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. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfu462u0yJ
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.”49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QHcurASi5
Thinking it’s in Delhi, Krishna agrees. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnoAU4Y2SN
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".49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGohT9CFjUd
Krishna believed in being honest and never cheating anyone. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GmqURppZw
Even though he knew his family’s situation, he was determined: “No matter what, I will never let go of my honesty and integrity.”49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkHHqtr5D1
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1xi7zOyKW
At that moment, his friend told him about the job in Delhi, and Krishna said okay.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8WIbOW9cB
A week later, he received a phone call for an interview from Delhi. The interview would be entirely over the phone.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjHqEyBWIj
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxAO8nPKea
After the interview, the interviewer told Krishna “You’re selected.”49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZ2oQT7rug
He told his parents about the selection and left to Delhi for the job.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgqRTLe7RA
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYC67Oyn5vf
That person said the office wasn’t in Delhi but it is in Ghaziabad.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkk5bC2603L
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25kE3fiyMC
It was Krishna’s first time in Delhi. He had to figure out where the metro station was, so he stepped outside. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvESIhTHxmK
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCEyU40Iki
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7P62vUnrm
For the first time, he boarded the metro train in Delhi, he had never even been on a metro in Hyderabad. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrpiADo59V
He asked a fellow passenger when his station would arrive.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWG0WaeHI6Z
The man told him to follow the metro map. Krishna said okay and kept an eye on the map and the areas around him.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhxWSTsohg
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. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFt7kcIW1j
The person gave him a place name and said to take an auto from there.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0r8MhlheJt
Krishna took an auto and left. About 40 minutes later, he reached the location.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkniv49lH1
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.”49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4m26Wf3tj
There, a man was already waiting for Krishna.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHGPLSsuhZ
Krishna called that man, and the two of them went to the room together.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEfoR9QLxx
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMiyuzYl0d
The next day:49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOcVkBwOyJ
Krishna reported at the office, submitted his documents, and looked around the office atmosphere.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhcusoviIY
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkK66P7U1g
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTMhyDUFu7
Since he’d already come, Krishna thought, “Let’s do something" and stayed.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHlQXlswKL
From the next day, he started attending five days of training. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPvQC7ugWB
During the training, Krishna found out something "For the franchise, the company required an investment of 10,000 to 50,000 rupees".49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCIFK1aOlU
The person who had called Krishna to Delhi hadn’t told him this at all. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgoUpwGLyn
Now, that man was telling and convincing Krishna to pay the money.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3th3BEcSL
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YPBndZcIq
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfopyRsm1y
Then he booked a train ticket online to Secunderabad.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CzRpKbcBy
Just then, our Prime Minister Modi announced demonetization. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NypZRkQlW
There was no money in the ATMs, and only a few banks were open, with limited hours.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrGYmtw4tM
Even in the place where Krishna was, no banks were open.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa28w0WnR6S
Out of the money he’d brought, he had only 2,500 rupees left. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6M2N0fc71
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZEqiKSa2W
The train from Delhi was at 5:30 pm, and Krishna left his room at 1:00 pm.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNONRcH9Ip
He ate a meal for 70 rupees, leaving him with 130 rupees. Auto and metro charges together cost 65 rupees.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmkcowdVnG
Confident that his online ticket would be enough, Krishna decided to travel with the remaining 65 rupees.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmRAzoYT4E
He reached the Delhi railway station by 4:30 pm. The train came at 5:15 pm, and Krishna boarded it.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZcDFtsnUL
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. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMVH6uA9EV
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0xY6oVI70
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xexsrNPyT
The TC told him, “It’s not my problem. If you have money, buy a new ticket. Otherwise, get down at the next station.”49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFLxpRuQpa
Krishna argued, saying he’d bought a ticket online, but the TC didn’t care and told him to leave.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslyjMG1zT3
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.”49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsc1pbPrAz
Then he said what was the situation of him, why he came to Delhi all the story.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XKMhSP0E6
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVDS4sbp2n
The train was passing through Maharashtra. Some unknown persons talking like "I will get down at Balharshah station". 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMNjyh3sEj
Krishna remembered the name of the place, Balharshah. He had traveled by the Balharshah train to attend his friend’s wedding in Mancherial.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXKxzE31La
But, It would take until 2 pm the next day to reach there. So Krishna spent the whole night awake, scared.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0YEzyOBJH
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUh0MqaSlpg
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXn7I2vnth
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmh1QRK9Ox
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.”49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHjS7CsMW9
He thanked the people who had shared their food and got down at the next station.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70teDpNhlv
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCIiDcMMJn
But the ATM didn’t work, and another ATM had a “No cash” sign. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx61YfOCAJk
Krishna was upset he was stuck in an unknown town, with no money.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeRt0xXYZd
Then he remembered that he had a chequebook. He wrote a self-cheque for 1,000 rupees and went to the bank. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6b1ZWQ2K2f
Weak and tired, he walked several kilometers to the bank.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBb6Sxdx1j
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQllXav419
He tried his luck at a nearby ATM, but there was no money there, either.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYod4WFRQH
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49r0OJ58ap
Krishna gratefully accepted the food and thanked the bank employee. He took out the cash and went to the bus stop.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2y5yNzR1a
There, he came to know that there were buses to Balharshah, so he waited. At 5:40 pm, his bus came. 49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzM73uYRNjl
He boarded it and reached the Asifabad bus stop in Telangana by 9 pm.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKxfMbvwGg
He found out that the bus to Hyderabad would come at 10 pm. He had dinner while waiting for the bus.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyf8zp5elmU
At 10 pm, the bus arrived. Krishna happily got in, sat down, and finally reached Hyderabad and home.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9uzyaSiHR
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.49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKaFDnXBZ4
***“Om Namo Narayana”***49Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrY4NcTxw2p
New life begins for Krishna with more twists.
See you soon.
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