TOGETHERNESS....

It is very much rightly said that 'A friend in need is a friend indeed' and this Great Saying was in front of me on a particular day of my life and beyond that.....

It was the time of 90s and I was in the Senior Managerial Level at my Office....As is known well in a Business Environment, the Managers forever oscillate and hop around.... They may talk sweet but they need to pretend that many times or they may talk harsh which they never actually mean at their hearts.... It's a continuous game played for a long time at the Work Place as well as at times, spilled into the outside life too as they cannot be instantly different in a day.... And soon it appears to people with them at Work Spot that they are actually the unfriendly and the opponent members of their life....

Naturally as I was passing thru' a stage of becoming mentally matured in my life in those days, I too carried for a while the impression that those were the people with me who would never become friends and ever their job was to criticize and question me or talk behind... unfortunately, it takes years to fully mature there and start seeing the Truth and I was still much away from that....In such times, on a fateful day I suddenly met with a road accident on my Two Wheeler.... Not a life threatening one but not a light one too... There were certain injuries as the hit was a bit harsh.... I was advised two weeks rest and further told to get into my routine of activities slowly as the body starts permitting.... And there ware no elaborate treatments; in fact no treatment at all.... A good rest, slow movements and recover on own without losing the very self confidence were the recommendations....

No doubt, it was a helpless state for a few days at home as all of my hitherto busy activities came to a standstill at one stroke with no immediate recovery signs in sight.... Thus a temporary life started immediately for me with a certain depressed mental state.....

But the Saying goes.... 'Every dark cloud has a silver lining!' and that was really right as I noticed a miracle happen there for the first time of my life....

During the first week of my recovery at Home, it was a strange experience of fulfillment in my life and never I felt such a warmth at any time.... The people working with me at all levels, were the regular Visitors to my home for a few hrs which they definitely squeezed in their working hrs, took extra pains and used find out if I am OK or I needed anything which they could arrange.... And here, I found one common thing...

There were no differences seen at all.... All that was instantly forgotten.... The Hierarchical Levels were not felt.... The Big and Small have truly become one.... And the very people of earlier times with whom I had bitter arguments and counter arguments, the same people from whom I silently vouched for distance, the same people who were quickly seen by me being on the other side, the people who were doubted very much come in our peaceful way of living a little more where the very environment of constant poking appear to extend and spill into family life too were all instantly seen as the warm, close and Welcome Group joined with the rest of other friends and well-wishers... A Single Group of people by my side with a Single Wish in their hearts.... 'He is in difficulty.... It's human to be with him in this time and thus fulfill my sacred duty here!'

No doubt, none would wish for such a pain and trouble in one's life of meeting an accident but that by the Grace of Almighty having gone light and the recovery being just a matter of time, the first week of that recovery for me had strangely become a blessing in disguise as I truly experienced seeing a unique warmth and inherent friendship attitude in all the people of my Working Community including in those from whom I thought I would never get a response in that way....

A Great Learning and a Great Fulfilling Time of my life with full of Optimism out of a togetherness experienced further with a firm Drive in me that my life too is worth living helping out for such causes!

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'LEARNING A LOT' IN SHORT TIME!

The not so old Grand Mom was too active and the Grand Son of 3 was no less in dealing with her.... And the lady decided to introduce her Little One to a few 'Money Issues!'

Whenever she visited the neighborhood Grocery Stores with the boy, she used to make him slowly become familiar with the Currency Notes used.... And the child too was too inquisitive to see the colors of various Currencies being handled, quickly memorized a few denominations and used to repeat that whenever he noticed a particular Note in transaction.... No doubt, the Grand Mom was proud that she alone taught him all that....

And the the lady was ever active in making him understand beyond that too whenever some chances of dealing with monies used to come up....

That Sunday Morning, the Grand Ma drove with the Little One to a near by Coffee Shop located in the Premises of a Prominent Hotel as her daughter and son-in-law stayed back at home taking rest.... The lady preferred to go there regularly with the child as there was plenty of space for the boy to move around and she could park the car inside the Hotel Compound and have her favorite Coffee with the Little One too given his favorite Chocolate drink....Having thus ordered their drinks, as the Grand Ma was actively talking to her kid , she suddenly noticed an ATM Booth there for the convenience of visitors and Guests to the Area.... She instantly thought of teaching her boy something new....

"Dear! Come with me" saying thus she led the child to the ATM Booth, carried him up, took out her ATM Card and saying to the boy "See now what happens.... Hold this Card!", gave him the ATM Card....

The colors glowing on the Screen, the blinking Card Slot light and the colorful Card instantly mesmerized the boy beyond and he took it firmly into his hands....

