My Short Stories -- #2 -- Side by Side

Side By Side

The pain was excruciating. I could hear two or three people talking something somewhere, but couldn’t deduce what exactly they were yelling.

 I opened my eyes and a gush of wind blew out of my mouth. I was breathing quickly.

My heart was beating fast and I didn’t need a stethoscope to hear my heart beats.

“Oh! Not again”, I murmured. Probably I had seen another dream about pain. But somehow, it didn’t look like a dream. Well I can’t see dreams when I am awake, I quizzed this to myself.

This was getting common now. This dream or whatever it was, were getting annoying and it always felt as though thousand needles were pinching my skin and a big rock was kept over my head as though it will crush it into two.

Somehow, I knew that I was in a hospital and some people were doing something to me and whenever they pressed that giant lever, I went into this forced day-dreaming.

I heard one person among the group yelling something which I couldn’t deduce what he was saying. He was wearing something long white and was covering his face completely.

I knew that they were up to something. Meanwhile the other guy prepared himself in order to push the lever. But why I was here, what was my name, where was I. I had none answers in my mind.

Press it, The other guy yelled, as soon as he pulled the lever down, I screamed. My head burst with pain and eyes went dark and next thing I remember I was somewhere else.

I opened my eyes and looked outside from the window which was covered by a transparent sheet. The night wasn't calm, at least I didn't hope for it now. The hailstorm or torrential rains always added misery to calmness especially when you are travelling and sleeping in a tent.  

The tent door was half open, chilly winds were running. I could easily hear the roar of wind and sound of thunder. I gazed at the sky and they gave me a definite sign.

I could hear an owl’s hooting on a distant tree and croak of frogs, but still there was bit calmness except the thunder breaking silence in timely interval.

 I opened my tent’s door and looked at the not so starry sky. There was a numbness in me, I underestimated the temperature will drop so significantly.  At this moment, I needed a hot coffee.

The night was pitch dark along with chilly winds. The thunder was there but still a little sign of rain; this was the one thing that I didn’t want right now. The sound of thunder and hooting of owl in between an isolated place can give anyone haunting thoughts.

I took closer look at my bike; it was all covered in mud, thanks to my silly short expedition to the lake shores at a great speed.

“Yes, yes you are mad”, I murmured to myself with a sheepish smile.

“What was I thinking”? I questioned myself.

Long back if I had asked the same question to me, I would have called myself insane. I mean who could pack his bags and leave the town just for the sake of something in life. Something which I wanted for myself. Something I needed to find.

Probably I was searching for myself in me everywhere. Inner peace was needed.  At this moment, people who knew me would definitely be calling me mad and why wouldn't they do so?  They had every reason for it or I had given them many. Who would leave everything and go on an undecided, unplanned trip.

May be some mad person like me, But who cared now, I wanted this peace and for some reason I didn't cared for first time what world was thinking about me.

As people say I was a calm kid. But now things had changed. Part of me wanted something different for myself. The worldly problems left me dumbfounded. Things change through time and that is exactly what I wanted to give myself.  People don’t take this a good thing to do. But eventually I compared my reasons with people around me and my reasons won.

So one day, I kicked my motor-bike and left for the unknown roads to dazzle me. I knew it some unique experience was calling me which definitely would make me forget my worldly so called problems.

I was again smiling obviously with a grin though. At this point my only friend was my diary in which I was writing all these things.

Things especially get out of hands when you lie down in an unknown place with almost nothing to eat and you don’t know where you actually be going to end up the next day. In my heart, I knew it was almost end of the journey and it was time to head home. But one thing was clear this journey would remain the most memorable one and even in my dark time, this will be the time which will help me to get back on my feet and bounce back.

All these thoughts surrounded me as though I was clicking a photograph in my mind.

Far back, the faint moon light was glowing over the lake water. I could easily feel the coldness of the air. Nothing could beat a scenic view of lake where I had put my camp. With this, I put more wood into the fire, just to make sure I remain warm and also no animals would come near my camp.

My sleep was gone and to kill time, I took out my almost dead pen and started to write again.

The pages were almost finished but I took out new page and started with date and suddenly a cold wave flowed through my veins. I felt as though thousand needles were pressing my skin from all around. The numbness struck me like a lightning. I started screaming. The pain was unbearable and my head burst in pain as though a bullet had pierced into it. My eyes broadened as though they will pop outside, and I closed them.

