lucknow when politics is on a pause mode in the lockdown samajwadi party president akhilesh yadav is utilising time in rereading bhagwad gita mahatma gandhis hind swaraj and famous speeches of ram manohar lohia he also misses no chance to listen to radha krishna songs by george harrison of beatles fame and pandit bhimsen joshis bhajansas political activities have come to a standstill akhilesh is able to give time to his ageing father mulayam singh yadav last week he had gifted a book of indumati kelkar on lohias life to his father few days later when he went to meet netaji again the senior yadav handed him over the same book after getting it properly bound when mulayam asked his son about some quotes in the book akhilesh told him that he would discuss the point after going through it thoroughlytalking to toi the sp president said that whenever he could spare time from monitoring the food distribution work or looking into problems and grievances of the poor he starts reading books of famous speeches of ram manohar lohia as well as netaji this is a great learning experience he saidakhilesh is also going through books on famous correspondences between lohia and jawaharlal nehru on various issues concerning the country the polity and ways to check spread of communalismlistening to george harrisons songs and studying his experiences why he became a part of the hare krishna movement the former chief minister said that krishna is the greatest pholosopher he guides you in difficult times and solves everyones problems i am also trying to follow path shown by geeta in my daytoday life now akhilesh feels that someone has aptly written dont ridicule or annoy communal minds pity on them for being misguided bring them into the mainstreamakhilesh is also devoting at least a hour in listening to pandit bhimsen joshis famous bhajans daily after his morning and evening workouts it keeps him mentally and physically strong in these testing timesbasically a family man akhilesh still does not forget to tell everybody in his family the importance of maintaining social distancing this is a must to keep the corona threat away he said adding that due to the lockdown he is also able to give time to his family including wife dimple twins arjun and tina and eldest daughter aditi