"Now put this Card here and push in!" she said and as the Little One positioned the Card she helped him pushing the Card and pulled it out....

Further to that, she quickly completed the transaction work of withdrawing a small money and said with a beaming face.... "Now see! Here comes our money!"

It was an amazing thing for the boy as he along with his Grand Mom pulled the cash out from the slot .... The Grand Mom counted the money and kept it in her Wallet....

The child with the Card still in his hand said aloud to her, "Again!"

The Grand Mother was quite happy.... She made him position the card properly and once again performed the operation of cash withdrawal....

"Now keep your hand here, take out the money and give me!' she ordered her boy and he holding the ATM Card firmly in one hand, bent from her waist and nicely pulled out the Money with his little hands and gave that to her....

The Grand Mom was jubilant.... She felt proud that she could introduce the boy to an ATM transaction at such a small age....

"Again!" said the Little One and she necessarily had to do the whole Operation a third time.....

"Again!" demanded the child.... By that time, the Grand Mom saw their drinks ready and told her Grandson.... "No more! Come.... Now let's have our favorite drink...."

"Again" said the child....

"No.... No.... Everything is over..... Come with me...."she put the child down and walked towards the Coffee Table asking him to follow her....

"OK...Here! We will get the Money...." saying thus, the child looked at the locked Check Dropping Box next to him at his level, instantly put the ATM Card in his hand in the slot on the Box and dropped into it as the lady turned back remembering that she forgot to take back the Card from her Grand Son while she was busy in teaching him the ATM Operation very successively!

STARTING A TOTALLY NEW LIFE AT 'ONE CLICK!'

It was the total war scenario and everywhere people lived through a constant fear all the time doubting every other man in the vicinity…. The News heard used to be twisted and presented in no time in a way that looked entirely different…. Such were the tensions and survival instincts around at the back of the wild and violent actions of Power Mongers and Fortune Makers…. The life was practically going on through hours of happenings and monitoring totally forgetting the concept of the next day….

A midst those turmoils of life, the differences between two predominant Groups of a particular Region became quite distinct…. In the prevailing confusion, one Group just took over the Ruling and started its own ruthless suppression of the the other Group…. When the other Group members were quickly branded as the potential enemies, their united strength broke down and soon surfaced at family level in fighting for survival….

In such a Scenario, it was the toughest moment for 4 families of the targeted Group…. And, the men of the families quickly worked out a plan and sent away their family members through a secret Route far away from the enemy....

Subsequent to that, they too tried their way out but unfortunately by that time, that Route was closed with the tight security around as the Rulers came to know that few people had escaped through the Route…. Thus the 4 men were squarely held up in their own place and there was no way in front of them to reach their families….

Having become desperate, the 4 decided somehow try and get out through the same Route in one of their jeeps and accordingly hatched out a meticulous plan….

One evening after it became quite dark, the 4 men dressed up like the Army Officers of the Ruler, sat in their vehicle 2 in the front and 2 at the back and straight drove to the point of the particular Exit Gate….

From a distance, they noticed the stringent supervising / checking of each vehicle passing through the Gate and their hearts sank in no time…. No doubt, the Guards at the gate were fully vigilant.... Every one’s heart was beating heavily and it appeared impossible to escape through…. And they very much knew what would happen to them if identified at the Gate.....

As they neared the Gate, the men noticed that three vehicles were in front of them, theirs was the fourth vehicle and the Sentry at the Gate lowered the barrier… Two Guards in Uniform with guns came forward to check the first vehicle….

Twenty minutes passed…. The men of the first vehicle were proving the best that they never belonged to their enemy Group going out on their own…. At length the first vehicle was let off….

It was not so for the second vehicle…. The men were of enemy Group in disguise and were squarely caught red handed…. They were made to get down the vehicle and quickly were taken into the darkness…. The 4 in the jeep distinctly heard the low voices of the people caught and the shouting from the Guards and....That sure was the limit!

Suddenly, the man in the rear seat shouted aloud in a shaking voice, “I can't take it any more.... We are gone!”

The Checking Guard Heard this and looked at the vehicle...

The man next to him said in a further louder tone, “Why so much delay? There is no point in waiting here…. Let's go back…. Everything appears to be out of control!”

The man in the driver's seat was desperate…. With an aggressive mode, he overtook the front vehicle and brought the vehicle near to the gate shouting at the top of his voice, “Senseless waiting.... We are squarely held up!”

As the vehicle suddenly came near to the gate, the Guard checking the earlier one, looked at the men from back and started moving towards the vehicle….