With a gush of wind blown out of my mouth, I woke up again in that cell as though I had regained my senses in that dungeon, half lit room. My head was paining hard and my eyes were burning. My hands were still tied. I deduced now these dreams were actually forced or something like that whenever they pressed that lever, some electric current was put through my head and my mind started imaging these flash memories or whatever they were and whenever they pulled that lever back up, I came back in my present senses almost amalgamating these flashes with present senses.

But I still didn't know why these people were doing these painful activities to me. What was my name? Where was I?

PRESS IT AGAIN, The other guy yelled and with that he pressed the lever back again and again my eyes went dark. Again I started seeing things.

I woke up with severe pain in my head. The whole place felt suffocated.

“I need air”, I told myself, and directed myself towards the window. The window was already making noise, definitely a storm was outside.

As soon as I opened the window, a cool breeze welcomed me. I looked out and I could see people running everywhere for shelter. Children had stopped playing in the garden and their parents were accompanying them. Rain seemed inevitable.

“Oh Clothes”! In midst of this, I forgot I had kept my clothes at the terrace for drying.

I immediately opened my door and hurriedly went up to recover my clothes.

“Oh thank God!” I said. In midst of this windy environment, unexpectedly to my surprise everything was there. The shirts, hoodies, trousers, jeans although one of my t-shirts were about to get wings and was ready to slip away from the parapet.

I quickly ran towards my parapet with a speed as though matching escape velocity and eventually got hold of it.

I was rejuvenated as though I had accomplished some mammoth task.

I was now glaring at some kids who were still playing with a trampoline. Beside that there was a beautiful sunflower field. The wind made the flowers move in a zigzag manner. There I saw one of my jackets lying there in that field.

I quickly wrapped up everything and made up my mind for a quick walk towards the sun flower fields.

I put up my black t-shirt with blue jeans and hit straight towards the field.

I was now taking a stroll or slowly rambling towards the field in midst of a storm where everyone were running in order to hid themselves from it. But here I was moving exactly in opposite direction to where people were moving.

After constant galloping, I reached the point which seemed to be my nirvana point. I reached the place where the flowers were dancing with the wind.

With the mighty sound of thunder, the rain started pouring down.

Oh Come on! As if winds weren’t enough, I talked to myself with my head pointed towards sky.

I quickly ran towards the field where my jacket was lying.

I grab hold of it and ran towards the road in hope of finding a shelter just to hide myself from this torrential downpour.

Oh Yes! I murmured with joy. I ran towards an old abandoned shop and hide myself underneath its parapet.

Waiting there for a long time, I wanted this rain to end so I could easily go back to my home. But in midst of that, my eyes glazed towards the right side of the road. My eyes were stick at a particular point as though it were glued at certain point.

I saw a girl with face as bright as moon. She was walking at a steady but slow pace on the road. Her hair was black till shoulder height. She somehow seemed irritated with her hair running all over her face because of the strong breeze. She was wearing light pink top with a design of small red flower and a blue jeans. She was carrying a shiny blue umbrella in her right hand.

I was continuously gazing at her without any sign that she might feel awkward. Although I wanted to stop that but couldn't.

In between of that gazing, our eyes finally met. She noticed that I was continuously looking at her which she tried to ignore.

Shall I follow her, but this will make me look pervert. Shall I talk to her or I should go and ask her for a shelter under the umbrella, but I was already under a parapet, I interrogated myself.

With strength of thousand elephants, I talked to her with a stammering voice.

Excuse me! Hi, I smiled.

She responded with a faint beautiful smile.

Since its raining heavily, can I just come under the umbrella, I have to go few blocks away, I asked her with a poker face.

Yes you can, she replied again with a smile.

I just live few blocks away, pointing my finger towards my building.

Well I live on the other side of alley, she replied. The rain was pouring down at a great speed. Despite having a big umbrella, still we both were almost drenched. I was noticing her hair which was now wet and were still giving a hard time to her. She also had a small mole on her left chin. But I loved everything, her wet hair, her smile and most accurately, I loved this walk.

With her beside me, I forgot that I had left my building behind and she was now telling me that this is the end and she has to turn for her destination.

