
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. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAfg7qjahRcG
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.”22Please respect copyright.PENANA0T1lS37fk5
Thinking it’s in Delhi, Krishna agrees. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAu98GpuYDbv
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".22Please respect copyright.PENANAY3o20OaKQ1
Krishna believed in being honest and never cheating anyone. 22Please respect copyright.PENANA5ojrW3LBUx
Even though he knew his family’s situation, he was determined: “No matter what, I will never let go of my honesty and integrity.”22Please respect copyright.PENANAjmtHeB2iFS
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANAZD9vJZiFqg
At that moment, his friend told him about the job in Delhi, and Krishna said okay.22Please respect copyright.PENANA93JOo1x5yF
A week later, he received a phone call for an interview from Delhi. The interview would be entirely over the phone.22Please respect copyright.PENANAAAhv4oDXzO
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANAz7USXTXT2l
After the interview, the interviewer told Krishna “You’re selected.”22Please respect copyright.PENANAF5WOv9BoCJ
He told his parents about the selection and left to Delhi for the job.22Please respect copyright.PENANAneQI07ezzZ
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANA4RClYlMhLW
That person said the office wasn’t in Delhi but it is in Ghaziabad.22Please respect copyright.PENANAg5bciUI1kD
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANAcMZ47gHAV4
It was Krishna’s first time in Delhi. He had to figure out where the metro station was, so he stepped outside. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAWpNW1ATjpR
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANARr4J3vNmWa
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANAaaD8qgES9e
For the first time, he boarded the metro train in Delhi, he had never even been on a metro in Hyderabad. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAAn7HzMMdRJ
He asked a fellow passenger when his station would arrive.22Please respect copyright.PENANAi5YC8F7v1o
The man told him to follow the metro map. Krishna said okay and kept an eye on the map and the areas around him.22Please respect copyright.PENANAu2v0fUVzZE
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. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAMD32OB5UQ9
The person gave him a place name and said to take an auto from there.22Please respect copyright.PENANA9S8FXplAzz
Krishna took an auto and left. About 40 minutes later, he reached the location.22Please respect copyright.PENANAvQwM6CGpEX
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.”22Please respect copyright.PENANAOCziY5Bvuh
There, a man was already waiting for Krishna.22Please respect copyright.PENANAaaIdLzH3z0
Krishna called that man, and the two of them went to the room together.22Please respect copyright.PENANAbIfatXPCAk
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANAjJZADap71e
The next day:22Please respect copyright.PENANA3f68abMuGE
Krishna reported at the office, submitted his documents, and looked around the office atmosphere.22Please respect copyright.PENANA5SBFFDHHGl
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANA3TNpdlNtRz
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANAkfhfBq7Jkp
Since he’d already come, Krishna thought, “Let’s do something" and stayed.22Please respect copyright.PENANA2iWzEzYudw
From the next day, he started attending five days of training. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAT9XzJE7qil
During the training, Krishna found out something "For the franchise, the company required an investment of 10,000 to 50,000 rupees".22Please respect copyright.PENANAUQjvJGEKmT
The person who had called Krishna to Delhi hadn’t told him this at all. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAAL16W4zB1h
Now, that man was telling and convincing Krishna to pay the money.22Please respect copyright.PENANAoHPlOG7hBl
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANAbDsf2nLMgw
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANAhbm34mpKDz
Then he booked a train ticket online to Secunderabad.22Please respect copyright.PENANATKEvvc5Lk8
Just then, our Prime Minister Modi announced demonetization. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAPvRA0nMT5W
There was no money in the ATMs, and only a few banks were open, with limited hours.22Please respect copyright.PENANAR0nBciIHY9
Even in the place where Krishna was, no banks were open.22Please respect copyright.PENANATrdL29KmJU
Out of the money he’d brought, he had only 2,500 rupees left. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAKjs8xS3iPF
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANAtgAamodznv
The train from Delhi was at 5:30 pm, and Krishna left his room at 1:00 pm.22Please respect copyright.PENANAUfRJVaoEww
He ate a meal for 70 rupees, leaving him with 130 rupees. Auto and metro charges together cost 65 rupees.22Please respect copyright.PENANA9u1joGUuq4
Confident that his online ticket would be enough, Krishna decided to travel with the remaining 65 rupees.22Please respect copyright.PENANAoSTAj3lLGw
He reached the Delhi railway station by 4:30 pm. The train came at 5:15 pm, and Krishna boarded it.22Please respect copyright.PENANAFbfWMB3Ayx
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. 22Please respect copyright.PENANA0qfyJH7B8v
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANAMouQtrTmfI
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANA93yUHL5HIZ
The TC told him, “It’s not my problem. If you have money, buy a new ticket. Otherwise, get down at the next station.”22Please respect copyright.PENANA9ebHsOKL52
Krishna argued, saying he’d bought a ticket online, but the TC didn’t care and told him to leave.22Please respect copyright.PENANA0UJZTprUR6
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.”22Please respect copyright.PENANA4MNKj20eXr
Then he said what was the situation of him, why he came to Delhi all the story.22Please respect copyright.PENANAonZ6dPsdCV
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANABQNishFjO7
The train was passing through Maharashtra. Some unknown persons talking like "I will get down at Balharshah station". 22Please respect copyright.PENANA61cjiFwOy3
Krishna remembered the name of the place, Balharshah. He had traveled by the Balharshah train to attend his friend’s wedding in Mancherial.22Please respect copyright.PENANAcwH1T1TEUh
But, It would take until 2 pm the next day to reach there. So Krishna spent the whole night awake, scared.22Please respect copyright.PENANAALB2dttS5n
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANAXdxeQebkzy
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANAWNP80F5d8S
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANATgXbIUsaJG
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.”22Please respect copyright.PENANAYTXYHrvMur
He thanked the people who had shared their food and got down at the next station.22Please respect copyright.PENANAeT80ZAdRMe
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANA2spcf4bxsW
But the ATM didn’t work, and another ATM had a “No cash” sign. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAwkfzi9BshK
Krishna was upset he was stuck in an unknown town, with no money.22Please respect copyright.PENANA4uUfGmHIs4
Then he remembered that he had a chequebook. He wrote a self-cheque for 1,000 rupees and went to the bank. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAYnV8BiACIp
Weak and tired, he walked several kilometers to the bank.22Please respect copyright.PENANAwA4pcO1j6j
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANAXaaR5boeww
He tried his luck at a nearby ATM, but there was no money there, either.22Please respect copyright.PENANAWnOxpoOayN
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANAPzCMCajNQ1
Krishna gratefully accepted the food and thanked the bank employee. He took out the cash and went to the bus stop.22Please respect copyright.PENANAZwwRV8kzsT
There, he came to know that there were buses to Balharshah, so he waited. At 5:40 pm, his bus came. 22Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1QPH1y6Wf
He boarded it and reached the Asifabad bus stop in Telangana by 9 pm.22Please respect copyright.PENANAH3EEwDvuYV
He found out that the bus to Hyderabad would come at 10 pm. He had dinner while waiting for the bus.22Please respect copyright.PENANABolFw8cz62
At 10 pm, the bus arrived. Krishna happily got in, sat down, and finally reached Hyderabad and home.22Please respect copyright.PENANALwwYbEXaaJ
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.22Please respect copyright.PENANA72dYg9Ydj6
***“Om Namo Narayana”***22Please respect copyright.PENANAaD37B8PbZl
New life begins for Krishna with more twists.
See you soon.