same. Some are below average, some are average where as some are really intelligent. We should always keep our mind open and accept all that is good and avoid which is not useful for us. Getting upset by failure is not an option, rather we should learn to face it.”
He recently completed 97 years. He has donated for various causes and it was quite interesting to hear him talking about money. He said “Unfortunately, in this era the importance is given more to money than to humans. It is wrong. Money is the medium, not destination. If money is used wisely, the society receives good fruits from it. The same money creates troubles if it is used unwisely. When we donate money, we should not expect anything in return. Donate only for the sake of self-satisfaction. It is also quite unfortunate that few Gurus are cheating people on the name of ‘Moksha’ and earning ‘Punya’ by donating money for causes. That’s a wrong approach for donations. There should not be any expectations at all when you donate. Do so for your satisfaction. The philosophy of getting moksha by donating money is all about business and nothing else. And looking at the current era, even if I am born ten times with the same position, it is not enough for the society. One must keep doing good for the society in this life, as per their capacity.”
Few beautiful lines that he mentioned during the interview with SpeakBindas, you can enjoy below:
Devang Vibhakar with Shree Deepchand Gardi