So this is my destination, she told me.

Her friend was waiting for her. With that I pushed my hand towards her, in order to thank her for this sweet gesture. In doing so, a diary which she was carrying fell from her hands and lay open to the ground.

Oh my diary!

“Wait; let me pick it up for you”.

I bend down to pick that up and noticed that she had written something. It was her name. I was smiling.

With my eyes glued to the diary and a faint smile on my face, I read the name loud. Her name was…..

I opened my eyes again splashing a gush of air out of my mouth. My head was paining along with my eyes which I was sure were definitely red. But in all these pain, I had a smile on my face. I heard the guy screaming something mad, something smiling.

What is your name, do you remember anything? Why are you smiling, the main guy questioned me?

I didn't know the answers. But why? Why I didn't have the answers, I asked myself.

These memories seemed so real as if that were not dreams but my life’s events which somehow I was recalling again or may be these so called people were helping me in remembering that by pressing that lever. But why I had forgotten everything?

Did something happen to me?

“He is smiling, push it again and increase the current”, the main guy intervened.

Third time, when he pushed the lever, the current perhaps was more. It hit my head like thousand needles piercing together. My eyes went dark and now I could sense some anger in me.

My hands were firm on my car’s steering and I was driving on the curvy roads at a great speed.

My wife was beside me. She was angry because I had yelled at her the other night over some unnecessary high expenses which she had made without any reason.

She was angry with me and this yelling resulted in me sleeping over my couch and she keeping mum since. We were in our car travelling to one of her friend’s place.

I was annoyed as even in this journey; she hardly had spoken a word to me.

“You see, you don’t have to be quite all the time. Let’s just throw this anger aside”, I said it to her still looking for a very optimistic answer that she will forget everything and drop all anger and smile at me.

Yes, whatever! She replied me with a very angry look.

Somehow I was angry with myself on yelling at her. I never liked it. Rarely we had fights in between us but sometimes if we had any, it was not less than a tornado in a room with me more like the people beneath the tornado.

“You see, your friend will never appreciate us coming at her place with this stinking attitude”, I said.

“Damn me!” I cursed myself in my mind.

“You know what, I am not going till the time you don’t start speaking to me and if you don’t than I don’t want to go anywhere”, I told her, grabbing my car’s steering as hard as though I will rip that apart from the car’s axle.

She wasn't replying to whatever I was saying. She was still angry over last time and that made me more and more annoyed. I completely hated when she stopped talking with me.

I didn't want all that, so I thought to hold her hand in order to pacify her for my childish behaviour.

See, who is looking pretty tonight, I pointed my car’s rare view mirror towards her with a bright smile with all my teeth flashing towards her.

Her face lighted up with a faint smile when she saw her face in the mirror.

I saw an opportunity there and grabbed her hand in my hand with an aim to kiss on them.

NO! DON’T DO IT, YOU ARE NOT WORTH IT. LEAVE ME ALONE, she yelled.

Now you are pushing it, I said sorry. Now be mature and drop it, I told her.

My eyes were now totally looking at her, her left chin mole still mesmerized me with every gaze of it. I still couldn't forget the day when I saw her face and I was totally head over heels over that left chin mole.

“Here comes the rain”, I said it to myself. A faint drizzling had started and the temperature of breeze had reduced considerably.

Still in mid of all the fight, this rain reminded me of the time when I first met with her. That rain, the walk towards the home and the chocolate chip cone which we had that very day, all that thoughts were popping up all over in my mind.

“You see whenever we fight, it always rain, it’s like God himself is telling us, don’t do it, stop it”, I was telling it to her.

“Remember the rain, the walk”, Look how far we have come, c’mon drop the anger. I immediately hold her hand in my hand and

I heard her yelling.

LOOK!

It was more of a cry than screaming and all I could see lights very close to our car.

When I regained my senses, everything around me was shattered. The car was upside down.

Noooooooooo!! I screamed.

I opened my eyes back in the half lit dungeon. I could sense pain now. Tears were coming out of my eyes and I was screaming, “No! Come Back”. No, still screaming as though the accident had just happened. But now I knew these were the god forsaken horrendous flashes of my past.

My head was getting heavier and now my heart also had started to pain.