The front man next to driver saw this in the rear view mirror, he knew that it was their end…. In a total desperate mode that over took him instantly, he screamed with a shrill voice, "What's the hell going on here?”

The Guard heard the shrill voice, instantly waved his hand to the Gate Sentry to open the gate for the vehicle saluting the people in Uniform in the vehicle….

The men in the vehicle were in a total collapsed state by that time but the driver having seen the 'GREEN SIGNAL', instantly got enormous energy, at one stroke pulled away at zooming speed acknowledging the Salute of the Guard through a firm Hand Raise breathing heavily, the heart pounding at an audible level and sweating all over with the rest no way better and in no time escaped from the jaws of death into the Land of Eternal Freedom starting totally a new life!

This is one of the great inspiring stories of the World War as I heard in my younger days and composed here in my own words.... It's forever an inspiring story to me even to this day as I frequently used to look up to this story when I had to make 3 not smaller decisions in my life in respect of relocation.... Once due to certain personal problem and twice on Job Transfers to far off place in mid-life... 

These 3 instances of re-defining my life truly gave me a certain confidence and strength in me whatever be the stress and strain involved in the process.... They further firmed up a belief in me that actually my these problems are nothing compared to the great hardships faced by people of the world at large in relocating themselves to far, far places totally removed from their own cultures and surroundings for the ultimate survival and basic living and I should ever welcome any relocation and starting a new life on my behalf if that warrants a certain good in coming up future!

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SOMETIMES, AN 'EXPERT' TOO HAS NO EXCEPTION BUT TO 'ERR!'

### The Frequent Traveler Boss and his less traveled Assistant were travelling by Flight on their Outstation Duty.... The Aircraft took off, leveled and was cruising at constant speed the engines at their max roaring with uneasy sounds.... The Boss continued his seat belt fastened so that he wouldn't be disturbed because of turbulence en route, plugged in a pair of good ear plugs to avoid the engine noise and dozed off.... His wrist watch moved for a while and then stopped.... Soon having completed its level flight, the Aircraft descended to lower heights and at the back of necessary landing preparations started the final descent to the touch down point....

“Sir! We have reached.... The Aircraft is landing!” announced the Assistant loudly into his Boss' ears....

The Boss moved a bit with the ear plugs on, looked at his watch with half eyes open and instantly shouted at the Assistant, “What are you talking? Still 45 minutes flight time is there.... How can it land now? It's cruising at 33000 ft height! Are you clear?”

The Assistant fed up with the Boss' usual style of talk said with a sarcastic smile, “Yes, Sir! It's my mistake only.... As you said, the Aircraft is really cruising in skies at 33000 feet.... But, Sir! I am seeing a wonderful thing here.... There are trees, roads, vehicles and buildings too in the sky at this great height…. Isn't that strange, Sir?”

### A small Business Venture opened in the new Premises was shut for few days with a Board saying.... "Our Venture is just taking a new shape.... Please bear with us for a while!" The gentleman of 50s remarked, "It means the Business is closed... They don't simply say it!"

After a while, another similar Board appeared in front of a closed Eatery...."Under Renovation!" The gentleman again remarked, "Means the Business is down.... Got closed forever!"

The third time, the Board in front of a closed Shop of Quick Sales read, "Coming up shortly under a new Banner!" The gentleman was too proud, "My experience can never go wrong.... Coming up means gone down forever!"

The fourth time, a Board said.... "A surprise in offing.... You will soon come to know about it!" The gentleman laughed and commented, "Yes! it's sure a surprise.... The Business collapsed once for all.... We will surely know that shortly!"

Some one around remarked, "Sir! You don't know? Their New Shop is opened in our adjacent Mall in a Spacious Area a few days ago.... Many were invited on the day of Inauguration.... I was personally there on that day.... My God! How many new Products they displayed there.... It's really great!"

### A man left a good job in an earth quake prone area and took up a smaller one in a place relatively free from quakes…. But it so happened that often he was made to travel to the same place on Routine Office Work …. He was tensed up all the time and was told by his friends to take good advice from an Expert, known to suggest solutions for trivial problems of life….

Accordingly one day he met the said Expert, briefed him his problem saying, “Sir! I feel that the ground on which I stay should be firm and not shaky…. I am tensed up if I imagine that the same platform is not firm and can shake at any time!”

The Expert smiled and said, "No problem, dear! I'll make you strong in a minute.... See, presently you are a frequent traveler to this place because of this fear in you…. The Aircraft in which you travel too is not stable and shakes a few times in every travel…. Are you not cool there? It is similar to that here too living in this place.... Just think correctly, you can be cool!"

