
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.
Let's start:
Krishna had finished his studies and he was working at a call center. 170Please respect copyright.PENANA2yMDxXLBFb
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.”170Please respect copyright.PENANAFTPgw4wRvh
Thinking it’s in Delhi, Krishna agrees. 170Please respect copyright.PENANAvb4JylTXB5
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".170Please respect copyright.PENANAd2SrSWDvKM
Krishna believed in being honest and never cheating anyone. 170Please respect copyright.PENANALZxN5oLZZv
Even though he knew his family’s situation, he was determined: “No matter what, I will never let go of my honesty and integrity.”170Please respect copyright.PENANANNavA3eIv2
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAAqqVoIe7iF
At that moment, his friend told him about the job in Delhi, and Krishna said okay.170Please respect copyright.PENANAQtM74KC5Pe
A week later, he received a phone call for an interview from Delhi. The interview would be entirely over the phone.170Please respect copyright.PENANAPEd86NR81T
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAFq5jYWWYjt
After the interview, the interviewer told Krishna “You’re selected.”170Please respect copyright.PENANALG76cAguUl
He told his parents about the selection and left to Delhi for the job.170Please respect copyright.PENANAPjh0dlVtoy
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAMusYJokaS3
That person said the office wasn’t in Delhi but it is in Ghaziabad.170Please respect copyright.PENANABfsySCRMhd
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANA4g1K4QjxiU
It was Krishna’s first time in Delhi. He had to figure out where the metro station was, so he stepped outside. 170Please respect copyright.PENANAI5K2UISTR7
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAReKYmVHdD6
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAlfpka4txam
For the first time, he boarded the metro train in Delhi, he had never even been on a metro in Hyderabad. 170Please respect copyright.PENANAi7kA2wweuC
He asked a fellow passenger when his station would arrive.170Please respect copyright.PENANACsEWeRVEZJ
The man told him to follow the metro map. Krishna said okay and kept an eye on the map and the areas around him.170Please respect copyright.PENANAEc7t4SX0kZ
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. 170Please respect copyright.PENANApXoxzIDzYg
The person gave him a place name and said to take an auto from there.170Please respect copyright.PENANAIOx0w4Fz8M
Krishna took an auto and left. About 40 minutes later, he reached the location.170Please respect copyright.PENANAcc8vCbCaD1
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.”170Please respect copyright.PENANATx2FNnazzj
There, a man was already waiting for Krishna.170Please respect copyright.PENANA5nLDVgSYAN
Krishna called that man, and the two of them went to the room together.170Please respect copyright.PENANAq7fxF5K1dG
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANA3hsbaQ9ge1
The next day:170Please respect copyright.PENANArdVgRrYYlQ
Krishna reported at the office, submitted his documents, and looked around the office atmosphere.170Please respect copyright.PENANApBMOpkN8HG
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANADsNQLaR4SL
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAhP6HvVbIux
Since he’d already come, Krishna thought, “Let’s do something" and stayed.170Please respect copyright.PENANA7pcW9PCmWY
From the next day, he started attending five days of training. 170Please respect copyright.PENANARsDOpm9hA3
During the training, Krishna found out something "For the franchise, the company required an investment of 10,000 to 50,000 rupees".170Please respect copyright.PENANAod4S9dRU5n
The person who had called Krishna to Delhi hadn’t told him this at all. 170Please respect copyright.PENANAiBNbeSAaeL
Now, that man was telling and convincing Krishna to pay the money.170Please respect copyright.PENANAZYo9Uq7med
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAob3SlLA2c1
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAvWI13gvWBJ
Then he booked a train ticket online to Secunderabad.170Please respect copyright.PENANAgeVmHBYPKr
Just then, our Prime Minister Modi announced demonetization. 170Please respect copyright.PENANAthrQn41EqL
