KEBEBASAN AGAMA TERJAMIN DIMALAYSIA

Rakyat Malaysia yang terdiri daripada pelbagai keturunan, agama kebudayaan dan bahasa, malah pelbagai pemikiran politik terkenal sebagai satu kumpulan masyarakat yang amat toleran sejak merdeka. Malah diasuh menghormati adat resam, agama, kebudayaan dan pendirian politik antara mereka dalam institusi keluarga dan masyarakat masing-masing. Namun, kini, saban hari mereka disajikan dengan pelbagai  ‘posting’  dalam media sosial yang meniupkan semangat benci pemimpin politik dan agama  lain . Trend ini kini sudah sampai ke satu tahap yang boleh menimbulkan impak yang amat bahaya kepada keharmoniaan dan perpaduan rakyat Malaysia. Dalam usaha mempertahankan perpaduan rakyat, kumpulan yang menyebar semangat kebencian tanpa menyedari asal usul pembentukan Perlembagaan Persekutuan , perlu didedahkan dengan semangat dan matlamat  Perkara 3 (1), Perkara 11(1) dan Perkara 11(4) yang terkandung dalam Perlembagaan Persekutua atau Malaysia. Ketiga-tiga Perkara ini hendaklah dibaca dan terjemah secara bersekali dalam pelaksanaannya. Perkara 3(1) Islam sebagai agama Persekutuan sambil agama-agama lain boleh di amalkan dengan bebas dan aman. Perkara 11( 1)-setiap orang berhak menganut dan mengamal agamanya dengan bebas.Perkara 11(4) Hak untuk mengembangkan agama,selain Islam, adalah tertakluk kepada undang-undang negeri dan Persekutuan boleh digubal bagi mengawal atau menyekat pengembangan apa-apa doktrin atau kepercayaan agama dikalangan umat Islam. Rakyat perlu sedar bahawa masing-masing negeri di Malaysia ada gubal undang-undang negeri berhubung dengan agama terutamanya mengenai pengembangan ugama dikalangan umat Islam. Sebagai contoh, Negeri Selangor telah gubal undang-undang negeri seperti : Enakmen Agama Bukan Islam (Kawalan Perkembangan di kalangan bukan Islam)  Selangor 1988,  yang melarang  penggunaan 26 perkara dikalangan warga bukan Islam. 

EKONOMI MALAYSIA KUKUH

Hutang negara juga dalam keadaan terkawal. Pada umumnya hutang negara dibahagikan kepada 2 kategori iaitu hutang luar negara dan hutang dalam negara. Pada umumnya, hutang luar negara yang  luar kawalan dikatakan boleh menyebabkan negara muflis. Hutang dalam negara adalah jumlah hutang yang disumbangkan  oleh hutang 3 sektor iaitu i. Kerajaan Persekutuan, ii. Hutang Sektor Awam dan iii. Hutang Berbankan dan Bukan Berbankan . Dalam konteks ini, hutang luar negara Malaysia adalah hanya 5 % daripada keseluruhan hutang negara . Manakala hutang dalam negara bagi  Kerajaan Persekutuan adalah hanya  2.2 % dan hutang dalam negara adalah 97.8 %. Hutang pembelian rumah, hutang peribadi, hutang beli kereta dan pelbagai hutang rakyat diperhitungkan sebagai hutang dalam negara.

Namun, hutang negara adalah hanya 53.76 % daripada jumlah pendapatan negara. Peratusan hutang negara Malaysia adalah dalam lingkungan kawalan dan kemampuan kerajaan Persekutuan.

 Dakwaan Pakatan Pembangkang kononya negara menghadapi masalah kewangan malah kearah muflis adalah tidak benar sama sekali malah dilihat sebagai satu dakyah untuk mengelirukan rakyat bagi mengurangkan sokongan rakyat kepada kerajaan kepimpinan Dato Seri Mohd.Najib Tun Abdul Razak yang  kini semakin meningkat. 

