Friday 11 July 2014

"When Life Ditched Me...!!!"

"TIME changes many things in Life. Sometimes it so happens that with time, even people very close to us become strangers & many a times even strangers become so close to heart. But as they say, everything happens for a REASON."


Date: 10/07/2014
Character 1: Aditya Sharma
Time: 2.15 PM

Nation's Prime News channel reports a Breaking news: "Mr. Aditya Sharma, CEO of Sizzlon Group of companies, which is the country's major business group, sells all of his shareholding in the Company and resigns as the CEO of the Company. This news which came as a sudden shock to the Company's stakeholders & the Management has raised speculations all over in the economic market of India. Denying all the requests to address the media, Mr.Aditya rushed out of the office after tendering his resignation. The company's internal sources revealed that the resignation came as a shock to the Management & it was tendered due to Mr.Aditya's personal problems. Aditya, who is 33 years of age was termed as the "Youngest CEO" in the corporate world. Aditya had recently lost his wife in a car accident in Mumbai & was reported to have been going through a severe depression off late.

Time: 3.30 PM

Stock Market crashes!! Sensex closes at a steeping low. Aditya's resignation creates storm in the stock market. FII's (Foreign Institutional Investors) withdraw their investments & investors suffer a huge loss. When the whole world was behind this one man to know the reason for his decision, this man was already traveling to Bengalooru via train. He wanted to meet his grandparents, who were his only family left, for one last time before he bid goodbye to this life. He was a broken man. He had decided to die, as he had now lost his purpose in life. His fellow passengers did not recognize him. In fact who was he? Just a big name in the corporate world. What has he done to the common man? Nothing!!

Character 2: Shawn George
Time: 4.15 PM

He came out of the cabin after meeting the specialist. He sat on the chairs in the sideways of the lane. He seemed a bit relaxed now. 15 minutes back when he went in, his heart was pounding hard with anxiety. After all, it was his mother lying there in the general ward of Room No. 18. She was diagnosed with Pulmonary Embolism. He thought of the agony she may be going through at that moment. A tear drop in his eye and the lump in his throat made him realize how much she meant to him. He knew Jesus will always be beside him. The doctors had assured him that his mother will be operated that night. They had asked him to pay Rs.14 Lakhs in the next 2 hours, so that they can prepare for the operation.

He still remembers, 12 Days back when he was told that he need to pay Rs.14 Lakhs for the operation, he was lost in thoughts. It was his dad who came up with the idea of selling their house in the village to fund the operation. The money was now in his house. He looked outside. Sun was much brighter that day. He smiled by the thought that 12 days of continuous agony was now followed by a slight ray of hope. Suddenly he gets a phone call & the voice on the other side yells, "Shawn, where are you? Do you know what has happened?...Come to your home right now. It's urgent." & hangs up.

Time: 4.45 PM

Tears roll down Shawn's cheeks. This time it's not due to any deep pain or suffering but due to the huge amount of GUILT. Completely devastated by the series of events, Shawn decides to leave the city. He boards the 5 PM train to Mumbai.

Character 3: Sucheth Krishnan
Time: 3.30 PM

His sleep was disturbed by the knock on his house door. It was the person from the bank at the door step. He exactly knew why he had come that time. It was obvious that his loan payment of 20k p.m was due from 3 months. 15 minutes later, he left warning Sucheth that the property would be taken over by the bank if the payment of installments is not done within 3 days. It was a month since he had shaved & it was 3 months since he got sacked from his job. Just 3 months before, his life was so PERFECT. He had a lucrative job & based on that he had bought this house too. If everything had went fine in his life, he would have got married to the love of his life by now.

All of a sudden, he was suspended on the suspicion of misappropriation of cash. He was punished for an act which he was not guilty of. He lost his job after 2 months of the charge. The marriage was called off as the girl's father feared his ability to take care of his daughter after marriage as he now had a black mark in the industry. He was completely wretched now. He now had a loan of Rs. 12 lakhs to repay. Adding to his woes, he had lost Rs.10 lakhs in speculation trading today, which he believed was the only source which would absolve him of his problems. He had lost his job, his girl, his reputation & in 3 days he would lose this house too. In a sense of frustration, he leaves the house for a walk....
                                                             (1 Hour later)
Time: 4.30 PM

He knew his life would never be the same from now. He found a temporary solution for all his problems. He knew it was not right. But he had stopped caring for what is right & what is not. Once he was accused of an offence he was not part of & now he had looted Rs. 12 lakh from the house whose door was left open. He did not feel guilty at all. Instead he took shelter under the fact that he was just OPPORTUNISTIC. He did not want his conscience to call him a "Thief". He thought it would not be safe for him to stay in Bengalooru at this moment with this cash. He decided to board any train to any destination & stay there for a week & come back when things get normal. The only train that was available that evening was to Mumbai at 5 PM. He boarded that train.

So Three people, having three different problems & with three different approaches towards them have started their JOURNEY... Will they succeed? Can they move ahead in Life, even with that baggage of problems on their shoulder? What happened in the next 24 hours is a MIRACLE!!!


                                                             (To be continued)

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