There was no money in the ATMs, and only a few banks were open, with limited hours.170Please respect copyright.PENANAmQUHPBlJvc
Even in the place where Krishna was, no banks were open.170Please respect copyright.PENANATLFKGeP3ar
Out of the money he’d brought, he had only 2,500 rupees left. 170Please respect copyright.PENANATIwYaGGFGZ
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAVhYYMF6pvy
The train from Delhi was at 5:30 pm, and Krishna left his room at 1:00 pm.170Please respect copyright.PENANAIlbpjmvlWI
He ate a meal for 70 rupees, leaving him with 130 rupees. Auto and metro charges together cost 65 rupees.170Please respect copyright.PENANAjuXpugVYYm
Confident that his online ticket would be enough, Krishna decided to travel with the remaining 65 rupees.170Please respect copyright.PENANApVooMjWyVC
He reached the Delhi railway station by 4:30 pm. The train came at 5:15 pm, and Krishna boarded it.170Please respect copyright.PENANAM0dQq2ktaI
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. 170Please respect copyright.PENANA6i7mxximxS
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAKgheJjFWxb
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAUup1rS2HeG
The TC told him, “It’s not my problem. If you have money, buy a new ticket. Otherwise, get down at the next station.”170Please respect copyright.PENANAxFk5ToAjVa
Krishna argued, saying he’d bought a ticket online, but the TC didn’t care and told him to leave.170Please respect copyright.PENANA0QYWpL8nZ9
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.”170Please respect copyright.PENANAXCUU48WGSs
Then he said what was the situation of him, why he came to Delhi all the story.170Please respect copyright.PENANAEswKJSXDaq
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAiII8p2rLl4
The train was passing through Maharashtra. Some unknown persons talking like "I will get down at Balharshah station". 170Please respect copyright.PENANA8MoQFtncAf
Krishna remembered the name of the place, Balharshah. He had traveled by the Balharshah train to attend his friend’s wedding in Mancherial.170Please respect copyright.PENANAf2BM1Z1rTq
But, It would take until 2 pm the next day to reach there. So Krishna spent the whole night awake, scared.170Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3hvXQLmFA
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAxVIdoerHwP
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANATo7MClHOkl
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANA282hGIYfhD
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.”170Please respect copyright.PENANANB4uiWMTvG
He thanked the people who had shared their food and got down at the next station.170Please respect copyright.PENANAiwQuinVMGG
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANApEVwPmgfg9
But the ATM didn’t work, and another ATM had a “No cash” sign. 170Please respect copyright.PENANAGnDzxQTtNS
Krishna was upset he was stuck in an unknown town, with no money.170Please respect copyright.PENANAr8EyJnRAVO
Then he remembered that he had a chequebook. He wrote a self-cheque for 1,000 rupees and went to the bank. 170Please respect copyright.PENANAZnqtQkOA4X
Weak and tired, he walked several kilometers to the bank.170Please respect copyright.PENANAVbkYWFXwlL
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAhMGAsXPph6
He tried his luck at a nearby ATM, but there was no money there, either.170Please respect copyright.PENANA6L2mLaWuXL
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAiBFWQsaAPj
Krishna gratefully accepted the food and thanked the bank employee. He took out the cash and went to the bus stop.170Please respect copyright.PENANAYvJPaRF4n7
There, he came to know that there were buses to Balharshah, so he waited. At 5:40 pm, his bus came. 170Please respect copyright.PENANA4fhPU4IF9n
He boarded it and reached the Asifabad bus stop in Telangana by 9 pm.170Please respect copyright.PENANAgdjO2ffOrN
He found out that the bus to Hyderabad would come at 10 pm. He had dinner while waiting for the bus.170Please respect copyright.PENANAZkj4vqwvka
At 10 pm, the bus arrived. Krishna happily got in, sat down, and finally reached Hyderabad and home.170Please respect copyright.PENANAtbaiLTNKE5
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.170Please respect copyright.PENANAiv2K8RcYTR
***“Om Namo Narayana”***170Please respect copyright.PENANAvgrbLZEpD5
New life begins for Krishna with more twists.
See you soon.