HUTANG MALAYSIA DAN INDEX PEMBANGUNAN NEGARA SEJAK MERDEKA

Kepimpinan kerajaan Dato Seri Mohd.Najib Tun Abdul Razak lebih mementingkan pembangunan negara yang berterusan dalam usaha menjamin kesejahteraan rakyat daripada menumpukan perhatiannya kepada mengumum dasar dan program yang mendatangkan populariti semata-mata untuk memenangi pilihan raya.

Najib Tun Razak menggunakan pendekatan Transformasi , bukan reformasi, untuk mengggerakkan pembangunan ekonomi dan pemikiran rakyat dalam usaha  menjadikan Malaysia sebagai sebuah negara maju yang berpendatan tinggi  supaya rakyat Malaysia dapat menikmati kesejahteraan, keamanan dan keselamatan secara berterusan pada masa depan.

Malaysia has transformed its ecomomy sector from a basic exporter of raw materials to a world’s top 20 trading nations.

INDIKATOR PEMBANGUNAN KUALITI HIDUP

    Average llife expectancy has improved  from 59.42 years (1960), 63.94 (1970),70.87( 1990) to 74.26 in year 2011. he current life expectancy for women was 76.51 and for men 72.1 years.  9 years above the world standard.

    The infant mortality rate ( per 1,000) has plummeted from 76  to 6.6 which is a developed nation standard.

    Malaysia enjoy the lowest under nourishment  rate less than 3 %  of the population, in the developing world.

    The number of hospitals has risen from merely 12 to more than 140 hospitals, with more than 25,000 doctors and almost 50,000 nurses.

    Malaysia’s literacy rate has risen from less than 50 % to more than 93 % among people ageg above 15 years and 100% among aged 15-24 years , one of the highest in the world.

    Malaysia’s school enrolement rate has risen fropm 58 % to almost 99 % , one of the highest in the world.

    According to UNESCO report, Malaysia devotes the highest percentage (almost 7%)  of its GDP to education (the highest  rate among South and East Asia)

     Malaysia has more than 50 universities managed by

by  government and private sector,  with more than 360,000 students , excluding 400,000 students enroled in private sector universities, with   more than 20,000 academic staff Professors, Associate Professors, Lectures) teach in Government universities.

    In the United Nation’s 2010 Human Development Index, Malaysia is classified as a country with high human development, ranking 57th out of 169 countries in the list.

    Malaysia has successfully reduced the unemployment rate to 3.1 % today, better than the most advanced countries, including USA, Norway and Japan.

    Malaysia has achieved a great success in encouraging women  participate in economic sector ( 55 % of Malaysian women)

Malaysian economic growth is at 5-6 % annually compared to the world’s 3 % growth.

INDIKATOR PEMBANGUNAN EKONOMI

    Malaysia’s Gross Domestic Product ( GDP) has grown more than 140 times, from RM 4.96 billion at independence to RM 679.7 billion today (1990) , RM 1271.5 billion (2011) to RM 1309 .6 billion (2012)

    Malaysia’s Gross Income Per Capital  from RM 400 per annum to RM 24,879(2009) to  RM  32,144 (2013) and expected to reach RM 34,126 (2014).

    Reserve Malaysia stands  at RM  444.9 billion (2013)

    Indeks Bursa Malaysia on (24 Oktober 2013) has reached at 1,818 points or trading value of  RM 1.66 trillion.

    Malaysia has achieved as the 14th most competetive trading nation in the world.

    Malaysia is the 20th leading trading nation in the world.

    Malaysia has been rated as the 6th  ‘ease of doing business’among 189 economies compared to 23rd place in year 2009  in the world by World Bank Ease of Doing Business Report 2014.

This has placed Malaysia in the same leaque as Singapore,Hong Kong,New Zealand,United States and Denmark.