There were three people in the room and I was lying on a stretcher. I remembered everything now.

I was still crying coz I knew who I was and why was I here and most important who these people were.

I saw one of the doctors coming to me and asking, “Do you know, who you are and why are you crying”?

I nodded with my head upside to down giving an affirmation to his question.

“Open his hands”, the main doctor intervened.

The other doctor came and started loosening up the bondages.

“You know, we here are giving you electric shocks to bring you back normal and its today that you have responded to this electric shock treatment, if you understand what I am telling you,” the other doctor murmured .

The feeling of living had erased from my life, I knew what had happened, why I was here and what my name was. The head was heavier than ever and my heart ache had started to increase.

All I wanted was calmness now, calmness from all the pain and suffering.

We are losing him; he is having an HEART ATTACK! The doctors started panicking.

I was accepting this pain as though I wanted this and welcome it to take my last breath.

The doctors started attaching something to my chest and I felt something bizarre. The feeling of pain hitting me was leaving. My body was getting numb. I could now feel nothing.

With this my breath started to slow down as though limited oxygen supply was getting in and I knew, it was the time for my departure from this world.

I could see the face of my love in front of me and the left chin mole on her beautiful face. She was looking more alive and more beautiful to me. I wanted her to be alive and there with me when I would breath my last breath.

But she wasn't. All because of me. All because of me.

“I am sorry, it is entirely my fault, the accident, your life, our lives”. I whispered as though she was there and she could hear me. I raised my hand thinking that I will hold her hand in my hand one last time. But I knew that this life was just over and we would re-unite back again somewhere up in the sky. God won’t be that cruel. All I wanted her to come back and hold me back again.

Leave it! He’s gone now, probably a Heart Attack! The doctor said to other doctor.

The last breath was seconds’ away and I wanted to depart with a pleasant memory. The last of her many pleasant memories.

The very first memory when we first met that rainy day when we walked with each other under one umbrella. And I recalled the memory, the very best memory of us meeting for the first time, The rainy day where I accompanied her to her place under an umbrella and at the end she had dropped her diary.

Oh my diary!

“Wait; let me pick it up for you”.

I bend down to pick that up and noticed that she had written something. It was her name. I was smiling.

With my eyes glued to the diary and a faint smile on my face, I read the name loud.

Her name was Sia.

So Sia, am I right? Pointing my fingers towards her with a blushing smile.

She smiled and nodded her head.

I aimed my hand towards her for a handshake. Well if you don’t mind, there is a nice ice-cream parlour just across the alley. People say his chocolate chip cone is the best one.

Would you like to accompany me? C’mon it will take hardly five minutes. Take it as thanks for your kind gesture.

With a smile, she nodded and I was continuously looking at her and her left chin mole. I knew I won’t be forgetting that face. Her face was there as though imprinted in my eyes and in my mind.

I remembered this memory of hers as mine fondest one. That’s why it was flashing by at my dying moments.

 And here I was breathing my last breath with her face still in front of my eyes and in my mind.

And it was time, to leave this earthly body and reunite with my soul mate.

With last gulp of air I breathed my last and murmured my last words with it,

Sia…………!

Techno-Logically YOU!

Techno-Logically YOU!

“Mr. Watson, Come Here, I want You”, These were the very first and the famous words of Legendary Inventor Mr. Graham Bell when he made the first telephone call. At that moment, he would never had thought that this piece of machine for transmitting voice from one place to another would one day will reach into every  person’s pocket and become an essential need just like food, clothing and shelter.

Technology has definitely evolved a lot since the very first cellular phone, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x which weighted 1.1 kilograms almost equivalent to the value of today’s laptop. Technology has never been stagnant, infact it is changing and modifying itself as we speak. In old days , when calling someone meant doing a trunk call and we had to first tell the operator to connect it through. But now with mesmerizing 4G speed of networks we can easily make a video call and see our loved ones.

India if deduced demographically is a land full of young people. India has more than 50 % of its population under 25 years of age, thus proving that our market will be technologically driven. If one can just take a look above of their parapet, one can deduce that there is a hardcore competition going on to lure customers. Today’s mobile devices are giving so many things to lure customers at their bay. From having a dynamic Octa-Core Processors to latest Android OS Marshmallow. These young lads are quite enjoying their smart phones with equipped with latest tech specs. With Octa-core they can not only use super heavy graphically driven games but also can simultaneously juggle in between two apps without their hair being torn by themselves as previously in case of slower smart phones with slow processor speed.

