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A journey is usually something everyone enjoys, filled with excitement. But what happens when a journey is undertaken with fear and devotion? That is what this story is about.
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Krishna had finished his studies and he was working at a call center. 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLNUYt0y6V
One day, his friend told him, “There’s a job in Delhi with 1 LPA salary. If you’re okay with it, I’ll talk to my friend and try to get you a job there.”18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcxHep2yrP
Thinking it’s in Delhi, Krishna agrees. 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCtKfvq6ZU
The reason behind for agreeing Delhi offer is "Krishna’s family was heavily in debt. He was the one his family depended on. Although he's father is working he would like to give him peace, and Krishna wanted to pay off the debts and buy a house where he could see his parents happy. That was his wish".18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqowA4oyCNR
Krishna believed in being honest and never cheating anyone. 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJQa1m7O8X
Even though he knew his family’s situation, he was determined: “No matter what, I will never let go of my honesty and integrity.”18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3qWQjs8hv
To get a job in his field of study, he needed time and he needs to do some study related courses, but that required money. Although he didn’t like the call center job, for money sake he will do that job, some how the job didn’t feel right for him.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnoOtJudVm
At that moment, his friend told him about the job in Delhi, and Krishna said okay.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeaXNYOfKL
A week later, he received a phone call for an interview from Delhi. The interview would be entirely over the phone.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZb7ckULQZ
During the interview, they said the job would be from 10 am to 5 pm, and he’d have to answer customer queries and help them and some technical work will be there that you need to handle. We will provide complete training on that.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKtj5xEbS5
After the interview, the interviewer told Krishna “You’re selected.”18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlntQBymry
He told his parents about the selection and left to Delhi for the job.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmqTohLPXM
After a 26 hour journey, Krishna reached Delhi. He got down from the train and called the person who’d contacted him to ask for the address.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuJTeooZIv
That person said the office wasn’t in Delhi but it is in Ghaziabad.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUQhKSIybG
He was told to take the metro rail from Delhi to reach exact location, which was about 1.5 hours from the Delhi railway station.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Cr4dqL93x
It was Krishna’s first time in Delhi. He had to figure out where the metro station was, so he stepped outside. 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLsPFRE2LE
He went to an auto driver and asked. But Krishna didn’t know that there was a way to go directly from the railway station to the metro station. Not knowing this, he paid the auto driver 200 rupees.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqn7FDxaeq4
After getting down from the auto, Krishna realized this and thought he had to be more careful from now on then.
Later he entered the metro station.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQL70uqrsVi
For the first time, he boarded the metro train in Delhi, he had never even been on a metro in Hyderabad. 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hsPlDicnY
He asked a fellow passenger when his station would arrive.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6dD01ZC4R
The man told him to follow the metro map. Krishna said okay and kept an eye on the map and the areas around him.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfA55Sv1Rc8
An hour later, he reached his station. He got off the metro and called the person who’d told him to come, asking where to go next. 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHn2h8WHrq
The person gave him a place name and said to take an auto from there.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeKIHNBELk
Krishna took an auto and left. About 40 minutes later, he reached the location.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWU0i878OcT
He called that person again, the person said, “Our man will be there. I’ll give you his number. Call him and go to the room with him. I’ll come and take you to the office.”18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL27LGYdPhK
There, a man was already waiting for Krishna.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpwG0xb8Oz
Krishna called that man, and the two of them went to the room together.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OdYILPYRI
Krishna freshened up and waited to go to the office. But it got late that day, so the man told him to rest and that they’d go to the office the next morning.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHF34oLNngv
The next day:18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZ98yy3woU
Krishna reported at the office, submitted his documents, and looked around the office atmosphere.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDc4wqrXIYw
But it wasn’t actually an office it was a training center. They were teaching how to set up a business, what you need, how to talk to people.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLEifMw6je
After the training, they would give you a store to run. The investment materials would be theirs, but the store would be yours to run, like a franchise.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdL9XSvMtTR
Since he’d already come, Krishna thought, “Let’s do something" and stayed.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBdmfv38sB
From the next day, he started attending five days of training. 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qoHaRyKgW
During the training, Krishna found out something "For the franchise, the company required an investment of 10,000 to 50,000 rupees".18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTGe4DDx8F
The person who had called Krishna to Delhi hadn’t told him this at all. 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQNtfZRhUI
Now, that man was telling and convincing Krishna to pay the money.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMYrHO6CjN
Krishna knew very well his family’s situation and the debts. He didn’t want to take on another loan just to pay for this job or business. So, he decided to return home.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHt03O8tiKS
He told his roommate that he would like to go home to arrange money. Actually Krishna don't want to stay there but the person wants him to pay money. For diversion he said he will go home to arrange money.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxl04KSqGG
Then he booked a train ticket online to Secunderabad.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguOF3ZXoNm