As the man soon took leave and left, the Expert was too enthusiastic to know the change he could bring in the man thru' his unique advice and accordingly after a couple of days made an enquiry with a friend of him on how the man was behaving after his advice…. The friend said in a worried tone, “Sir!  It has become worse now…. Presently he is afraid of traveling in Planes too!”

THE 'TEN SECRETS' OF THE 'ONE ENTITY' EVER SOUGHT AFTER IN THE WORLD!

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A UNSENT LETTER 

FROM A DAUGHTER TO HER DAD..

"My dearest dad,

Out of utter helplessness as I cried the loudest, Mom told me that your gentle hands holding me all along, held me further tight and comforted me when I got the first immunization shots at the tender age of early months when the dangers of not having the same were totally unknown..

One day it seems, I tried to stand up myself suddenly from the then crawling position and your loving hand following me all along, instantly held me making me stand without hurting myself, Mom further told..

In a few days, as I showed interest in walking, Grand Ma who was by my side told me that your kind hand again continuously held my tiny hand making me walk simultaneously taking care to see that I didn't fall down in the process..

I was told that your firm hand held my right hand gently and guided me in writing the 'First Alphabet' as Mom was busy for a while which paved way for the entire Career of my life today..

In those days of my active childhood I still remember, my one hand forever being held tight by your caring hand while moving in crowds as Mom was busy taking care of my Sis so that we would never be lost away to the unknown worlds full of all dangers..

Your kind hand often held my both hands with all love and tenderness and comforted me whenever I got hurt while playing as I distinctly recollect and remember even to this day..

And I was told by Grand Pa that your loving hand used to gently take off my hands from the book, carry me and make me rest comfortably on my bed whenever I slept off while studying..

I very much remember this day too your confident hand holding my hand and wishing all the best every time I was going for my exams with Mom waving from behind..

Again, your hand alone first congratulated me with an excitement on the face when my success in Exams was announced at the back of a great pride as Mom brought Arti from Puja Room..

There after as I see till yesterday, that kind hand of yours alone guided me walk through the initial turmoils of my work and family life and there after left me totally to myself, all along readily extending the necessary help where required, never.. never missing even a 'tiny work' involved therein!

Today, as I recollect these Golden Cherished Moments of my life, I very much feel that long back, I should have penned down this Song of Life and sent my Letter of Sincere Thanks Giving to you who gave me everything required in my life and made me stand in the world today as the fully grown and capable Woman of the modern times..

Unfortunately, the ever continuing responsibilities of mine totally kept me off from doing this.. Thus this Letter of mine ever fresh in my memory but never penned down just remains the Unsent Letter of our times as yesterday you had left all of us and gone far far away..

I wanted to say how much I loved you in my life there but my endless emotions instantly choked my throat and made me totally dumb for a while even though

Everyone Else Was Grieving."

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THE DAY OF LIBERATION!

The man of mid thirties having fully qualified himself to drive was on road the very next day in his car all by himself of course sure, with a certain extra care and attention….

But, unfortunately too much of anything works against the original purpose and here too that single issue alone created a problem to his good driving as

• Whenever he was a bit hesitant to over take the vehicle on his left with a limited clearance, the impatient drivers from behind invariably used to honk at him hard....
• The same when repeated while turning left, the expert drivers behind used to shout at him to go....
• A few times when he made a sincere attempt to cut through traffic for turning right, no doubt a little tough task for an Amateur, he invariably got stuck in the middle and had to take enough preaching from the other road users who equally got stuck because of him!

Rightly speaking, for a while that 'LURKING FEAR' alone had kept off the 'TRUE EXPERTISE' coming up in the man and his days thus were moving with a 'CERTAIN INEXPLICABLE UNEASINESS!'

But finally the D-day arrived…. Sure, a very Important day in the life of the man!

There was some serious problem at home and certain urgent works had to be attended to immediately.... No go, he had to move in his car, a bit faster, that too not a small distance and exactly through the middle of the City.... Yes... Really, a Testing Time for him!

• The continuous overtaking of the left side traffic was in front…. Clearances were small between the close moving vehicles…. But no go....Had to push through…. Done once…. 'Strange? It  really happened! There was enough space.... A great wonder!' mused the man instantly….

And a fourth of his confidence too instantly got restored….

• Soon a few left turns were to be made…. To Join the main stream…. Could not wait…. Just moved the vehicle in steps turning left simultaneously allowing a few vehicles to pass in front…. 'Yes!  It's not difficult; just a knack of driving!' he thought right at that moment....