4G just came in India like a summer rain, complete blissful. 3G promised many things which eventually led to many expectations but all proved disdainful. 3G wasn’t able to satisfy people’s growing number of demands. Thanks to 4G, today’s youth doesn’t have to find out any wi-fi zone with great speeds to satisfy his needs, with 4G he can download, search, share, upload and many more within a blink of an eye. That’s the reason, this technological advancements like 4G, Octa- Core processors are compelling companies to bring innovative products for their customers. Now a days, people can just wear a spectacle type glass over their eyes and all their search and daily to-do checks are up to date. Not only that, Occulus just launched a 360 degree viewer especially for advanced smart phones to enjoy 360 degree movies and games.

At the end, one can say that a person in today’s world can be called as living in Stone Age if he is not using a smart phone and that to with good advanced technological specs. Looks like a famous proverb is now being proved correct that, “All that glitters is not gold”, definitely a glittery item can’t just be gold only, a good smart phone with octa-core processor, equipped with latest Android M can bring glitters to one’s eyes, hence proving itself that this gold is ready to be grab hold of as quickly as possible.

My Short Stories--A Necklace of New Beginning

A Necklace of New Beginning

         So it has started, when we start we don’t stop, i shouted, Almost pushing myself to the ear of my friend. The music was loud and the place had alcohol more than water under its roof. Four friends finally together after hectic day’s work, talking to each other, one couldn’t ignore the discussions we were going to ignite among ourselves with. In midst of loud music I had made up my mind that I won’t b drinking too much atleast tonight .  I was almost tired of putting a fake smile and showing hollow laugh. Yes, yes, it was almost a year now and still I couldn’t forget the fragrance of her hair and colour of her eyes and whisper of her smiles, that one day this will all just be a dream and she will come back and scream at me and complain to me about being late, again. I so miss those time when I loved her screaming at me, that she herself knew about it. She always used to call me nut head whenever I annoyed her. These thoughts never left my mind and I knew, it will always remain with me as my priced possessions till my last breath. I so cursed God, my luck for this utmost disarray in my life. This was the only thing which I did everyday.
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“What’s up with the boss”, asked my friend almost in an inebriated state.
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 “Bad rating, Projects not ending as per plan.” I murmured as if talking only to myself.

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“What’s the problem, is it because of her?” asked my other friend.

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 “Nothing, luck’s not favoring me, right now, Hope it gets better next year. This year has been dreadful.”

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“Oh God! Why.” Almost shouting in my mind. I grabbed the beer mug near me and emptied it in a gulp.

Ok Guys, I am out. Need to be somewhere else. Important work.  Almost giving a half handed handshake to my friends.

I put my share of beer on table, grabbed my car keys and left hurriedly, as if a dinosaur was behind me. Only to show my friends, I was late.

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Walking towards my car I constantly kept on thinking as in I could have stayed there for more sometime, this get-together was for me, yet I walked away. Part of me still didn’t wanted this, part of me still didn’t wanted to go out without her, well as some say Alcohol do amplify emotions inside you. Inside the car, my eyes straight away glazed to the bright blue necklace on my rare- view mirror which I had deliberately put there to remind me that she was still with me.

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It was her necklace which I took from her belongings after her death and put it on my mirror. Somewhere I knew that whatever I was doing was wrong and must stop, that’s why before coming to meet my friends, I put all her belongings which were with me in a box and put it in my car’s boot space, with an aim to give it to someone.

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After huge melancholic state, I decided to start my car. But as soon as I did that, I heard someone shouting. When I look back from the back of my car’s window, I saw a girl there standing. She was wearing a blue jeans, white t-shirt top with black jacket. I noticed that she was now approaching my car.

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“Hello, my car just broke and its not starting. Its late too and I won’t find any mechanic now. This club is very far from city, Could you just drop me to city or some place near it.” said the girl.

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“Yes, I am going towards the city, I can drop you there.” I replied.

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“So late night partying?” she asked with a smile.

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“Not really, I had come here to meet my friends after a long time”. I replied without a smile and with first gear I put my car into motion to reach our destination.

