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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
GOD - The common man(Unnaipol oruvan)
I would like to share with you an incident that happened last Thursday(01/10/2009). It was a cloudy day in bangalore and was the last day of the week as the next day was a National day in India. As my brother had gone to UK a week back i decided earlier that i shall go to chennai and will bring my mom to bangalore as i didnt want her to stay alone in chennai. Also, as my brother is getting married, we had given the wedding invitation cards for printing which i had to go and collect. I wanted to leave from office by 4'o clock that day. But due to some commitments i could'nt leave before 5 from work. I had requested my friend Vijay to drop me at the bus stop, so that i could catch a bus to Vellore or Hosur(preferably vellore), from where i could alight on a bus to chennai.
He gladly agreed and when we came out of the office we saw a TNSTC bus going to vellore. I asked him to drop me at the signal which is around a kilometer from my office so that i could catch the bus there. He had a pulsar and we were in the service lane. The bus was moving at reasonably good speed. The bus had stopped at the signal but before we could reach there, the bus had started to move. From thereon it was a movie kind of chase where we tried everything to get in front of bus. At one point we were ahead of the bus and i signalled the driver to stop the bus. But i think he might have assumed that i was showing a "right turn" signal and so he ignored me. We kept on chasing the bus for atleast 5 kms and finally the bus stopped at a signal and i finally got into the bus. Thanks to Vijay i was really happy that i didnt miss the bus.
But i had another problem too. I had'nt recharged my mobile prepaid card and hence my mobile can receive incoming calls only when i am inside bangalore. Both my wife and mother was upset that they would not be able to call me to know my status during journey. I consoled both of them saying that its ok as the journey was only for some 6 hours. But both were quite angry with the fact that i was lazy enough not to recharge.
When i had got into the bus, i took the seat right next to the footboard from the rear. An young man was sitting next to me who i think was more or less of my age. He was listening to songs from his mobile and he had occupied most of the space in that two seater. I requested him to slightly move a bit so that i could sit comfortably. but he told me that the seat was drenched because of the rain and thats why he wont be able to move and provide me with more space. I accepted his response and i was infact happy that atleast i had a place to sit when others were standing. In between my mother and wife called me as they could contact me only till i reach Hosur.
Meanwhile,I was reading this book "A brief history of time" by Stephen Hawking and I didnt realize that i had reached Hosur. After some time i closed the book as i didnt want to read continuously. Then i heard this guy sitting next to me talking about recharging and activation of sim cards. I became slightly curious and i started to listen his conversation. He was getting a lots of calls and i was fairly sure that he had some business to do with mobile phones.
At around 7 the bus stopped at a place for a short break. It was somewhere before krishnagiri. It was a typical pitstop for state buses where the drivers and conductors get free food. There was one shop selling CDs and DVDs where the songs were played at highest possible volume. There were few shops selling eatables. I took a tender coconut drink, pop corn and "little heart" biscuits. After that i got into the bus. Then this guy(my neighbor in bus) also came in with a popcorn in his hand. Normally i am very shy person and i dont open up with a new person. But that day i took courage and started speaking with him. I asked him " are you doing any mobile business" for which he replied in affirmative. I asked him is it possible for him to recharge my vodafone number as i had zero balance. I told him that i shall pay once it is recharged. Immediately he called up his friend and gave my number for recharge. Within two minutes everything was done and i was extremely happy. I thanked him and gave him the money immediately.
We then started having a conversation and i came to know that he was a sixth standard dropout. He was basically from vellore and now has a mobile shop near majestic in bangalore. In our conversation he was talking more and i was more of a listener. he was enthusiastically talking about his business and i asked him a few things here and there. After an hour i started reading the book again and he was listening to some songs. After that we didnt have any conversation and finally when we reached bangalore i thanked him again and we bade farewell.
Now the main reason for me to write this article is slightly philosophical. I am still astonished and surprised that how this particular day that i didnt recharge my phone and how i wished that i could do that somehow. And what a coincidence that this guy(whose name i didnt bother to ask)who was sitting next to me was doing mobile business and he immediately helped me out(even though he took money for that). Sometimes when i contemplate on these kind of incidents or situations my belief in the supreme power called GOD is reinforced further. Some of you can call this is a coincidence or luck. But i choose the former as i believe in GOD. The conclusion that i arrive out of this incident is that GOD is there always around us and ready to help. He exists in every human being. He is infact one among us. He is the common man who is every bit like us. But we ignorant people does not have the eyes to see the GOD and we always look at sky for a Divine being with four hands. So please respect every human being. Dont hurt anyone intentionally, dont be jealous of anyone and help everyone in whatever ways possible. If you could do that, others shall see the GOD in you.
