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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. 75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSun8ozWJY
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.”75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEbvDgPwuQ
Thinking it’s in Delhi, Krishna agrees. 75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKqMxXw6on
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".75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YCasHYzYR
Krishna believed in being honest and never cheating anyone. 75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pFR2iMXGv
Even though he knew his family’s situation, he was determined: “No matter what, I will never let go of my honesty and integrity.”75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOMCzbC305
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGTPBfbDl9
At that moment, his friend told him about the job in Delhi, and Krishna said okay.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt11WlU8aOu
A week later, he received a phone call for an interview from Delhi. The interview would be entirely over the phone.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtHOX1PdMa
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vBUECEGiZ
After the interview, the interviewer told Krishna “You’re selected.”75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ619S0oIW4A
He told his parents about the selection and left to Delhi for the job.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb99qbuczNB
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbr8ZQtFOQ
That person said the office wasn’t in Delhi but it is in Ghaziabad.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjCH1blS9a
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡct9KXKZbOR
It was Krishna’s first time in Delhi. He had to figure out where the metro station was, so he stepped outside. 75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfqFNiPwsx
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLBCZ2janH
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMFmHz9MFF
For the first time, he boarded the metro train in Delhi, he had never even been on a metro in Hyderabad. 75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWEEGsPYFI
He asked a fellow passenger when his station would arrive.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJXr0IpxII
The man told him to follow the metro map. Krishna said okay and kept an eye on the map and the areas around him.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaodtq9FHhH
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. 75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUoKUxlNjy
The person gave him a place name and said to take an auto from there.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQ4lexFHJj
Krishna took an auto and left. About 40 minutes later, he reached the location.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1I2MbpFHE1
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.”75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCGiyqsXqM
There, a man was already waiting for Krishna.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzIIcgyZw3
Krishna called that man, and the two of them went to the room together.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVvpjp6XMY
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtftZwfgP3P
The next day:75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITDkfOnivA
Krishna reported at the office, submitted his documents, and looked around the office atmosphere.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqjY1Qk2Ff
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqIeKklrzt
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtaNjIn1pm
Since he’d already come, Krishna thought, “Let’s do something" and stayed.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XPW5AnvAP
From the next day, he started attending five days of training. 75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRd4dJniR2Z
During the training, Krishna found out something "For the franchise, the company required an investment of 10,000 to 50,000 rupees".75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN52cHaJprG
The person who had called Krishna to Delhi hadn’t told him this at all. 75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWZdb6Kg0f
Now, that man was telling and convincing Krishna to pay the money.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeByRhyXYmU
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuM0SwrsXzq
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9poAlT3N5
Then he booked a train ticket online to Secunderabad.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEd2d1j6E7
Just then, our Prime Minister Modi announced demonetization. 75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyg21g91Lrk
There was no money in the ATMs, and only a few banks were open, with limited hours.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnDQb2ljgC
Even in the place where Krishna was, no banks were open.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFX6lFuDFjo
Out of the money he’d brought, he had only 2,500 rupees left. 75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4vJy5K3mt
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh52rIxbJe9
The train from Delhi was at 5:30 pm, and Krishna left his room at 1:00 pm.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaXA0F7cA2
He ate a meal for 70 rupees, leaving him with 130 rupees. Auto and metro charges together cost 65 rupees.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGv4ppJiYmk
Confident that his online ticket would be enough, Krishna decided to travel with the remaining 65 rupees.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡse09JDN7BH
He reached the Delhi railway station by 4:30 pm. The train came at 5:15 pm, and Krishna boarded it.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJ9PSqhhym
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. 75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hQwhpzfFo
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAXL4Liko6
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfwdyMaLUV
The TC told him, “It’s not my problem. If you have money, buy a new ticket. Otherwise, get down at the next station.”75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0hQgZUPIC
Krishna argued, saying he’d bought a ticket online, but the TC didn’t care and told him to leave.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HTrKI7peX
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.”75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFWgShWQa1
Then he said what was the situation of him, why he came to Delhi all the story.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8dFzEv6kJ
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSG96P8It9
The train was passing through Maharashtra. Some unknown persons talking like "I will get down at Balharshah station". 75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTErMVgL6tM
Krishna remembered the name of the place, Balharshah. He had traveled by the Balharshah train to attend his friend’s wedding in Mancherial.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJic0HdnhRy
But, It would take until 2 pm the next day to reach there. So Krishna spent the whole night awake, scared.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1apL082Sz
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAvZ3UUg9f
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVqHQbSfVA
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMR3A2SSRL
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.”75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3EUcFXnDz
He thanked the people who had shared their food and got down at the next station.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlfdMUdh6c
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXqx293FQY
But the ATM didn’t work, and another ATM had a “No cash” sign. 75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZs3VbiqoxI
Krishna was upset he was stuck in an unknown town, with no money.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGY9WCctU8M
Then he remembered that he had a chequebook. He wrote a self-cheque for 1,000 rupees and went to the bank. 75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgiadB6zvE
Weak and tired, he walked several kilometers to the bank.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTQph2YYlU
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqZJyyOTTs
He tried his luck at a nearby ATM, but there was no money there, either.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmfAi91Zii
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr98tffg0cq
Krishna gratefully accepted the food and thanked the bank employee. He took out the cash and went to the bus stop.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikfoij7BcE
There, he came to know that there were buses to Balharshah, so he waited. At 5:40 pm, his bus came. 75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2TkEFSICY
He boarded it and reached the Asifabad bus stop in Telangana by 9 pm.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9baDT5lk8V
He found out that the bus to Hyderabad would come at 10 pm. He had dinner while waiting for the bus.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkNrIBbRqw
At 10 pm, the bus arrived. Krishna happily got in, sat down, and finally reached Hyderabad and home.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNN5wzGDVs
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.75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQV4y74aAx
***“Om Namo Narayana”***75Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNcw68knlC
New life begins for Krishna with more twists.
See you soon.
