“Good luck seldom comes in pairs but bad things never walk alone” - Chinese Proverb
I believe the happenings in Life are pre-destined. God’s will is ultimate and everything happens for a reason. It;’s high time I realise the importance of being a bit more careful and also taking life a bit more seriously.
After a dreadful trip to
“EVERYTHING DOESN'T GO AS YOU EXPECT ALL THE TIME”
Well, here is a conversation between someone (whom most of you think you know….neways keep guessing) and me. Again it’s upto you to decide whether this piece of work is fictional or factual…. Go ahead and have a look into the happenings of one day I will never forget in life………..ever. Without beating around the bush, let’s jump straight forward into the conversation.
ME: am jus back from
“SHE”: yea ok...
“SHE”: ohhh nice
ME: And today has been one of the worst days I’ve ever faced... jus like the day I dint get thro my JEE......
ME: dumbest day I ever had
ME: and nine others’ day too was spoilt by jus a lil bit of carelessness on my part
“SHE”: ohh why........
ME: wait lemme tell ya
ME: Well 10 of us planned to go to Kolkata today. Just for some masti, Rang De Basanti and a dash of babes. Huge planning went in. We got up at 4:30 in the morning and made a dash for the train to
“SHE”: yea...
“SHE”: hey...no suspense...tell wat happnd
“SHE”: okay...
“SHE”: u keep tellin...
ME: and then
ME: we could catch the train at 5:40 and then we alighted at
“SHE”: okay...then
ME: barely had I walked a few metres down, towards the exit gate.... did I realize that my mobile was missing
“SHE”: ohhh my god...
ME: this act of carelessness will weigh over my head for years to come..........
ME: I should have checked my pocket once I got up from my seat....but then things were destined to be different
“SHE”: ok ...did u really lose it...did ya find it...???
ME: we rushed back and all of us ran back to the passenger, which already was jus hooting for its return journey
“SHE”: ok
“SHE”: ohhh...
“SHE”: then...
ME: we made a frantic dash to the passenger train and each of us... I mean we were 10 in all.... got into different coaches of the passenger
“SHE”: ohhh...
ME: 4 of us ... Siva (U will remember this name for long), Kiran, Praneeth and me were in the same bogie.... and this passenger train doesn’t have vestibules for
“SHE”: ohhh ok...
ME: all the others who boarded the running train also could courageously check the seats of the coach they were in and get off at Howrah itself without any untoward incident happening
“SHE”: ok
ME: but the 4 of us stayed back in the bogie (the aforementioned 4) with the thought that we could get off the next station and check the remaining coaches.
“SHE”: hmmm....
“SHE”: haha...
Giri, Ravi n Kiran after a hectic day....
Is it the smile or the exhaustion???
ME: We started feeling tense........ And before a minute could pass during that terse situation... something really unwarranted, something unnecessary happened in an instant... jus like that.......... wham
“SHE”: wat was tht
“SHE”:
ME: Please stop foolin around and listen
ME: why would that ever be unwarranted?
ME: Siva was leaning outside the entrance and before he could realise, a huge steel structure from the back caught his head and he was on the ground in an instant.
“SHE”: yea ok ok...sorry
“SHE”: tell
“SHE”: my goodness...
ME: Before we could realise anything that utterly sonorous steel pounding on the head.... that made a whirr in the ears
“SHE”: okay...
ME: I made a dash to the pull the chains.... but it being a local train... (And that too a west Bengal local), neither the train nor the engine driver would respond to the emergency situation... and we were moving away from him(Siva) at full speed... without the slightest hint as to what had ever happened to this guy after he fell... My head was full of insinuations... and ugly thoughts as to what all could have happened
“SHE”: hmmm...ok
ME: I could not control my mind from wandering into the various possibilities that might have arisen as a result of his fall.
“SHE”: ok ok
ME: We got down at the next station with not much effort going into searching for the cell phone.... but much more concerned abt the person who, right before our eyes, had a heavy dose of steel thump his head....
ME: Various situations crossed my mind
“SHE”: okayy...
ME: Luckily Kiran and Praneeth too had mobiles and we could intimate the other 6 in the station abt the freak accident... I wonder if I can term it freak..... Things like these would have been averted jus with a slight dosage of common sense... And we were walking back to
“SHE”: wat happnd ra...I’m not gettin
“SHE”: okayy..........
ME: We called Siva (Luckily for us..... He was having a mobile too) and he was able to speak.... His being able to speak lifted a huge burden of our heads. I admire Kiran for the calmness he showed at such an odd situation. Always figuring out what best to do next
“SHE”: ok...
ME: we completed one fourth of the required length we needed to go to reach Siva on the rails when we had a phone call saying that Siva had been shifted to the first aid room with the help of the six guyz out there
“SHE”: ok ok...good
ME: I instantly heaved a huge sigh of relief.... But then I was still worried abt the extent of injuries that might have occurred... both internal and external
“SHE”: hmmm...ok...