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“Coming out of a club, still you look very depressed; why so? Looks like you didn’t find this club amazing.”

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“No, just been through some personal problems,” I replied quick almost keeping my head straight towards road and not showing the signs that I was least interested in discussions. With that I pressed my foot more towards the accelerator. All I wanted was peace of mind and calmness and for that I had to reach our destination as quickly as possible.

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The car was now travelling at very high speed. I could hardly see any vehicles on road. It was a moderate cool night, with wind travelling at a great speed, definitely a storm was coming.
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I was now noticing the fragrance which she had put on herself. After a long calmness, she pointed towards the blue necklace on the mirror.

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“What’s that and why you have kept it there,” she asked in a very curious manner.

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“It is one of my friend’s belonging, who is not more now.”

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“You should not keep ones belonging, once they have departed this world. It’s not right.” Saying it in a demanding manner.

Yes, I know. I replied, as if I cared about the answer. I would never want to remove that necklace from mirror.

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Its her first death anniversary tomorrow, I added, still didn’t know why I told that to her whom I had met just minutes before.

The girl next to me was now staring at me and thinking as if she knew that I will never remove it. Its so sad that you are still stuck with the memories and not moving forward. Things have to move and you should       Let it Go!

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What I think, you should remove it now, she demanded.

I was almost annoyed with the discussion with the fact that a random girl whom I was helping, was now interfering in my personal life, now almost dictating.

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You are behaving like a complete nut head, she proposed.

With her familiar words I immediately looked at her. It suddenly caught my attention, hearing these words after a year. I was now continuously staring at her.

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You know what, I am going to remove it now, she said. Her hand now touched the necklace almost trying to remove it.

Please don’t do it, I shouted . I also raised my hand and almost quarreled with her hand in order to force her to give that necklace back to me. With my attention diverting, I heard her screaming.

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“LOOK FORWARD”, almost shouting.

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All I could see was two bright light approaching towards us. Looking at it I immediately turned my car’s steering. The car was completely off the road and with the continuous momentum in it, the car rolled over two to three times and finally stopping after covering few meters.

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After loud shout and car noise, I looked towards the girl and checked whether she was all right. My eyes were getting blur. All I hoped we both were all right and none of us suffered any serious injuries. To my surprise, she was not next to me. I tried to get out of car immediately but my strength was getting weaker. I pushed the door out but still, I wasn’t able to get out. My right foot somehow was still stuck up somewhere.

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HELP anyone.
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 Please HELP! I shouted with the purpose someone will come and rescue us. I knew I was almost in good condition despite my vision getting blur and some liquid over my right toe, which I was sure it was blood. Still I didn’t pay any attention to it and I was continuously looking my right and left searching for the girl.  

My toe was hurting and my eyes were getting heavier as if I hadn’t any sleep for months.
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 I still had my blue necklace with me in my right hand. My fist was tight as if it wasn’t a necklace but herself and I don’t want her to suffer any injuries. I was pushing hard to relieve my leg and suddenly I saw one hand opening the door.
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 I saw the face and it was the girl.

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She looked perfectly all right. She removed my foot and pushed me out of the car. My eyes were getting heavy.

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You will be all right, just let it go, she said in a very calm sweet voice.

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Somehow her voice reminded me of my love. I don’t know but tears came out . She took my hand in her hand and took the necklace. I tried to resist, but my strength was getting depleted.

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She was now looking straight into my eye and smiled.

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“Don’t live in past, move ahead. Don’t let memories take you over, its time to let it go.” she said to me, words which will now live with me forever, words which I will never forget.

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I will always be there for you, Always.

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LET IT GO! Sweetheart.
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She said and all I could see was white light around her face and I closed my eyes. Words Let it Go sweetheart still echoing in my ears and in my mind.

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I opened my eyes with someone shouting, Are you ok? Wake up!

When I regained my consciousness I noticed a familiar place still doubting my judgment when I am hit by an accident of such force. My eyes were expecting that girl who almost saved me. All I could hear some male voice.

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“Where am I?” I said almost murmuring.

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Brother you were unconscious for almost ten minutes now, replied a voice.

