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. 74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8rLFzOgac
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.”74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHysyJqI1s
Thinking it’s in Delhi, Krishna agrees. 74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8ocXnmAJB
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".74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZVKcI31XE
Krishna believed in being honest and never cheating anyone. 74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNtvfyojCY
Even though he knew his family’s situation, he was determined: “No matter what, I will never let go of my honesty and integrity.”74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqqMh63dpj
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooEIDZKSGG
At that moment, his friend told him about the job in Delhi, and Krishna said okay.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63LJ6AZlCY
A week later, he received a phone call for an interview from Delhi. The interview would be entirely over the phone.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorRzQARJqi
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEZEdrS9nO
After the interview, the interviewer told Krishna “You’re selected.”74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhyrHsdl57
He told his parents about the selection and left to Delhi for the job.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiPkLZHnw7
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JhL88h4z4
That person said the office wasn’t in Delhi but it is in Ghaziabad.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3XvKJFbhp
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDE4rWSEimK
It was Krishna’s first time in Delhi. He had to figure out where the metro station was, so he stepped outside. 74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDsHt7dyUb
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYIaoEuiSR
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4AtYJMBg0
For the first time, he boarded the metro train in Delhi, he had never even been on a metro in Hyderabad. 74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWbeqyhVSP
He asked a fellow passenger when his station would arrive.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptDCatJx7e
The man told him to follow the metro map. Krishna said okay and kept an eye on the map and the areas around him.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCWA9TbmjI
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. 74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9ZEzVLYbz
The person gave him a place name and said to take an auto from there.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1UeQoqiO2
Krishna took an auto and left. About 40 minutes later, he reached the location.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGMBZUoFKi
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.”74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtZSLYDRLn
There, a man was already waiting for Krishna.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBn0Gs0x1eS
Krishna called that man, and the two of them went to the room together.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgOvIMjWGK
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDBJwHb6wc
The next day:74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0jOyam18p
Krishna reported at the office, submitted his documents, and looked around the office atmosphere.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡny2p7lPsRf
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxheIcvGi7i
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8m8ddmfkj
Since he’d already come, Krishna thought, “Let’s do something" and stayed.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qeofJ9Jzb
From the next day, he started attending five days of training. 74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5tUFgCrjc
During the training, Krishna found out something "For the franchise, the company required an investment of 10,000 to 50,000 rupees".74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEGj4SjGbZ
The person who had called Krishna to Delhi hadn’t told him this at all. 74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRH6gnHkyF
Now, that man was telling and convincing Krishna to pay the money.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVq5OBY1y7
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2ZhgW4uoZ
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxluOZX4n6
Then he booked a train ticket online to Secunderabad.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiffHnmsEO
Just then, our Prime Minister Modi announced demonetization. 74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90IDN3DByx
There was no money in the ATMs, and only a few banks were open, with limited hours.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BxQ8NW5N6
Even in the place where Krishna was, no banks were open.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdFqnBJBJA
Out of the money he’d brought, he had only 2,500 rupees left. 74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDUabSnfgA
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxW5jcf57JP
The train from Delhi was at 5:30 pm, and Krishna left his room at 1:00 pm.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6ZzEijHYs
He ate a meal for 70 rupees, leaving him with 130 rupees. Auto and metro charges together cost 65 rupees.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTVWAFcWGj
Confident that his online ticket would be enough, Krishna decided to travel with the remaining 65 rupees.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgraY5mRXi
He reached the Delhi railway station by 4:30 pm. The train came at 5:15 pm, and Krishna boarded it.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqpiQevpiI
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. 74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxrNqhdRgv
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0MD7HmoxZ
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3VxgBWMi9
The TC told him, “It’s not my problem. If you have money, buy a new ticket. Otherwise, get down at the next station.”74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNvCjXVolk
Krishna argued, saying he’d bought a ticket online, but the TC didn’t care and told him to leave.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsETZcElni6
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.”74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVlERh3VCz
Then he said what was the situation of him, why he came to Delhi all the story.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMzncENSAE
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpS3DkihYo
The train was passing through Maharashtra. Some unknown persons talking like "I will get down at Balharshah station". 74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡef3LZARMHX
Krishna remembered the name of the place, Balharshah. He had traveled by the Balharshah train to attend his friend’s wedding in Mancherial.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ76gSHuEM5
But, It would take until 2 pm the next day to reach there. So Krishna spent the whole night awake, scared.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzbMkjW0VN
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCMwLlTpeY
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCM3VuNorcD
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34dkjO50EE
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.”74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDhT7NZLBq
He thanked the people who had shared their food and got down at the next station.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvJjitAIPw
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdI4EvOMiy2
But the ATM didn’t work, and another ATM had a “No cash” sign. 74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zyJ8bZHa3
Krishna was upset he was stuck in an unknown town, with no money.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzllT0WsKfW
Then he remembered that he had a chequebook. He wrote a self-cheque for 1,000 rupees and went to the bank. 74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNXM3BkiDr
Weak and tired, he walked several kilometers to the bank.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPprZ2IXW80
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMIdCdCoqm
He tried his luck at a nearby ATM, but there was no money there, either.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdv2C3S4Ov
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEtFjyS50J
Krishna gratefully accepted the food and thanked the bank employee. He took out the cash and went to the bus stop.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuftXqAArg6
There, he came to know that there were buses to Balharshah, so he waited. At 5:40 pm, his bus came. 74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8kmWG4Tt8
He boarded it and reached the Asifabad bus stop in Telangana by 9 pm.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU621aC1xfT
He found out that the bus to Hyderabad would come at 10 pm. He had dinner while waiting for the bus.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7HSloDRJk
At 10 pm, the bus arrived. Krishna happily got in, sat down, and finally reached Hyderabad and home.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSTY6s40FP
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorYpO42D4t
***“Om Namo Narayana”***74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzfp8jvdHp
New life begins for Krishna with more twists.
See you soon.
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