ME: We walked all the way back to
“SHE”: yea then wat...ok....
ME: When is saw that guy lying so helplessly on the cot at the first aid centre... I instantly felt something was wrong... Hardly do my intuitions turn out true... but then one cannot ignore everything everytime
“SHE”: okay....thenn...
ME: Blood was oozing from the back of his head and let me tell you the sound of the steel on his head was running through my ears so clearly and the whole event was moving like a tape right in front of my eyes.
“SHE”: hmmm.....looks so cinematic ra...then wat happnd...hope he is fine
ME: he had scratches on his face, his back, a lot of flesh removed on the hand and he was so pathetic looking
“SHE”: ohhh...
ME: Such an energetic, vivacious, bubbly person seemed totally out of life... His gait suggested that he was too weak to do anything
ME: We allowed him to rest for a while
“SHE”: ok ok
ME: and then later took him to a nearby Private hospital where the doctor did preliminary tests and asked us to go for a CT scan to determine internal injuries to the brain if any
“SHE”: ohhh ok ok...
ME: We were referred to the
“SHE”: ohhh...
Glimpse of the Howrah Bridge from the taxi
on the way to Govt. Medical College.
ME: The CT scan was done... and after some doses of ELECTRAL and a few biscuits... this guy started feeling better... The CT Scan report was out and it read no DISCREPANCIES or ABNORMAILITIES.......Things started looking better (let me not call it rosy). We were beginning to feel better until a medico in the clinic spotted a white lobe in the CT scan and suggested that there might be internal bleeding in the brain... in which case it would be really dangerous for survival in the first case
ME: But he wasn't sure of his findings because the patient was awake and was able to recall all the things properly and was looking fit.
“SHE”: okay...
“SHE”: oh my...
ME: But the seeds of doubt had been planted and we had to head to SSKM hospital where we had to meet a neurologist for his final opinion.
“SHE”: hmm...ok
ME: After a lot of waiting for the neurologist, he finally had a good look at the CT scan and then decided that nothing was wrong... That there were only external injuries and the doc talked quite well (He was in IIT for 4 months... was a Patelian it seems) and informed us not to worry
at all
“SHE”: ok...good
ME: All through this none of the nine members had anything to eat since morning... It was one sincere dedicated show of unbounded friendship... and I truly salute the spirit everyone showed in carrying on each one’s duty responsibly during the time of such adversity.
ME: I knew how jaws dropped when we were told that there was internal bleeding in the brain…. The emotional stress everyone was in
Giri, Ajay n Aravind..... Jus b4 the storm erupted
Relief after recieving the CT Scan report
ME: how some of us started praying God for a speedy recovery
ME: how some cried for all the shit that was happening to us
ME: how some were looking forward to resolve the issue at the earliest possible and provide the patient ample rest
ME: how some were fighting adversity as though they had been stabbed in the back by fate several times in the past... like seasoned campaigners
“SHE”: hmm...cool
“SHE”: yea...things happn together...
“SHE”: hmm...Ok
“SHE”: yea...can understand
ME: All this while I am narrating to u... I salute the true spirit of friendship.... Though in retrospection, This will be a day where a lot of bad happened... I will surely remember this primarily for the Essence of Spirit of Friendship.
ME: All through this... I had forgotten to tell you about my mobile phone
Finally, The MAN in question himself... SIVA
Cooling off at Victoria Memorial after the entire fracas
“SHE”: yea...definitely...things happen for a reason...
“SHE”: yea tell...hope u got it!!!!!!
ME: Some b@$t@rd picked up my phone... every time I called from someone else’s cell he used to lift the phone and speak nothing other than Bengali (Am I beginning to hate this language??? Hope I do not earn any brickbats for saying this)
ME: Finally we could get a decent looking educated man in
“SHE”: okay...
“SHE”: hmmm...
ME: He was reluctant to give any info abt where he was or who he was... and it was quite clear that this guy would trouble me/us a lot........It was quite straightforward and obvious
“SHE”: yea...
ME: Through a wingie of my friend Prem, We could find someone who could converse with this guy in Bengali and finally I could get some info out of the bastard...
ME: will be back
“SHE”: okay...
“SHE” : come soon ra...atleast tell the endin and go
ME: yeah… back ….. it was the milkman
“SHE”: ohhh...
ME: I am going nowhere until I tell ya all that happened
ME: So where was I?
“SHE”: ok
ME: First I need to know Prem's wingie who helped us a lot by talking with those guyz in Bengali and keeping us informed of what to do
“SHE”: ok ok...
