ONE BEDROOM FLAT... A Bitter Reality

ONE BEDROOM FLAT... WRITTEN BY AN INDIAN SOFTWARE ENGINEER..A Bitter Reality

As the dream of most parents I had acquired a degree in

Software Engineering and joined a company based in USA, the

land of braves and opportunity. When I arrived in USA, it

was as if a dream had come true.

Here at last I was in the place where I wanted to be. I decided I

would be staying in this country for about Five years in which

time I would have earned enough money to settle down in India.

My father was a government employee and after his retirement,

the only asset he could acquire was a decent one bedroom flat.

I wanted to do some thing more than him. I started feeling

homesick and lonely as the time passed. I used to call home and

speak to my parents every week using cheap international phone

cards. Two years passed, two years of Burgers at McDonald's and

pizzas and discos and 2 years watching the foreign exchange

rate getting happy whenever the Rupee value went down.

Finally I decided to get married. Told my parents that I have

only 10 days of holidays and everything must be done within

these 10 days. I got my ticket booked in the cheapest flight.

Was jubilant and was actually enjoying hopping for gifts for

all my friends back home. If I miss anyone then there will be

talks. After reaching home I spent home one week going through

all the photographs of girls and as the time was getting

shorter I was forced to select one candidate.

In-laws told me, to my surprise, that I would have to get

married in 2-3 days, as I will not get anymore holidays. After

the marriage, it was time to return to USA, after giving some

money to my parents and telling the neighbors to look after

them, we returned to USA.

My wife enjoyed this country for about two months and then she

started feeling lonely. The frequency of calling India

increased to twice in a week sometimes 3 times a week. Our

savings started diminishing. After two more years we started to

have kids. Two lovely kids, a boy and a girl, were gifted to us

by the almighty. Every time I spoke to my parents, they asked

me to come to India so that they can see their grand-children.

Every year I decide to go to India… But part work part

monetary conditions prevented it. Years went by and visiting

India was a distant dream. Then suddenly one day I got a

message that my parents were seriously sick. I tried but I

couldn't get any holidays and thus could not go to India ... The

next message I got was my parents had passed away and as there

was no one to do the last rights the society members had done

whatever they could. I was depressed. My parents had passed

away without seeing their grand children.

After couple more years passed away, much to my children's

dislike and my wife's joy we returned to India to settle down.

I started to look for a suitable property, but to my dismay my

savings were short and the property prices had gone up during

all these years. I had to return to the USA...

My wife refused to come back with me and my children refused to

stay in India... My 2 children and I returned to USA after

promising my wife I would be back for good after two years.

Time passed by, my daughter decided to get married to an

American and my son was happy living in USA... I decided that

had enough and wound-up every thing and returned to India... I

had just enough money to buy a decent 02 bedroom flat in a

well-developed locality.

Now I am 60 years old and the only time I go out of the flat is

for the routine visit to the nearby temple. My faithful wife

has also left me and gone to the holy abode.

Sometimes I wondered was it worth all this? My father, even after staying in India, Had a house to his name and I too have

the same nothing more.

I lost my parents and children for just ONE EXTRA BEDROOM.

Looking out from the window I see a lot of children dancing.

This damned cable TV has spoiled our new generation and these

children are losing their values and culture because of it. I

get occasional cards from my children asking I am alright. Well

at least they remember me.

Now perhaps after I die it will be the neighbors again who will

be performing my last rights, God Bless them. But the question

still

remains 'was all this worth it?'

I am still searching for an answer.................!!!START THINKING IS IT JUST FOR ONE EXTRA BEDROOM???LIFE IS BEYOND THIS …..DON'T JUST LEAVE YOUR LIFE ……..START LIVING IT …….LIVE IT AS YOU WANT IT TO BE …….

Man's life is the only chance............utilise it

The basic question that arises in a man's mind is basically-"WHY WE ARE LIVING?".According to my opinion, this is the toughest question that arises in man's mind. Each of us has different view about the question. some of us feel that life is for enjoyment-so enjoy to the fullest, some think that we are living to die. some are living just to earn money and very few think like me. What i feel, i will tell u after this short story............

Once upon a time, there was a king and he had no successor to hand over his whole kingdom. So, he thought to organize a race where he wanted a steady person. The race was quite long & any anyone completing the race in fixed time would be awarded with a good prize.....The interesting thing in that race was that the race was filled with a lot of things to eat and new clothes to wear in between the race. So, on the race day, a number of people participated so as to at least win the prize.

On the race day, the thing worth noticing was that the people were more attracted towards the things that were placed in the race intentionally by the king so as to get the best out of waste. The person whose whole concentration was on the kings chair won and declared as the king.

The whole story is nothing but a small view of our life. God has given us man's life to achieve god...........but in between our life, we come across a number of things especially money and especially greediness for money which takes us a lot away from god. We all know that the purpose of life is to end. We will not be taking anything from here when we will die.Actually, the thing is that when a person does not get what he want, he becomes angry and anger leads finally leads to sadness or dissatisfaction and the thing needed to be happy is to be satisfied.

Now, if a person thinks that everything that happens is due to god, he will never be dissatisfied and he can think so only when he knows what power god has. The thing that can bring us closer to god is pranayam or meditation( to know more about pranayam or meditation, mail me on ankit.vaidya@gmail.com)

So, finally, the conclusion is that we wont be taking anything with us when we will die. Love god instead of loving the things in world and u will feel that all of ur sadness is moving away..........

Most of the things in the article were from geeta and as this is my first article on the blog, i have not gone into lot depth. kindly give ur comments on the article so that i can work accordingly............

Life is an Echo !

A father and his son were walking in the mountains. Suddenly, the son falls, hurts himself and screams: AAAhhhhhhhhhhh !!!"

To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh !!!"

Curious, he yells: "Who are you?"

He receives the answer: "Who are you?"

Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!"

He receives the answer: "Coward!"

He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?"

The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention." And than he yells to the mountain: "I admire you!"

The voice answers: "I admire you!"

Again the man yells: "You are a champion!"

The voice answers: "You are a champion!"

The boy is surprised, but does not understand.

Then the father explains: "People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.

If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence. This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life; life will give you back everything you have given to it."

YOUR LIFE IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. IT'S A REFLECTION OF YOU!