By then, half of the confidence was already up in him….

• Soon The dreaded right turn came up…. There was no go…. Pushed through a small distance…. A few on-coming vehicles were forced to stop… Further pushed through…. Some more vehicles stopped…. When the last one cleared and passed through in front, pushed through the remaining stretch and made a perfect right turn…. And under the very cover of his vehicle, a few on the left very easily could turn right with a thankful gesture to the bold man’s initiative…. 'Oh, God!  What's that I have done? Never imagined this really possible!' were the man's unexplained feelings then and there.... 

And exactly right at that moment, the other half confidence till then eagerly awaiting to take over instantly completed it's job in full making the jubilant man truly....

A 'CONFIDENT DRIVER' ON THE ROAD!

THE MOTHER ALONE KNOWS HERE 'THE BEST!'

This is the story of sixties..

The day was hectic for the family of 5. The father was out for most of the day. The Mother was busy in arranging in the house for an impending visit of a few guests. The 2 elder sons were busy with their own College Works.

The youngest boy of the family had his Exam the next day and he was busy preparing for the same. The tension of coming up Exam practically robbed him of his hunger. As his Mother would not leave him, he took his lunch to his room saying that he would eat there but coolly put back the items to their original places in the kitchen when she was busy somewhere else.

The day ended thus and it was soon the dinner time. The Mother arranged the dinner but as the boy's lack of hunger continued, he asked her to leave his food on his table as he could eat later. The Mother insisted that he eat in time with others but the boy angrily told her to leave it and go.

As she was not interested in disturbing her son, she just kept the well arranged food on his table neatly covered and went to her bed. The boy was awake up to 12 O’Clock in the night, coolly put major portion of the food in dust bin eating a bit, kept the empty plate on his table and slept off. The Mother got up around 2 AM, checked whether her son ate the food, seeing the empty plate on the Table, she left it in the kitchen and further went to sleep.

The next day morning, the boy was leaving early to school in the Exam mood. By then his hunger was back. The mother kept his breakfast ready but as there was no time, he ate a bit of it and asked her to pack it to eat it at school. The Mother did that even though she was not happy and bid him bye saying best of luck in his Exam. 

The Exam tension continued, the boy had no time to eat the food given by his Mother and as his Exam would finish by 11, he thought of eating coolly the food in the box after that.

As the boy was writing his Exam, by 10 he started experiencing strange black-outs and a less-energy situation with a falling off feeling. He somehow finished his Exam by 11 and without disclosing his problem to any one, straight walked back home and the moment he reached home, he almost lost all his energy, just rested on the floor in the veranda closing his eyes in half sleep mode.

The Mother who was alone in the house, just came out and as soon as she saw her son in that condition, she ran inside, quickly mixed some rice with thin buttermilk, brought the same and simply made the boy drink it slowly saying that he would be alright. The instant intake of food immediately gave certain energy to the young boy and he looked better and improved. She made him rest immediately on his bed and further took care of him through additional food and water. The boy became perfectly alright by evening.

The father and the the 2 elder brothers returned home by evening and the Mother explained to them what all happened. They all felt for the boy miraculously getting out of a bad situation. At length, the elder one asked his Mom how she could so quickly make out his brother's condition.The Mother said, 

"I totally know every moment since your brother stopped eating properly. Yesterday, he missed his major lunch by eating only a bit of what I gave him. Again, he never ate his dinner and today morning skipped his breakfast and went to school. At school too he did not eat the food I gave him in his box. Thus he was without food for a fully day yesterday extended to today's morning...."

"But Ma.. All the while, you only gave him food and monitored his eating. And he carried his food to school too. How could you make out so precisely that his condition was due to lack of food and nothing else?" asked the eldest son at the back of an unexplained curiosity with him.

The Mother with tears rolling down from her eyes said.. 

"Yes!  I gave him food myself but today morning alone after he left for school, I could find out that he did not eat all that I gave him because the dustbin had the night food he had dumped into it. When I saw that, I instantly remembered noticing some excess food of every item of yesterday left out in the kitchen and that confirmed to me that he had not eaten the yesterday's lunch too. 

Seeing his Exam tension in the morning, I was sure that he would never eat the food he carried with him and he just did that only to please me at that moment. And I could never do anything more than that as by that time you too all left home. I was just praying to God that your brother should be alright at School. Left out thus to my own assessment and continuous anxiety from morning, when I suddenly saw him at the gate with a dull face almost in falling off condition, instantly one single thought alone struck my mind and nothing less of it.

'God!  My boy is starving.. Let me give him food immediately and take care of him!'"

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