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Aug 24, 2006
"By clearing one's own mind so that all restrictions, all limitations have been broken. That's what I mean by expansion. Having a heart that can accept the whole world as our home." --Subba Rao
The Man Who Transformed Dacoits
It almost sounds like a page out of a storybook. He walks into the deep ravines of India's Chambal Valley to greet notorious gangsters with some sweets and an unflinching presence of compassion. Then one fine day, 654 bandits lay down their weapons in front of a small Gandhi statue and volunteer to go to jail: all in return for a scripture of their choice. Practically everyone would classify this as fiction. Unless, of course, Subba Rao is humbly sitting cross-legged in front of you, retelling his first-hand encounters with the bandits.