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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. 13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4PJMroQUI
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.”13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWDzxQhAMY
Thinking it’s in Delhi, Krishna agrees. 13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHS8M9I5nH
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".13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPckZDmpHQj
Krishna believed in being honest and never cheating anyone. 13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zH3JyV9Y8
Even though he knew his family’s situation, he was determined: “No matter what, I will never let go of my honesty and integrity.”13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43cMAsnSOF
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7I3SoyKdhD
At that moment, his friend told him about the job in Delhi, and Krishna said okay.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Q8z0WIHXp
A week later, he received a phone call for an interview from Delhi. The interview would be entirely over the phone.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wUHAtBi80
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHWOc0D8nS
After the interview, the interviewer told Krishna “You’re selected.”13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXlvQo81fq
He told his parents about the selection and left to Delhi for the job.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1zqrUnVcH
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQNJpluQd7
That person said the office wasn’t in Delhi but it is in Ghaziabad.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRy6lE1MKZ
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2Pg7wgvRW
It was Krishna’s first time in Delhi. He had to figure out where the metro station was, so he stepped outside. 13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNbefpTpXf
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIXLRBdUQ6
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEp9TMzDGFL
For the first time, he boarded the metro train in Delhi, he had never even been on a metro in Hyderabad. 13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMIU0jnwPV
He asked a fellow passenger when his station would arrive.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7GlUbrLqx
The man told him to follow the metro map. Krishna said okay and kept an eye on the map and the areas around him.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvON6m5wdE
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. 13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhUhMIJa6E
The person gave him a place name and said to take an auto from there.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGoxPC7nNX
Krishna took an auto and left. About 40 minutes later, he reached the location.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODV3u5qFXO
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.”13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TGCESlUDh
There, a man was already waiting for Krishna.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosqo9nExyG
Krishna called that man, and the two of them went to the room together.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1Uev4rYTF
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9KXScSGJq
The next day:13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlVJrlKGNu
Krishna reported at the office, submitted his documents, and looked around the office atmosphere.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GiUuZCtf3
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1DcftDjPU
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIt6DX0tOqG
Since he’d already come, Krishna thought, “Let’s do something" and stayed.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAYUEe6WwW
From the next day, he started attending five days of training. 13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7doeZnm8qL
During the training, Krishna found out something "For the franchise, the company required an investment of 10,000 to 50,000 rupees".13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YXaqj6U5S
The person who had called Krishna to Delhi hadn’t told him this at all. 13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUEsYLq5tx
Now, that man was telling and convincing Krishna to pay the money.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCllqKW5k5
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzY67D11nG
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQg9wCI6x45
Then he booked a train ticket online to Secunderabad.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHRM6SjP31
Just then, our Prime Minister Modi announced demonetization. 13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfU3Agrf6G
There was no money in the ATMs, and only a few banks were open, with limited hours.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgSM4bbhmB
Even in the place where Krishna was, no banks were open.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFssINFm8E
Out of the money he’d brought, he had only 2,500 rupees left. 13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡns4bRxom5L
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWt7Z4zQYOd
The train from Delhi was at 5:30 pm, and Krishna left his room at 1:00 pm.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BIlpCAw29
He ate a meal for 70 rupees, leaving him with 130 rupees. Auto and metro charges together cost 65 rupees.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2xC4Y2eRN
Confident that his online ticket would be enough, Krishna decided to travel with the remaining 65 rupees.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXV12Wpb22y
He reached the Delhi railway station by 4:30 pm. The train came at 5:15 pm, and Krishna boarded it.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSlYKGyXWP
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. 13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2FhLDn6SK
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWUHEXW350
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8HxV3aNV4
The TC told him, “It’s not my problem. If you have money, buy a new ticket. Otherwise, get down at the next station.”13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMSNU9kH6e
Krishna argued, saying he’d bought a ticket online, but the TC didn’t care and told him to leave.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1T8m0YiyRA
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.”13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3P2LdtnvE
Then he said what was the situation of him, why he came to Delhi all the story.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzct1mEYJFO
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqE81uHGepH
The train was passing through Maharashtra. Some unknown persons talking like "I will get down at Balharshah station". 13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwetUHVqDBA
Krishna remembered the name of the place, Balharshah. He had traveled by the Balharshah train to attend his friend’s wedding in Mancherial.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLDRta5HAK
But, It would take until 2 pm the next day to reach there. So Krishna spent the whole night awake, scared.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCCTJJ8JqO
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyZGfVDEk8
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekuiA3nSmu
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYdYdGhhES
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.”13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqmBD5s0Y8
He thanked the people who had shared their food and got down at the next station.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKSusXdj3j
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUUdQzYM17
But the ATM didn’t work, and another ATM had a “No cash” sign. 13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYPP7cgc0Q
Krishna was upset he was stuck in an unknown town, with no money.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBD2xINZjK
Then he remembered that he had a chequebook. He wrote a self-cheque for 1,000 rupees and went to the bank. 13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAacHVPORT
Weak and tired, he walked several kilometers to the bank.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYapIc66zA
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCME168ASAY
He tried his luck at a nearby ATM, but there was no money there, either.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vKzLM2jeZ
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2g38oVlgd
Krishna gratefully accepted the food and thanked the bank employee. He took out the cash and went to the bus stop.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sDo110amu
There, he came to know that there were buses to Balharshah, so he waited. At 5:40 pm, his bus came. 13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1W9VeS8R30
He boarded it and reached the Asifabad bus stop in Telangana by 9 pm.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqikXj6i13H
He found out that the bus to Hyderabad would come at 10 pm. He had dinner while waiting for the bus.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsvIz7UXUE
At 10 pm, the bus arrived. Krishna happily got in, sat down, and finally reached Hyderabad and home.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZ4NtFL5eH
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoGAGySXma
***“Om Namo Narayana”***13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyczj1ObRTC
New life begins for Krishna with more twists.
See you soon.