    Malaysia is ahead of economies such as South Korea, Norway,United Kingdom,Australia and Finland.

    Malaysia scored 50 points and ranking 53 out of 177 countries surveyed by Transparency International Corruption Index (CPI)  in year 2013 compared to the score of 49 and ranked 54 out of 176 countries in year 2012. Among Asean countries, Malaysia is in 3rd place compared to Brunei and Singapore.  

HUTANG NEGARA

 Hutang negara juga dalam keadaan terkawal. Pada umumnya hutang negara dibahagikan kepada 2 kategori iaitu hutang luar negara dan hutang dalam negara. Pada umumnya, hutang luar negara yang  luar kawalan dikatakan boleh menyebabkan negara muflis. Hutang dalam negara adalah jumlah hutang yang disumbangkan  oleh hutang 3 sektor iaitu i. Kerajaan Persekutuan, ii. Hutang Sektor Awam dan iii. Hutang Berbankan dan Bukan Berbankan . Dalam konteks ini, hutang luar negara Malaysia adalah hanya 5 % daripada keseluruhan hutang negara . Manakala hutang dalam negara bagi  Kerajaan Persekutuan adalah hanya  2.2 % dan hutang dalam negara adalah 97.8 %. Hutang pembelian rumah, hutang peribadi, hutang beli kereta dan pelbagai hutang rakyat diperhitungkan sebagai hutang dalam negara.

Namun, hutang negara adalah hanya 53.76 % daripada jumlah pendapatan negara berbanding dengan hutang negara Singapura 113.18 % . Peratusan hutang negara Malaysia adalah dalam lingkungan kawalan dan kemampuan kerajaan Persekutuan.

Dakwaan Pakatan Pembangkang kononya negara menghadapi masalah kewangan malah kearah kemuflis adalah tidak benar sama sekali malah dilihat sebagai satu dakyah untuk mengelirukan rakyat bagi mengurangkan sokongan rakyat kepada kerajaan yang terus kini semakin meningkat. 

KESIMPULAN

 Marilah kita bersama-sama melihat rekod kejayaan Malaysia sejak merdeka sebelum dipengaruhi  dan menerima sebarang dakwaan-dakwaan yang disebarkan oleh pihak yang tidak bertanggungjawab terhadap kerajaan kepimpinan Dato Seri  Mohd.Najib Tun Abdul Razak.

Mohd. Najib TunAbdul  Razak  government  is giving  importance and priority to the needs and aspirations of all Malaysians particularly to improve the quality of life of the rural population. For an example: A sum of RM 6.5 billion has been allocated to implement the basic infrastructure such as water and electricity in 2013 bajet.

 Mohd.Najib Tun Abdul Razak government is also providing a favourable housing loans at a 4 percent interest rate for a maximum of RM60,000 for low cost houses, government guaranteed down payments of 10 percent for houses below RM220,000 for first time buyers earning less that RM3000 a month, and 50 percent stamp duty exemption for first-time house buyers of houses not exceeding  RM350,000.

An allocation of RM 300 million to implement the housing assistance programe to provide comfortable houses for the poor and hard core in rural areas. A total of 223 ,000 unit new  houses will be built by government and private sector in year 2014.  A sum of RM 578 million has been allocated to Jabatan Perumahan Negara to built affordable houses to middle income group.

The government has increased the allocation of subsidy for essential goods ( rice, cooking oil,sugar,flour,gas,petrol and diesel)  from RM 100 million in year 2010  to RM 200 million in year 2011 and RM 47 billion in year 2013 .

Kerajaan yang mentadbir  Malaysia sejak merdeka telah mencipta rekod cemerlang  dalam membangunkan negara ini daripada negara pertanian kepada negara Industri yang dunia mengkagumkan. Namun, Pakatan Pembangkang  mendakwa Malaysia gagal mengurus sosial-ekonomi negara  dengan cekap.

