Chowpatti (Mumbai) Book Distribution
"I had heard this one before. Not wanting to waste any more time with him, I left hurrying to catch up with the other devotees of the Gaur Nitai Harinam party". Rakshit Shetty Prabhu, a regular member of this fired up group, doing Harinaam Sankirtan all over Mumbai, witnessed this event as his convictions about book distribution became stronger.
"I am sorry, I don't have any change. Actually I want to buy a book but unfortunately I…", these are standard excuses, offered by many reluctant people during book distribution. Rakshit was therefore surprised as half an hour later, this same boy, panting and sweating all over called him from behind.
" Yes, take your time and don't be exited." As I calmed him down, he gained his breath and exclaimed, "Please, give me one copy of all the books you have". "But you said, you didn't have any money ", I probed, surprised at his new found eagerness. "Well, I liked them so much when you showed them to me that I went to my older brother, and got these rupees".
That's not all. After he bought the books, he pleaded to join us on the book distribution. He kept running to people, showing them books, the same way as I did. "This was his first encounter with the Hare Krsnas and he was hooked on to book distribution right away".
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