This is the first time that I am attempting an article in a very different way. Let me tell you beforehand the gist of this article – jiske naseeb mein jo likha hai, wo usiko milta hai!!!
There are 2 main characters in this real life incidence.
1) The beggar on the foot-over-bridge of Goregaon station.
2) myself.
I will describe the incidence at various points in time.
The night before this incidence happened:
1) That beggar must have requested God to make her next day better than her present day.
2) I requested God to convince the Mayor of Mumbai to inaugurate my book.
11.45 AM that day:
1) That beggar must have been begging since morning but not got anything from the commuters passing by her.
2) The meeting with the Mayor was fruitful and she told me to go to BMC office at CST and confirm the timing.
1.00 PM that day:
1) That beggar must have stared at her bowl and must have wondered as to why did she get just 2 coins of Re.1 since morning. Where did all the kindness from people’s heart go?
2) After a very tiring morning, I was very hungry and so bought a packet of HIDE-N-SEEK at CST station. I was sitting at the window seat and was being happy at the fact that Mayor of Mumbai was ready to launch my book. I tore open the packet of biscuits and was so hungry that I had decided that I would eat all the biscuits in one go!
1.15 PM that day:
1) That beggar must have lost all the hope of a positive day ahead.
2) Out of 12 biscuits, I ate 8 and wanted to eat something salty. A Groundnutwala came and I took groundnuts worth 5 rupees. I started eating groundnuts and in the next 5 minutes my hunger vanished.
1.20 PM that day:
1) That beggar must have got one Re.1 coin from some good-hearted commuter.
2) There were only 4 HIDE-N-SEEK biscuits left in the packet. I was not willing to eat any further. I didn’t want to throw away the biscuits and so I was waiting for some urchin to come into the bogie and thereby I would have done away with the biscuits in a proper way.
1.40 PM that day:
1) That beggar must have started wondering “does God exist?”
2) The train reached Bandra station. I still had those last 4 biscuits with me. Since I hadn’t found any urchin in the last 20 minutes, I had kept those 4 biscuits in the bag. Just as the train was about to start from Bandra station, one beggar suddenly flashed in front of my eyes. Just as I was about to take out those last 4 biscuits, the train gathered speed and that beggar was nowhere in sight! I missed the chance of getting rid of those 4 biscuits…
1.45 PM that day:
1) That beggar must have lost all the hope of having a good day ahead.
2) The train reached Khar Road station. I was standing at the door and was so frustrated of having those last 4 biscuits with me that I was thinking of throwing those biscuits on the track.
1.46 PM that day:
1) Somehow, God thought “enough was enough” and thought of making that beggar happy!
2) Just as I was about to throw those last 4 biscuits away, I changed my mind and kept that packet again in the bag.
2.05 PM that day:
1) That beggar must have started believing that her day would be as ordinary as any other day!
2) I alighted at Goregaon station. I normally take the 2nd foot-over-bridge. I changed my mind and took the 1st foot-over-bridge (the one on which that beggar was sitting).
2.06 PM that day:
1) That beggar must have started hating God and must have thought of going to sleep in the midst of hot afternoon.
2) Just as I was passing by that beggar, I first chose to ignore that beggar. But, suddenly I changed my mind and took out those last 4 HIDE-N-SEEK biscuits and gave them to the beggar.
2.07 PM that day:
1) That beggar became happy!!!!!
2) I became happy because I did a good deed and also I got rid of those last 4 biscuits…!
All in all, from the above real life incidence, I strongly feel that – jiske naseeb mein jo hai, wo use milta hi hai!...
Think about it………..!