 Malaysia berada dalam landasan yang betul untuk mencapai status negara maju berpendapatan tinggi menjelang tahun 2020. Asas-asas ekonomi adalah kukuh dan mantap dengan stabil dan kukunya kedudukan kewangan negara . Rezeb negara adalah RM 444 bilion (2013).Manakala  Rezeb antarabangsa negara adalah RM 680 bilion dan Simpanan negara adalah 43 bilion.

 

Operasi Cantas Berjaya Menawan Gejala Kongsi Gelap:

Parlimen dilaporkan oleh Menteri Dalam Negeri bahawa pembatalan Ordinan Dharurat dan lepasan beberapa orang yang disyaki "penjenayah tersusun"  daripada tahanan  Polis telah membantu meningkatkan Indeks Jenayah Berat dalam Negara. Beliau menggesa Orang ramai turut membantu Polis menangani jenayah dalam negara. " Operasi Chantas " dilancarkan untuk menawan gejala kongsi gelap yang dilihat kian meningkat dalam negara. Menurut kenyataan Polis, Operasi Chantas berjaya menawan kegiatan dan  peningkatan gejala kongsi gelap di Malaysia. Rakyat berpuas hati dengan langkah-langkah yang diambil oleh kerajaan dalam membela dan memelihara keselamatan awam. Rakyat berharap pihak Polis teruskan operasi Chantas..Syabas Ketua Polis Negara dan Menteri Dalam Negeri.

TREND POLITIK MALAYSIA

 sekadar renungan bersama.......

·        Sebahagian besar pengundi Cina dilihat bersatu menyokong parti pembangkang seperti DAP, GERAKAN dan PAS dan menafikan 2/3 majoriti parti PERIKATAN (UMNO,MCA,MIC) pada tahun 1969. Pada tahun 1969, Parti PERIKATAN hanya memperolehi 66  ( 63 %) kerusi daripada jumlah 104 kerusi parlimen dan hilang 2/3 majoriti di parlimen.

·         Sebahagian besar pengundi India dilihat  bersatu menyokong pembangkang pada tahun 2008.Dengan itu BN dinafikan majoriti 2/3 dalam parlimen kerana BN hanya memperolehi 140 kerusi daripada jumlah 222 kerusi parlimen.

·        Sebahagian besar pengundi Cina pula dilihat  sekali lagi bersatu menyokong parti pembangkang dalam PRU13 pada tahun 2013. Dengan itu  BN sekali lagi dinafi majoriti 2/3 dalam parlimen kerana BN hanya mampu memperolehi 133 kerusi daripada jumlah 222 kerusi parlimen.

 

·        Ini jelas menunjukkan faktor kaum masih menjadi faktor utama, berbanding dengan lain-lain  faktor seperti faktor ekonomi, agama, kebudayaan ,bahasa dalam mempengaruhi  trend pengundian di Malaysia. 

•       Persoalannya, apakah trend pengundian ini akan berterusan dalam PRU14? Apakah kaum Melayu yang mewakili majoriti pengundi berdaftar di Malaysia akan bersatu dan mempengaruhi keputusan yang boleh menimbulkan kejutan  dalam PRU14 nanti?

CHIN PENG’ FOUGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE OF MALAYA : A FALLACY

Malaya Communist Party (CPM) has commited atrocities including brutally killing not only the security forces but also innocent civilians including children since the party inception in year 1937 till 1989. But today, Malaysians are enjoying peace and prosperity because they have rejected, particularly the earlier Malayan leaders and the citizens of Malaya from  all walks of life and race, communist ideology sowed by CPM led by Chin Peng. Chin Peng launched guerilla war against not only the colonial British administration who administered Malaya till 31 August 1957 but also the 'Federation Of Malaya' government elected by Malayan people.The argument that Chin Peng  is a warrior because he fought against British colonial government is a fallacy because Chin Peng continued his guerilla war against the Malayan government even after Malaya achieved independence. 

