Meghji Pethraj Shah - His Life And Achievements

The life of Shri Meghjibhai removes three illusions:

• that every village is backward,
  that a man with no more than five years schooling is only an ordinary man,
  that every man seeking employment is helpless and dependent.

Meghjibhai's life provides an illustration of the dynamism of the people living in Indian villages. We can see from this book what stirring dreams he had in his childhood, even though he lived in a village. According to our revered Gandhiji and Sardar Sahib a village is a mine of vitality. Meghjibhai' s life proves this. Similarly, this book shows that a village is a mine of insight. This great man of Dabasang showed in his life that a man of five or six years' schooling can reach great heights not just by virtue of his schooling but by virtue of his own inner insight, and that a village is also a great mine of nationalism and humanity.