ME: I need to thank him a lot for his help.... This bloody SOB who had my phone started demanding 2000 bucks in return for handing over the phone and that we could get the phone at a station named BAGNAN.... he was very reluctant to come over to Howrah... he knew he would be in a soup if he would come over to Howrah
“SHE”: yea ok...
ME: Finally we fixed a meeting at 5 in the evening at the BAGNAN ticket counter... He would hand over the cell and we were supposed to give him 2000 bucks in return
ME: We left Siva in
“SHE”: ohhh..so far
ME: We were quite late and got stuck up with Siva that we could board the train at 5 and reached BAGNAN at 6... And that b@$t@rd wasn't there... On contacting him again through Prem's friend.. He was reluctant to meet us.... and he made us wait for an hour promising that he would be there soon
“SHE”: ohhh ok...
ME: later he disclosed he wasn't coming and that we could have the mobile phone only if we could go to his residence.... and that was about an hour from the station we were at. The worst part was that he is member of the ruling CPM party and there’s not one thing that can be done…. Hope IITians are reading.
“SHE”: hmmmm...then
ME: All this looked like some trap – with all that political hullabaloo- and we dec
ided to stay out of it... So I finally decided that I forget about my cell.
ME: and get the sim blocked at the earliest. Got the sim blocked. Now I need to contact the NOKIA customer care to block the cell piece.
“SHE”: ohhh...okay...
“SHE”: so u don’t have the cell now???
“SHE”: my God...thts a bad
“SHE”: endin
One for da Album: Picturesque VICTORIA MEMORIAL
ME: Dead Tired, with no more fluidity in our limbs, we boarded the train to KGP and lo we are here
ME: We went to Kol with the hopes of seeing Rang De Basanti n I also wanted to make a few purchases.. certain camera accessories.
ME: But then the whole trip turned into a nightmare... but hey there is always the right side of the coin, the brighter side of life
“SHE”: yea...
“SHE”: always
ME: No masti, No partying, No MOBILE tooo.... But loads and loads of wisdom
“SHE”: wisdom of life...
ME: That’s true
“SHE”: it wud hav been good if u wud hav got the mobile....
“SHE”: feels bad
ME: Learnt a lot today...... But then I did not have the courage to tell mom all that happened...
ME: I made it known to her... the two facts that I needed her to know..1) My
“SHE”: ohh ok ok...
ME : But in order for her to take the pill easily (better said to save myself and my integrity) I told her that Siva was pushed off a moving train and that My mobile got lost as a result of it being in his hands at that point of time.
“SHE”: ohh...nice twistin bluff....
ME : Finally that makes me guilty.... All this wouldn't have happened had it not been for my hint of carelessness. It feels bad that I am the one responsible for that huge injury... Everything would have been fine had I put my cell in place.
“SHE”: u dint do it wantdly na....things which had to happen ...happnd thts all...
ME: Lying to mom is another difficult thing... but I had to do that to make the pill taste a bit better. I know mom wouldn't have scolded me much for my losing the cell... but then I would have got a lot of reprimand for Siva's actions... Lying to Mom makes me furthermore guilty... But as they say all that happens is for our good... and I hope I can carry forward from today "the memento of priceless friendship"... Beat it if ya can??? Friendship can never be matched. Friendship is ultimate.
“SHE”: yea ra...exactly
“SHE”: even I don’t tell many a things the same manner it happens to my mom...cos ...they think from heart rather than mind...
“SHE”: so it wud become lot more emotional...
ME: ok so telling ya all this reduced a heavy burden... I feel more relaxed... though that remorse feeling still persists... I feel a lil bit better
“SHE”: yea good...
“SHE”: I too feel I hav finished readin a novel
“SHE”: much better effect than tht
ME: is it a compliment or................?
“SHE”: of course a compliment....
“SHE”: unexpected twists and turns...
ME: thanx a lot
ME: after the juggling in and around hospitals, dispensaries and railway stations my whole body had reached the maximum permissible stress strain levels.
ME: So I need to catch up on some valuable sleep
“SHE”: yea sure carry on....
ME: Ok i will use this chat transcript with ya in my blog.... I do not have the time resources to reproduce the entire stuff again... Would ya mind???
“SHE”: no probs...
“SHE”: use it...
ME: ok say somethin else
(continues......)
So that’s it folks. Hope this could teach ya thing or two. Essentially we need to learn from life and make a few changes to our outlook and carry forward in life. As for me.... Though i lost my cell phone, I gained a lot of wisdom. (Hope thats clear from the chat). Some bitter sweet memories. Tonnes n tonnes of friendship that I hope can last for an entire lifetime if not more. Do feel free to post your comments after you complete reading though I am sorry for the length of the post. I could not have made it any shorter. And always remember…. LEARN FROM LIFE & THE WORLD WILL FEEL INFINITELY BETTER.
