‘SWATCHH HELL’

Four
men and four women died together. They were taken before Lord Yama, who does
ultimate justice to every human being after death. Depending upon the good or
bad work done in their lives, he sends them either to heaven or to hell. All
eight of them were pretty sure that they would go to heaven since they had done
a lot of genuine social service in their lives.

He
called the first gentleman and asked him about his deeds on earth. He said, ‘Lord,
I dedicated my entire life to spread education among common people. I founded
many educational institutions and made available value-based education in a
selfless manner. I received many honours from people as well as from the
government. I never accepted any capitation fees for admission. Thousands of
students still express their sense of gratitude to me.’

Lord
Yama asked his office administration about their views in the matter. The
secretary in Yama’s office said one of the trusts of this gentleman had
submitted his tax return two days late. Otherwise, he said, whatever was said
by the gentleman was true.

Instantly,
Lord Yama shouted ‘Send him to hell!’ The poor gentleman tried to explain that
the delay was due to circumstances beyond his control as there was an accident
in the trust’s office. But nobody heard his pleas.

The
second gentleman and a woman were doctors by profession and had been running a
charitable hospital for poor and indigent patients. They did not do any private
practice but only provided genuine health services to tribal people and needy
patients.

The
administration reported to the Lord that their audit report was not filed on
time in one of the years. The law had been changed, but Lord Yama sent them
also to hell. There was no question of hearing their arguments and requests.

Likewise,
all the others who really worked selflessly to serve the poor, the handicapped
and mentally retarded people, supporting destitute women, serving those
suffering from terminal diseases, orphans, preserving the environment and so
on, who had done many socially needed and beneficial things, had failed to
submit some form or other in the prescribed time. Obviously, all of them were
sent to hell.

Lord
Yama’s secretary declared: ‘Doing genuine social work hardly matters to us. How
many lives you saved is not important. Rather, you interfered with the work of
Yamadoots (Yama’s servants). How many poor people or unfortunate children and
women you helped is none of our concern. Even if people suffer or die, it is of
no consequence to us. You should submit all forms in time. We will never
condone any delay.’

Then,
he was overheard sharing a secret, that Lord Yama really wanted some genuine,
good social workers in hell. But he felt that these eight persons were not
enough. To encourage more people to go to hell, he pressured the Minister to
introduce the procedure of re-registration for all the charitable trusts and
their renewal every five years.

It is
reported that many trustees have either died of heart attack or committed
suicide after hearing of this new procedure. And it is believed that they are
also taking their respective CAs along with them!

I’m
sure this will facilitate the process of ‘Swatchh Hell’!