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When I fully opened my eyes and regained consciousness I saw I was back at the club and at its parking almost where I had parked my car and the guy who was shouting was my friend with whom I was drinking in the club. All my friends were there together with some other people. I was searching for the girl who saved me. I wanted to thank her.
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The necklace was not in my hand. I kept on assuming, that girl might have took it and kept it with her. She must have brought me here. But why here and why not a hospital.

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“Where is the girl, who bought me here?” I asked my friend.

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Who girl, there is no one. We were in the club when I got a call from your mobile. When I took it, instead of you there was someone who told me that you are unconscious in club’s parking. He must have found my number at top in your mobile phone’s call log and called me.I rushed as soon as I ended my call, my friend explained.

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But how can this be possible. I left the club and with me was a girl. She wanted to drop me at some place and we met with an accident and my car rolled over the road, I explained.

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I think you are not well, your car is here and in good condition, said my friend pointed his finger to my car.

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I was shocked to see that my car was okay and it didn’t have a piece of scratch over it.

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Now I wanted to get into depth and gathered my energy to stand on my feet. I looked at myself and I was almost all right with a little pain in my feet. I checked my foot and all I could deduce it was more of a bruise than a cut. I was now closely checking my car front to back which didn’t have any signs of accident of what so ever. I was questioning myself what was going on with me. What is reality, this or that accident. Where is that girl, all these questions kept hitting my brain like bullets.

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I was opening my cars door when I realized no blue necklace there on mirror and I yelled at my friend. See I was right, there is no necklace almost rejoicing, to prove my friend that I was not mad and I did suffered with an accident. All I didn’t have the answers right now, as in how and when!

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I opened the boot space of my car, to my surprise all my love’s belongings which I had kept there in order to give it to someone was also missing. Apart from that, nothing was missing, my laptop was there in my back seat, my suit everything as I had kept it. Now my head was aching like nothing.
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Only my love’s belonging’s were missing,  Sia’s belongings were missing.

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Was it some sort of indication or idea from her or from GOD that I shouldn’t be living in memories. I should infact move forward. I still remember and I know I couldn’t forget the words, LET IT GO Sweetheart, were still in my mind. Was it to make me realize, All good things must come to an end and one should accept reality of life no matter what.

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I knew Sia was in my heart and will always remain there no matter what despite her things were not there with me . I know people will never believe what I experienced today, and I myself also don’t want them to believe me. This feeling I wanted to keep it with me, that I was with the one whom I loved the most in my life. And I was now smiling with myself.

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“Are you ok?” my friend questioned with a worried look on his face.

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Yes ,yes, totally. I was sick earlier, now I am in perfect condition.

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Could you just drop me to my place? I asked my friend. With that my friend nodded his head.

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With all the thoughts and thinking about what I had just witnessed, I kept my head on the window to give it a rest. An inner peace was there now, as if attained. In my heart I know wherever Sia was, she was happy and also wanted me to be happy.

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My friend started the car and I joked with him, you shouldn’t be driving, you drank today, to which he gave me a very odd reaction.

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Everything was Normal!

Rohit Raina

LIFE

LIFE

What we know and what should be!

    Life as we know has evolved from many changes. The time when just using small things was enough, now the definition of life as we speak is changing day by day. Life as the word itself says, L- Laughter in times of sadness and woes, I- Integrity in one’s own belief, F- Fortitude to be independent and an individual, E- Enjoyment without expectations. The best way to say live the life would differ from person to person. The happiest person on earth might be the one who doesn’t have grudge, envy, sloth, greed, pride, gluttony. Simultaneously it would be harsh to say to those who posses one of the above attributes  and still enjoying life as long as they know about it and are ready to change it sooner or later.

    Nothing can be more freaky than having everything and still not able to enjoy it completely. The answer to this question as what’s the best way to live life, in my opinion will not be given by a PHD scholar, a 75 year old man who has seen life. But actually a person who has a life in life. Nothing can feel good even if you are driving a car and having pain in back or having huge packets of money to spend in any lavish restaurant but no loved one to sit with. These small things makes life blissful and actually worth living. Billionaire Bill Gates once said, “Money isn’t everything, but make sure you have a lot to talk such non sense.” Well actually his words did have a lot for us to ponder. The main motive behind it was to tell people that one should not race like rats for money so as to forget himself in it, that he is not able to give time to close ones. I mean, what’s the purpose of it when you will be left alone and not able to spend together with anyone of your beloved one’s. 80 year old American Play Boy, The editor-in-chief of Play Boy magazine Hugh Hefner has said, ”There are many roads to Mecca”. Exactly there will be many ways to live life but only few to enjoy life happily.

