He quit it in 1935,and was never to regret it. It was Rohitbhai who introduced a then young Morarji Desai to the youths during the freedom struggle. He went to prison repeatedly, starting from student days and would have gone far had he stuck to politics. How tall was he could be measured from the fact that he was one of the pioneers of the Socialist Forum within the Congress in the early 1930s. Yet, he was so self-effacing that one would have to hunt for a photograph of his. He was in the world class, a thing about which he never had to seek certificates or to boast. All these took him to the top.” He was all this, and much more.Ī many spleandoured man,Rohitbhai as he was universally known was not just a run-of-the-mill freedom-fighter,a socialist-turned-spiritualist. and a well-read man himself: “Rohitbhai was a five-in-one personality – a thinker,philosopher,interpreter, writer and speaker, clear in thought and precise in language and eloquent in delivery. Remembered Late Prof.P G Mavalankar, former M.P. Still some others think of him as a charismatic personality, donned most of the time in spotlessly white dhoti and yellowish khadi-silk kurta,slightly stocky in build,and wearing a black-framed pair of spectacles over deep penetrating eyes.He was brilliant, but never flamboyant, solid but never seeking recognition, an original thinker who could easily and without showing any burden mix with the most ordinary.Īn unusual man who was extra-ordinary in many respects, and yet strove to conceal all this under modesty and nonchalance Some talk of him as a man with legendary memory who could quote flawlessly from Sri Aurobindo,Upanishad,Gita as also Marx, a teacher with a vast repertoire and a subtle sense of humour and a prolific writer,and a man of unfailing kindliness. Some recall his cogently thought and delivered lectures on philosophy. Rohit Mehta, who died at the age of 86 at Varanasi on March 20, 1995, is remembered differently by different people. Tushar Bhatt | English Bazaar Patrika - Sketches | 1 December 2012
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