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. 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnRYE1d2cd
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.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSGGFi9isK
Thinking it’s in Delhi, Krishna agrees. 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaMS0LZHGo
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".101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoucdFQ3al8
Krishna believed in being honest and never cheating anyone. 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfUD6VUo3e
Even though he knew his family’s situation, he was determined: “No matter what, I will never let go of my honesty and integrity.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JHAH73MkN
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxlrUCbKp4
At that moment, his friend told him about the job in Delhi, and Krishna said okay.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzzGExTqcg
A week later, he received a phone call for an interview from Delhi. The interview would be entirely over the phone.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fXny8M3Kt
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkuqaEk7j9
After the interview, the interviewer told Krishna “You’re selected.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNwroI2pUF
He told his parents about the selection and left to Delhi for the job.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOQJkwnI6L
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtqNNiHgBd
That person said the office wasn’t in Delhi but it is in Ghaziabad.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHhRC2Xea0
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrGsLvM1H5
It was Krishna’s first time in Delhi. He had to figure out where the metro station was, so he stepped outside. 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAeQBQacu0
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbMaUbC8dM
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPUje5JyuY
For the first time, he boarded the metro train in Delhi, he had never even been on a metro in Hyderabad. 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡso66GUV1O7
He asked a fellow passenger when his station would arrive.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqETWWMDNTV
The man told him to follow the metro map. Krishna said okay and kept an eye on the map and the areas around him.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3VV7LUkYp
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. 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQ0FjDcOpc
The person gave him a place name and said to take an auto from there.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOpXKvUyGQ
Krishna took an auto and left. About 40 minutes later, he reached the location.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoaunJ6s08
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.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLxiniu4na
There, a man was already waiting for Krishna.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbr0DTP3PDv
Krishna called that man, and the two of them went to the room together.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jMym3Xh1y
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBICTaTVB0T
The next day:101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfbAA9lcuK
Krishna reported at the office, submitted his documents, and looked around the office atmosphere.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlAlOPLmZJ
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4akoRKvd7A
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvV5FSsJiCo
Since he’d already come, Krishna thought, “Let’s do something" and stayed.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdo6ZtXUF2w
From the next day, he started attending five days of training. 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVD4MZh6Ws
During the training, Krishna found out something "For the franchise, the company required an investment of 10,000 to 50,000 rupees".101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdY98sj7J0
The person who had called Krishna to Delhi hadn’t told him this at all. 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVCyqABEyD
Now, that man was telling and convincing Krishna to pay the money.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LaFNZ9lAf
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7En4ynD897
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnADylBQKH2
Then he booked a train ticket online to Secunderabad.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3ev1uSrOe
Just then, our Prime Minister Modi announced demonetization. 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlWf5EWDqa
There was no money in the ATMs, and only a few banks were open, with limited hours.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKLr0RYSC1
Even in the place where Krishna was, no banks were open.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxggFbGoz5
Out of the money he’d brought, he had only 2,500 rupees left. 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3t26LSMr7
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeqHn9ToDd
The train from Delhi was at 5:30 pm, and Krishna left his room at 1:00 pm.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAuyxqFHcn
He ate a meal for 70 rupees, leaving him with 130 rupees. Auto and metro charges together cost 65 rupees.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2We7AMS4I8
Confident that his online ticket would be enough, Krishna decided to travel with the remaining 65 rupees.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhnc4ziYDZ
He reached the Delhi railway station by 4:30 pm. The train came at 5:15 pm, and Krishna boarded it.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7As7a70iQw
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. 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgzxV45YVh
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMr1N8y3r2X
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbkyRESAnT
The TC told him, “It’s not my problem. If you have money, buy a new ticket. Otherwise, get down at the next station.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡih0ld9Bbyk
Krishna argued, saying he’d bought a ticket online, but the TC didn’t care and told him to leave.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiH14oUtlr3
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.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHlYbTL3eV
Then he said what was the situation of him, why he came to Delhi all the story.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdL8ISTOeu1
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyliXhOrrZw
The train was passing through Maharashtra. Some unknown persons talking like "I will get down at Balharshah station". 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZ0EUnuApA
Krishna remembered the name of the place, Balharshah. He had traveled by the Balharshah train to attend his friend’s wedding in Mancherial.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTYETrBUzo
But, It would take until 2 pm the next day to reach there. So Krishna spent the whole night awake, scared.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1dxvUJjXU
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQJPpsXytD
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfg3pxuRtS
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yL8isuxBA
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.”101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOjXgso5eQ
He thanked the people who had shared their food and got down at the next station.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFqH3WnC69
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClEWM2F6XN
But the ATM didn’t work, and another ATM had a “No cash” sign. 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3wGE3j0IZ
Krishna was upset he was stuck in an unknown town, with no money.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP37Z20afRJ
Then he remembered that he had a chequebook. He wrote a self-cheque for 1,000 rupees and went to the bank. 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbB9LOPx7O
Weak and tired, he walked several kilometers to the bank.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz11nFHSXHl
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV46Oi8PvaB
He tried his luck at a nearby ATM, but there was no money there, either.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmGTx6hUh1
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXawJKpjxw
Krishna gratefully accepted the food and thanked the bank employee. He took out the cash and went to the bus stop.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4mCsiNKZE
There, he came to know that there were buses to Balharshah, so he waited. At 5:40 pm, his bus came. 101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcNGQqN3Qh
He boarded it and reached the Asifabad bus stop in Telangana by 9 pm.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkewW86tv9q
He found out that the bus to Hyderabad would come at 10 pm. He had dinner while waiting for the bus.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6uKdSaB0i
At 10 pm, the bus arrived. Krishna happily got in, sat down, and finally reached Hyderabad and home.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzS7I7oeni
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.101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRC4qSVThb
***“Om Namo Narayana”***101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡes3wySpoW6
New life begins for Krishna with more twists.
See you soon.
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