Chapter 70 Chapter Fourteen Clerks and Pages

There are still two days until the National Congress Party meeting.I made up my mind to serve in the National Congress office in order to gain some experience.After I arrived in Calcutta, after my daily fast and bath, I rushed to the Congress office. Bab Pbendernas Bachin and Mr Ghoshal were secretary at that time.I went to Puben Babu and recommended myself. He glanced at me and said, "I don't have anything to do here, but Ghoshal Babu may give you something to do, please go to him." So I went to him.He glanced at me, smiled and said, "I can only give you paperwork, what are you doing?"

"Of course," I said, "I've come here to do anything I can do." "That's the right spirit, lad," he said.He added another sentence to the volunteer workers beside him: "Did you hear what this young man said?" Then he turned around to me again and said, "Well, well, here's a bunch of letters to deal with, go sit in that chair and do it. You see, thousands of people come to see me and what am I supposed to do? Shall I receive them, or answer the constant stream of letters? I have no one to whom I can turn the job. Most of these letters are of no interest, but you must read them. Anything that should If you answer, you can answer it, and if you need to think about it before answering, you can leave it to me."

I am happy with this trust.Mr. Ghoshal didn't know who I was when he gave me this job.It was only later that he asked about my origins.I thought the job--handling that pile of letters--would be easy to do.I dealt with it quickly, much to the delight of Mr. Ghoshal.He was a talkative person, so he talked for hours on end.He was pretty sorry for assigning me paperwork when he knew a little about my history.But I comforted him and said: "Don't worry too much, what am I worth in front of you? You have done so much for the conference, and you are also my elder. I am just an inexperienced youth. You trust me so much , I am very grateful that you have entrusted me with this work. I was thinking of doing a little work for the General Assembly, and you have given me the rare opportunity to learn the details."

"To tell you the truth," said Mr. Ghoshal, "that is the right spirit. The youth of today do not understand it, and of course I have understood it since the birth of the Congress. In fact I It can be said that the establishment of the conference is not only due to Mr. Hume, but also to me.” In this way we became good friends.He insisted that I have lunch with him.Mr. Ghoshal often asked his servants to button his clothes.I take the job of servant automatically, and I love it because I have always had a lot of respect for my elders.When he knew of the situation, he did not mind a little personal service I did for him.In fact, he was quite happy.When he asked me to button his clothes, he always said: "Now you understand, the secretary of the conference doesn't even have time to button his clothes. He is always too busy." Mr. Ghoshal's innocence made me Funny, but I'm not disgusted by doing that kind of thing.The benefits I have received by doing this work cannot be estimated.

In less than a few days, I knew about the work of the conference.I met most of the leaders.I observed the words and deeds of stalwarts like Gokhli and Surendronas.I also noticed a lot of time wasted.I also saw the prominence of English in our affairs and felt uncomfortable at the time.No one cares about saving energy.Many people are doing what one person can do, and there are many important things that no one is doing at all. Seeing these things, I really don't think so. I have enough kindness in my heart, so I always think that under such circumstances, it is really difficult to do well, so that I don't underestimate any work.