18th AISCCON National Conference
Meet this octogenarian Cyclist-Delegate from Sangli
Sri Govind Bhaskar Paranjape,
81, cycled all the way from Sangli to Secunderabad to participate in 18th
AISCCON National Conference organized at Classic Gardens, Secunderabad on 29th&
30th November 2018. He cycled
some 650 KM via Kamalapur,Pandurangpur, Solapur, Naldurg, Humnabad and
Sadashivpet to reach Hyderabad. Started
on 16th November reached Hyderabad
on 28th breaking journey for resting in a few places.
Though he learnt Cycling as a
boy, took to serious, long distance travel on bicycle only after 58, after
retirement from ITI. He has traveled by cycle from Sangli on long trips to
Kanyakumar (thrice), Nepalm Gangotri, Lucknow, Indore, Goa, Bangalore, Tirupati
etc. He is a well known face in AISCCON
National conferences as Aisccon members can easily recognize that many of these
are places where Aisccon conferences were held in the past.
Besides cycling, his ‘hobby’
is to establish several senior citizens associations in Kohlapur and Sangli
Districts. As we know Maharashtra is the heart of SCAs in India. There are 600
SCAs in Kohlapur, 425 in Sangli. He
takes pride in setting up SCAs headed by women – hundreds, we learn.
He has a wife, three sons (all
married) and the count of grandchildren is six. He was felicitated during
Hyderabad conference also. Take a look at him - the man in White dress - facing
all of us with his bicycle and inescapable pride. Not to mention, he is going
back to Sangli the same way came. Let us say Three cheers to this hero.