Chin Peng wants to establish a 'Republic of Communist Malaya' under the tutelage of Communist Party of China. He only gave up his struggle or fight against the Malayan Government when he was advised by the top communist leaders from China. History shows that he collaborate and worked with British to thwart Japanese occupation of Malaya. He was awarded the highest warrior award 'O.B.E.' from British government for his collaberation with British . It is a communist strategy to work with the enemy to undermine them in order to achieve a bigger goal or agenda. Communist Party Of China led by the paramount leader Mao Dze Tung has worked with the nationalist party of China to stop Japanese occupying the mainland China. Once gain considerable amount of support and power, Mao overthrew Kuomintang and established a Republic Of Communist China under the leadership of  Communist Party Of China. 

Chin Peng was offered an opportunity to drop his arms struggle during the 'Baling Talk' held on 28^th Disember 1955 and join the Malayan people to fight for Malaya independence. But Chin Peng refused to drop his arms struggle but adamant to continue his guerilla war to take over this country by unconstitutional manner.

While the Malayan people led by YTM Tunku Abdul Rahman engaged with the colonial British government demanding for independence of Malaya, Chin Peng launched his underground operations aggressively and killed brutally the security forces and innocent civilians. The Bukit Kepong attack, an assault against the Bukit Kepong Police Station,  which killed many police man and their family members on 23 February 1950, is a prove that Chin Peng is all out to take over this country by force and intimidation.  

Malaysians still remember the atrocities committed by Chin Peng during the pre-independence and post independence era. An emergency rule was in force from 1948 till 1960.  It was reported elsewhere that during this period of time, his attack has took a heavy toll of 3,945 security forces and 2,473 innocent civilians. Chin Peng has launched the 2^nd attack causing security threat till 1979.

The Chief Inspector Of Polis in Serdang, Kedah, was shot dead by some communist agents  on 12 July 1973.  The Perak State Polis Chief, Tan Sri Khoo Chong Kong was shot dead by communist insurgents in Ipoh on 12 July 1975. Even the IGP was not spared. Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Hashim,  Inspector General Of Police Malaysia, was shot dead  on his way to office in  Jalan Tun Perak by Chin Peng's  hench man on 7 Jun 1974.

CPM underground activities came to an end when CPM led by Chin Peng signed a  peace accord, the ‘Hadyai Peace Accord’  with Thailand and Malaysian government in year 1989. With this background, do you believe that the right thinking Malaysian citizen will agree  that  Chin Peng is a freedom fighter an  deserve a warrior accord in Malaysia? 

SRI SAI BABA'S MIRACULOUS APPEARANCE IN SHIRDI

Being a staunch devotee of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba and had visited most of Baba’s centers  located in various towns in Malaysia, read his messages and teachings regularly and  had learnt about his miracles, my wife and me decided to visit  the holy land Shirdi, the blessed soil on which Sai Baba has set his foot.

My wife and me left KLIA on 28^th morning at  9.30 am by MAS  and reached Shivaji International Airport,Bombay at noon. Then reached Shirdi by road. Our journey to Shirdi by road took about 5 hours. We touched  Shirdi, the blessed soil for the 1^st time on 28^th August 2013 at about 7.30 pm.  We checked in at Hotel Sun & Sand, without much delay we washed ourselves and strait away went to Samadhi Mandir, Chavadi, Gurusthan, Maruthi (Sri Hanuman) temple to have our Dharshan. 

The the next day, on 29^th August,  we were at  Dwarakamai, a holy place  where Sri Sai Baba live and blessed millions of his devotees, at 3.00 am to get Baba’s blessing. We submit flowers and a coconut for the Dhuni and sat there for a while chanting Baba’s glory and doing meditation. The Dhuni is the sacred perpetually burning fire that Baba built and which has been maintained till today.

