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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. 19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGcHwuWjiK
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.”19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sNwurJrdS
Thinking it’s in Delhi, Krishna agrees. 19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8hoaqFTsq
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".19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaINpkFVvLF
Krishna believed in being honest and never cheating anyone. 19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3s3IxcPAg
Even though he knew his family’s situation, he was determined: “No matter what, I will never let go of my honesty and integrity.”19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhcLEP7VkB
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJi7sbTWu49
At that moment, his friend told him about the job in Delhi, and Krishna said okay.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHgDsEciL9
A week later, he received a phone call for an interview from Delhi. The interview would be entirely over the phone.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGSvxfG3Ey
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1xYnv1L3W
After the interview, the interviewer told Krishna “You’re selected.”19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxDUsNptXr
He told his parents about the selection and left to Delhi for the job.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBL60ypB29
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLn2MSfxvW
That person said the office wasn’t in Delhi but it is in Ghaziabad.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4tR56SIwy
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6c0zTafXo
It was Krishna’s first time in Delhi. He had to figure out where the metro station was, so he stepped outside. 19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHO3lUr0Y8
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXL1YMYQR6
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QAoYh6SGC
For the first time, he boarded the metro train in Delhi, he had never even been on a metro in Hyderabad. 19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkbWITXQJI
He asked a fellow passenger when his station would arrive.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDX9buiivq
The man told him to follow the metro map. Krishna said okay and kept an eye on the map and the areas around him.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HfKBJBZno
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. 19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIU9QsocAdH
The person gave him a place name and said to take an auto from there.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3swjM5BXn
Krishna took an auto and left. About 40 minutes later, he reached the location.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2wNSrDvMO
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.”19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssR1eaFnbs
There, a man was already waiting for Krishna.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPP2TYsIpe6
Krishna called that man, and the two of them went to the room together.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJBi2kGf3x
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVLqMJzLIA
The next day:19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkw2Z889fq
Krishna reported at the office, submitted his documents, and looked around the office atmosphere.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUBgRio69b
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VvN9Arz7V
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYXkVoWjV6
Since he’d already come, Krishna thought, “Let’s do something" and stayed.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9K4MKdIva
From the next day, he started attending five days of training. 19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTw7Dep9CzL
During the training, Krishna found out something "For the franchise, the company required an investment of 10,000 to 50,000 rupees".19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7DJprL3hQ
The person who had called Krishna to Delhi hadn’t told him this at all. 19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWLCzv2VHE
Now, that man was telling and convincing Krishna to pay the money.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8rVKkJ6zh
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCfmexsl5Q
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzxjL7iUkm
Then he booked a train ticket online to Secunderabad.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VXKMqaLHJ
Just then, our Prime Minister Modi announced demonetization. 19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHDuKZwY9P
There was no money in the ATMs, and only a few banks were open, with limited hours.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooj01XpQeT
Even in the place where Krishna was, no banks were open.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexZl8elnX3
Out of the money he’d brought, he had only 2,500 rupees left. 19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWKW2UC1b4
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TgNJNF9ZG
The train from Delhi was at 5:30 pm, and Krishna left his room at 1:00 pm.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVxQfn36of
He ate a meal for 70 rupees, leaving him with 130 rupees. Auto and metro charges together cost 65 rupees.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TgReesln5
Confident that his online ticket would be enough, Krishna decided to travel with the remaining 65 rupees.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnAN2NEsi5
He reached the Delhi railway station by 4:30 pm. The train came at 5:15 pm, and Krishna boarded it.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU43FWDyM23
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. 19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0baoB3dqPb
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVaDEBpz47
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPTWjIkicI
The TC told him, “It’s not my problem. If you have money, buy a new ticket. Otherwise, get down at the next station.”19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbBoqnSuhK
Krishna argued, saying he’d bought a ticket online, but the TC didn’t care and told him to leave.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsEaX6v3n1
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.”19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXuwSyDrft
Then he said what was the situation of him, why he came to Delhi all the story.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTB8NQObRB5
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvnhV8Fc8d
The train was passing through Maharashtra. Some unknown persons talking like "I will get down at Balharshah station". 19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqyIN2lNaA
Krishna remembered the name of the place, Balharshah. He had traveled by the Balharshah train to attend his friend’s wedding in Mancherial.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuAug6EM62
But, It would take until 2 pm the next day to reach there. So Krishna spent the whole night awake, scared.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopoOsdyMnW
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLId2P0OMhC
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooHg0DtFPY
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6JQcyhC8s
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.”19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiBa5VRpD0
He thanked the people who had shared their food and got down at the next station.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9SommwaYK
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9NwHEtT16
But the ATM didn’t work, and another ATM had a “No cash” sign. 19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgmse0DlFf
Krishna was upset he was stuck in an unknown town, with no money.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuAGuC0XMh
Then he remembered that he had a chequebook. He wrote a self-cheque for 1,000 rupees and went to the bank. 19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgehxNioOm
Weak and tired, he walked several kilometers to the bank.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysWkut1GtU
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7CHdNp1F5
He tried his luck at a nearby ATM, but there was no money there, either.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TjUo8ZnFe
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaMk0BQEf0
Krishna gratefully accepted the food and thanked the bank employee. He took out the cash and went to the bus stop.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1UXdImL1U
There, he came to know that there were buses to Balharshah, so he waited. At 5:40 pm, his bus came. 19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4DupUiYPv
He boarded it and reached the Asifabad bus stop in Telangana by 9 pm.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfQwyuRlHu
He found out that the bus to Hyderabad would come at 10 pm. He had dinner while waiting for the bus.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZlEsRXKPo
At 10 pm, the bus arrived. Krishna happily got in, sat down, and finally reached Hyderabad and home.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIWaHhNVvm
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDcZ5S1IHS
***“Om Namo Narayana”***19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgK6HpXO8Vx
New life begins for Krishna with more twists.
See you soon.