Just then, our Prime Minister Modi announced demonetization. 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1QthX9XdK
There was no money in the ATMs, and only a few banks were open, with limited hours.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9POHaX2Zcw
Even in the place where Krishna was, no banks were open.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdg9lDnkxR
Out of the money he’d brought, he had only 2,500 rupees left. 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yG7yIS6pn
He booked the train ticket online for 800 rupees, leaving him with 1,200 rupees. He had 200 rupees in his wallet and 1,500 rupees in his bank account.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxlJ4N1trr
The train from Delhi was at 5:30 pm, and Krishna left his room at 1:00 pm.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdi1y5wIyvQ
He ate a meal for 70 rupees, leaving him with 130 rupees. Auto and metro charges together cost 65 rupees.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEpICvpmI3
Confident that his online ticket would be enough, Krishna decided to travel with the remaining 65 rupees.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAgCmoDlXt
He reached the Delhi railway station by 4:30 pm. The train came at 5:15 pm, and Krishna boarded it.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqBIFVClsx
Krishna had an online ticket, but the ticket is in the waiting list. He thought he could show it to the ticket collector (TC) and request a seat. 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxix0DmST1R
Ten minutes after the train started, the TC came. Krishna eagerly showed him the ticket. But the TC told him that the ticket wasn’t valid and that the money would be refunded to his bank account.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJpjAwqeuu
Krishna was shocked by listening TC, he said the ticket he’d bought online is in the waiting list, and he didn’t even have money with him.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMx5AgOP0rU
The TC told him, “It’s not my problem. If you have money, buy a new ticket. Otherwise, get down at the next station.”18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrm9nGOggxS
Krishna argued, saying he’d bought a ticket online, but the TC didn’t care and told him to leave.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiX96V9TBtW
As Krishna was moving to the next compartments, he saw an empty seat and sat down. He showed his ticket to the people nearby. They told him, “This will be enough. If the TC comes, we’ll talk to him.”18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPj2zMOSht
Then he said what was the situation of him, why he came to Delhi all the story.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMF63YDduRy
The passengers with him also offered some of the food they’d brought.
Meanwhile, Krishna kept thinking about his situation he was scared and tired.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaRbWUc1vj
The train was passing through Maharashtra. Some unknown persons talking like "I will get down at Balharshah station". 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHYcFqObow
Krishna remembered the name of the place, Balharshah. He had traveled by the Balharshah train to attend his friend’s wedding in Mancherial.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLk2Fa0dbgK
But, It would take until 2 pm the next day to reach there. So Krishna spent the whole night awake, scared.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZZqUcn2uB
The next morning, without even brushing his teeth, Krishna stayed on the upper berth, chanting “Om Namo Narayana,” as he had great devotion to God.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtSncsP43v
He expected the TC to come at either 9 am or 2 pm. But the TC came at 11 am. When the TC came, Krishna had his eyes closed, chanting the mantra.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmBguKvY15
The people who had shared their food with Krishna told to TC that the upper berth was theirs, so the TC left without saying anything.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs47iU8st5w
At 1 pm, Krishna received a message: “Your online ticket has been cancelled. Money will be refunded to your account.”
Seeing that message, Krishna began to sweat with fear. He thought, “At the next station, I’ll get down and somehow make my way to Balharshah.”18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3DJ8miW6B
He thanked the people who had shared their food and got down at the next station.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cFfFe7JDW
The station was Chandrapur. From there, Balharshah was about 120 km away, which he came to know from an auto driver. Also he asked the driver about an ATM, he said it was near by.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3XpxwTj39
But the ATM didn’t work, and another ATM had a “No cash” sign. 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtux7oMgyeQ
Krishna was upset he was stuck in an unknown town, with no money.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRcYtwPM9i
Then he remembered that he had a chequebook. He wrote a self-cheque for 1,000 rupees and went to the bank. 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZMGVJjtni
Weak and tired, he walked several kilometers to the bank.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsrcCrdwR9
Because of demonetization, there was a huge queue at the bank. He had to take a token to withdraw money. Even with the token, it wasn’t clear if he’d get cash that day.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqrM5uC15L
He tried his luck at a nearby ATM, but there was no money there, either.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5dbi64XcD
Exhausted, he stood in line at the bank. It took two hours for his token number to come up. Seeing Krishna so tired, a bank employee took pity on him, brought him inside, and asked the security guard to get him a samosa and tea.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLNvdjQZpU
Krishna gratefully accepted the food and thanked the bank employee. He took out the cash and went to the bus stop.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnICutzQ0KS
There, he came to know that there were buses to Balharshah, so he waited. At 5:40 pm, his bus came. 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs10O5IYdzT
He boarded it and reached the Asifabad bus stop in Telangana by 9 pm.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceJZFuZlfn
He found out that the bus to Hyderabad would come at 10 pm. He had dinner while waiting for the bus.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2Mno9dZTi
At 10 pm, the bus arrived. Krishna happily got in, sat down, and finally reached Hyderabad and home.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfJM9C5pd3
Summary: Chanting the Lord’s name helped Krishna, and he was ultimately saved by the people around him. God tests us, but if we keep our faith in him and remain honest and true, He will always send help during our difficult times.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWDvE3wJx4
***“Om Namo Narayana”***18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6MZlUExBk
New life begins for Krishna with more twists.
See you soon.
