RSS leader who changed fortunes of a Muslim village

Siddhi Nath Singh is a befitting example to contradict those who equate the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha
Lal Mohammad Ansari, a landlord and whose five sons have been Singh’s students, said that he stands as an epitome of religious harmony at a time when some feel that the country has grown intolerant. For Janisar Ansari, a class 10 student at Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Singh is like a god. “He is meeting all my expenses. I want to crack IIT and become the first engineer from my village,” he said. And in return they have nothing else, but, praise for Singh. It is this selfless service over the past two decades that invariably makes the local youth respect him. Afzal Ali, 38, trained as a welder with Singh’s firm and is now working with Adani Group in Gujarat earning a salary of Rs. 15,000 per month. Taslim Ansari, trained as a fitter, works with Hindalco in Renukoot. It was during one of his sojourns to the village, while researching on storage of rain water, that 68-year-old Singh came across a few parents who were worried about the future of their teenage children. But what makes the engineer-turned-entrepreneur different from others is the devotion with which he remains involved in changing the lives of every youth in Hafua, with a population of approximately 1,000 people, around 70 km north of capital Ranchi. Singh said “I met the youth and saw the spark in their eyes. They had everything barring education and proper guidance. I invited them to my engineering firm and trained them. Soon they were repairing heavy machines with ease,” Singh said while interacting with a fresh batch of boys from the village

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