He gladly agreed and when we came out of the office we saw a TNSTC bus going to vellore. I asked him to drop me at the signal which is around a kilometer from my office so that i could catch the bus there. He had a pulsar and we were in the service lane. The bus was moving at reasonably good speed. The bus had stopped at the signal but before we could reach there, the bus had started to move. From thereon it was a movie kind of chase where we tried everything to get in front of bus. At one point we were ahead of the bus and i signalled the driver to stop the bus. But i think he might have assumed that i was showing a "right turn" signal and so he ignored me. We kept on chasing the bus for atleast 5 kms and finally the bus stopped at a signal and i finally got into the bus. Thanks to Vijay i was really happy that i didnt miss the bus.
But i had another problem too. I had'nt recharged my mobile prepaid card and hence my mobile can receive incoming calls only when i am inside bangalore. Both my wife and mother was upset that they would not be able to call me to know my status during journey. I consoled both of them saying that its ok as the journey was only for some 6 hours. But both were quite angry with the fact that i was lazy enough not to recharge.
When i had got into the bus, i took the seat right next to the footboard from the rear. An young man was sitting next to me who i think was more or less of my age. He was listening to songs from his mobile and he had occupied most of the space in that two seater. I requested him to slightly move a bit so that i could sit comfortably. but he told me that the seat was drenched because of the rain and thats why he wont be able to move and provide me with more space. I accepted his response and i was infact happy that atleast i had a place to sit when others were standing. In between my mother and wife called me as they could contact me only till i reach Hosur.
Meanwhile,I was reading this book "A brief history of time" by Stephen Hawking and I didnt realize that i had reached Hosur. After some time i closed the book as i didnt want to read continuously. Then i heard this guy sitting next to me talking about recharging and activation of sim cards. I became slightly curious and i started to listen his conversation. He was getting a lots of calls and i was fairly sure that he had some business to do with mobile phones.
At around 7 the bus stopped at a place for a short break. It was somewhere before krishnagiri. It was a typical pitstop for state buses where the drivers and conductors get free food. There was one shop selling CDs and DVDs where the songs were played at highest possible volume. There were few shops selling eatables. I took a tender coconut drink, pop corn and "little heart" biscuits. After that i got into the bus. Then this guy(my neighbor in bus) also came in with a popcorn in his hand. Normally i am very shy person and i dont open up with a new person. But that day i took courage and started speaking with him. I asked him " are you doing any mobile business" for which he replied in affirmative. I asked him is it possible for him to recharge my vodafone number as i had zero balance. I told him that i shall pay once it is recharged. Immediately he called up his friend and gave my number for recharge. Within two minutes everything was done and i was extremely happy. I thanked him and gave him the money immediately.
We then started having a conversation and i came to know that he was a sixth standard dropout. He was basically from vellore and now has a mobile shop near majestic in bangalore. In our conversation he was talking more and i was more of a listener. he was enthusiastically talking about his business and i asked him a few things here and there. After an hour i started reading the book again and he was listening to some songs. After that we didnt have any conversation and finally when we reached bangalore i thanked him again and we bade farewell.
Now the main reason for me to write this article is slightly philosophical. I am still astonished and surprised that how this particular day that i didnt recharge my phone and how i wished that i could do that somehow. And what a coincidence that this guy(whose name i didnt bother to ask)who was sitting next to me was doing mobile business and he immediately helped me out(even though he took money for that). Sometimes when i contemplate on these kind of incidents or situations my belief in the supreme power called GOD is reinforced further. Some of you can call this is a coincidence or luck. But i choose the former as i believe in GOD. The conclusion that i arrive out of this incident is that GOD is there always around us and ready to help. He exists in every human being. He is infact one among us. He is the common man who is every bit like us. But we ignorant people does not have the eyes to see the GOD and we always look at sky for a Divine being with four hands. So please respect every human being. Dont hurt anyone intentionally, dont be jealous of anyone and help everyone in whatever ways possible. If you could do that, others shall see the GOD in you.
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