    A lame man once had an opportunity to live life peacefully and happily by satisfying himself with one golden egg everyday from his hen, as ego is a fascinating monster, all peace and opportunity went to drains leaving him with a knife in his hand and dead hen. So the answer of this question lies within everyone. Do we actually crave for materialistic values more than ourselves or spending quality time with loved ones? At start, yes might be most popular answer but later he might feel squeamish or deserted in his golden ship sailing towards Bermuda triangle, lost forever. Thus craving for something is good but make sure you are not making yourself a prisoner in that fascination. Live happily, spend quality time with close ones, and be optimistic and positive about everything which I guess is key to every door which leads to live life happily. As Gautam Buddha has said, Do not dwell in past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.  Finally I would like to end this with words of famous American Poet Robert Frost:

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” 

Rohit Raina

Adolf Hitler-- The Manager we knew!!!

ADOLF HITLER

UNRAVELING THE MANAGER

The world we know doesn’t like to talk about a person who has done barbaric things or even called as genocidal. Still amidst of all these fuss about the evilness of this man I am writing this article to tell readers about a man’s managerial qualities which were overshadowed by his cruelty and the acts which led to world war. Let’s just drop the idea of negativity and talk about the brighter side of a man who started from nothing and became the dictator of a country which was then one of the most developed nations in the world-GERMANY. His managerial qualities were so promising that every manager should take examples out of it. A person who had nothing in his hand mesmerized the people with his speeches. Germany at that time was devastated by World War I and obviously also with two treaties. 

The economic scenario was bad, 1929 Wall Street crash also hit Germany very badly, hunger prevailed, and unemployment was at its peak. There came this man who not only assured the people of employment but also promised to get them out of their miseries making him look like the Wizard of Oz for German people at the time where everything seemed to go down the drains for them. Hitler was motivated, o yes, he had vision a goal for himself not only to take his country out of the economic misery but also to take substantial and quick decisions to take Germany to top of all other developed nations. 

Managerial Lessons to be learned from the greatest tyrant of the world, “The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category”. Adolf Hitler may seem an evil and a terrifying man, but he was a man with a mission and vision. His passion, dependability, and confidence made Germany a powerful nation. One of Hitler quality that made him a well-known leader is his dependability. By having someone depend upon you makes you feel powerful or even generous. Confidence was a rare quality that led him rising to the power and popularity. Hitler was a captivating public speaker. He would enrapture crowds with his vision and sense of purpose of the nation. Adolf Hitler successfully used propaganda to bring the whole nation under his will. People Management was one of his great qualities; He used to be in them and treated them as a family. He played with their children and enjoyed with them. He was a good Problem Solver; he had an amazing power of concentration. His judgments were quick and decisive. His acts were more like a big brother to his staff than as a Fuehrer and manage to endear himself to, Hitler was able to penetrate complex problems and reduce them to a few simple, fundamental factors. Hitler was excellent with strategies and planning. He followed through with his plan and repudiated the Treaty of Versailles. At first he tried to keep Germany's rearmament a secret but by 1935 he proudly displayed Germany's new army, navy and air force. European nations did nothing to enforce the treaty, leading Hitler to conclude that he could begin to create his vision of a new German nation.

 In the end, I would say Adolf Hitler may seem as an evil and a terrifying man but a man that well-known wouldn't be in history without his passion, dependability, and confidence to make Germany a powerful nation. To get Germany to become a powerful nation did take both negative and positive thoughts upon his actions. In my opinion, Hitler was a man who fought till last man with the help of his military, economy and nothing other than his qualities. A great example of optimum use of resources. As being a man with qualities no other than dependability, passion, and confidence Hitler would not have led himself to victory, popularity, success and rise to the power. I would like to end this article with his quote which in itself is a perfect example of motivation, courage, right attitude and leadership which is essential for a good manager.

“If u win u need not have to explain but if u lose you should not be there to explain”……

ROHIT RAINA