Later, we went to Samadhi Mandir to witness  Arathi and to get Baba’s blessings. We went around Mandir to conduct prayers, particularly the Gurusthan, where the holy Neem tree was situated. Baba was first found by the villagers meditating under this neem tree when he was about 16 years old in the middle of 18^th century.  We went around the neem tree few times hoping to collect  some falling neem leaves. It is a belief that the leaves from this neem tree has profound powers to help cure any sickness of the present day. But, the security man on duty at this point never allow  anyone  to wait for a while near this tree, even for a minute to pick up any falling leaves to avoid overcrowding  or congestion at Gurusthan.  Even though thousands of devotees were waiting there in anticipation to pick up one or two neem leaves, but only  one or two  devotees succeeded  in  getting  a  leaf after waiting for hours. But we were fortunate, with Baba’s blessing, we managed to pick one fresh green neem leaf at my second visit to Gurusthan. We were extremely happy to realize that Baba has acknowledged our visit by  granting our wishes to have one green neem leaf.

We also took time to visit all the samadh of the disciples who lived and served Baba in Shirdi particularly  Haji Abdul Baba Samadh (1954) and Shri Nanawawali samadh (1918). We were happy to note that our visit to all the holy places around Samadhi Mandir went on well as we wished. 

But, alas our happiness came to a halt when the night fall on 29th of August!. At night around 9 pm we joined the crowd to witness a Krisna Jayanthi procession where Baba’s moorthy was carried in a decorated chariot around Shirdi. Thousands of devotees thronged  to get Baba’s blessing. Unfortunately, some ill hearted person/s from the crowd ‘picked pocket’ my purse which contains our Malaysian passport and cash RM 4,000. It was very unfortunate night for us. We feel so sad  and shocked to learn this  misfortune has  happened to us in Shirdi!.

Next day, on 30^th, we lodged a report at Security Office at Samdhi Mandir and Police Hq at Shirdi about our loss. Even though we feel sad  but we persistently went on with our prayers as we already planned, chanting Baba’s bajans . We wished in our prayers Baba will help us to get back our passport at least. We went to Dwarakamai again to ask for Baba’s blessing to get back our passport. To our surprise, the person who was in charge of maintaining Baba’s Dhuni assured us by saying ‘Don’t worry..Baba will give your passport’. Many guest at hotel where we stayed , including the hotel management, assured us that we, being a faithful and staunch devotee of Baba, will not face any difficulties in Baba’s  holy land. They assured us that Baba will surely help us to get back our passports as soon as possible.

The next day is 31^{st. Aguust. .} It  is  a Malaysia Independence day. Conjunction with this auspicious day, we hand over some Malaysian flags and some goodies including bags with 1Malaysia symbols to the hotel staff. Since my wife persuaded me to give a talk to the hotel staff  about the history of our Independence and about 1Malaysia concept mooted by Hon. Malaysian  Prime Minster, Najib Tun Abdul Razak, I explain briefly about our Independence struggle and 1 Malaysia concept which is akin to Baba’s teachings.

We left the hotel after my brief talk to the hotel staff to Samathi Mandir for a Dharsan and then we proceed to Dwarakamai  Seva Trust Old Age Home at Nanduriki-Kankuri Road, Shirdi, to offer food to some old people who are taking shelter there. We were fortunate to perform our ‘Dharma’ by offering some food to the unfortunate soul. Offering food to people is one of  Baba’s principle teachings. 

We  left the old age home around 2 pm and came back to hotel for a short break. I was about to take a short nab but awaken by a telephone ringging at my bed side.  Mr.Vijay, the front desk hotel staff called me and informed me that our passport has been found and he asked me to rush to Samadhi Mandhir with the hotel transport to collect it. I did not believed it at first..i thought i was dreaming. Realizing that the telephone call was real, my wife and me rushed to Samadhi Mandir immediately and saw two people in a security uniform  waiting  near  Samadhi Mandir  with Malaysian passports. To our surprise and utter amazement, it was our and we collected it from those two people in security uniform. Thanks to Baba  we found our passport. Baba has proved that he is omnipresent and exist everywhere to hear our distress. Baba did not left us in despair for a long time! At this point, I remember reading a book where I come across an assurance from Baba that “I will be with you ,when ever and where ever you think of me” .

Having collected our passport, we bought some flower garland and rushed to Samathi Mandir to offer our  heartfelt thanks  to Baba for helping us . we went to the Samadhi Mandir main security office to let them know that we got back our passport. But the main security office at Mandir is not aware about the finding and they claim that the person who hand over the passports to us are not there man on duty! What a surprise!. 

Neverthelesss,  the security personnel at Samadh Mandir facilitate  our movement  to reach Samadhi Mandir instantly to offer our flowers to Baba. At this moment we feel so happy and relaxed and my wife suggested to sit for while in the Lendhi Baug, a garden where Sai  Baba used grow vegetables and spend his time every day during his life time. Baba  has  also  planted some trees there.  A well used by Baba to water the vegetable plants were also found in this garden.

While we were talking and reflecting the days of Baba walking about in this green garden, a saintly (sanyasi) looking person appeared in front of us. Assuming that he is expecting arms from us, my wife without much hesitant and delay  gave him some Indian rupees. I too search my pocket and found some rupees and gave it to him. But to our surprise, he laughed at us and he took one or two coins from us and returned one 2 rupee coin to my wife and one 2 rupee coin to me. He also blessed both of us lovingly. We noticed that he  occasionally pointing his fingers  up at the sky while chanting  “Jay Ram-Jay Ram-Rama Jaya Rama Jaya Jaya Ram”. He also repeatedly pointing at my wife and addressing her as ‘Maha Lekshmi’. He patted my head and my wife’s head lovingly as a symbol of blessings. But at one point we were shocked when he, the saintly looking man,  suddenly  gave a hard 'tap' at my wife’s head forcefully and left the place only to return to bow down to touch my wife’s feet as a sign of respect. Shocked to see him bowing down to touch my wife's feet , I rushed to stop him but he quickly woke up and walked away from there in a lightening speed and disappeared. we  searched for him but could not find anywhere . We guess he disappeared somewhere near the holy tree where Baba and his  guru used to meditate.

We went back to hotel happily but reflecting and wondering why the saintly person in the Lendhi Baugh patted us and  bowed at my wife.  Reaching our room, we were surprised to note that the face of the saintly person we saw in the Lendhi Baug was  similar  to the Baba’s  portrait placed in our hotel room.  Now, we realized that the saintly person who appeared in the Lendhi Baug garden was none other than Sri Sai Baba. We feel happy,excited and overjoyed for being blessed by Sri Sai Baba personnely by appearing as a saintly man or fakir. 

Next day, we left the hotel to Bombay enroute to our home ,Malaysia. On our way to Bombay  from hotel, we stopped at Khandoba temple to offer our respect to the ‘Paduka’, where Baba put his first step when he arrived at Shirdi the first time. Here is the place where Khandoba  temple priest Mhaspati greeted Baba as “ Ya Sai”.  We were informed that Baba was with a group of people who stopped at the Khandoba temple  to join a  marriage ceremony to be held  in Shridi. Mhasalpati addressing the saintly looking man as ‘ Sai’ has eventually led to the appellation and evolution to become the most admired and revered  spiritual Gurus of India and all over the world of present day.

We returned to Malaysia happily with the  feeling of having trenched in Baba’s unlimited benevolent blessings. Having witnessed and experienced personally Baba’s presence in Shirdi, my wife , Anusuya Devi Naidu and me are ever willing to vouch that Baba  exist  in Shirdi to bless his devotees. We still remember the  assurance of Baba “My bones will speak from my tomb”. Jai Shri Sai Ram. Bow to Sri Sai-Peace be to all.

By M.Perry & Anusuya Devi Naidu