As the title goes sometimes in life we meet people and forget it but some encounters remain with us and change us and our lives. It’s amazing how a few moments can leave a deep impact on our mind.
Before I met
this guy on a running train life was so complicated we were in trouble,
helpless, and in an unknown city but simply simplified everything. And he
changed me and my perception and also cleared the haze we had in our minds.
Four girls trying hard to reach
home, who wouldn't help them but no, everything was working against
us. Boarding this train was our last hope that morning but we had lost even
that to the waiting list. It was our last chance (you see we had no money
left!). Taking help from all the dead relatives to die once again and all the
living once serious enough in hospitals we tried to convince the big fat T.C.
but like the stubborn fat of his body he wouldn't budge.
He was so ‘duh’
that he didn’t even notice us sneaking into train behind him, imagine 4 girls
(and the noise they make) with their enormous luggage trying to push their
heavy bags into the train any moron would have noticed it but to our luck and
his dung-headedness he didn't .
We knew the
moment he would find us inside the train he would throw us out of the train the
very next station. We had mutually decided that we would spent the rest of the
money on bribing him to let us travel. (You see, in India such things are
possible!)
The bogey we had jumped
into was the 2nd A/C
completely packed with over-sized rich people occupying more space
than 10 lean poor people would have. I don’t know what’s up with these so
called rich people they never seem to want to share anything. So before we even
tried to collect sympathy and help and off course some space this arrogant rude
lady was ready to create a big scene.
It was
easier to bribe the T.C. than convince her so I felt my friends to the mercy of
that rude lady and went to look for the T.C. in case he saw the unrest would
not help us.
The train
had started and the T.C. miraculously vanished I hoped the train left him
behind. And as I returned to the rescue of my friends they too had evaporated
in thin air (yes with the enormous luggage girls carry!) Before I could go ask
what the lady had done to them a soothing voice called me “And what’s your
name?” What the hell did somebody want to do with my name right now?
When I
turned right to snap back at who-ever it was what I see is all three of my
friends comfortably seated all of the luggage gone in its place and a middle
aged man smiling at me and offering me a seat.
He had
already started conversation with my friends; he kept us engaged in the
conversation so well that we actually forgot that we had a problem in life
called the T.C. He said “You are design students, so tell me about your field.
While telling him about our courses and projects we found a guide and mentor in
him. His knowledge in this field was so deep that he cleared our doubts
regarding out design and also questioned us so that we released the
hidden strengths of our projects. Normally people don’t understand the word
product design, it’s new and they have heard of only fashion design so one has
to actually make people understand that fashion is completely different. But
out of blue we had met a man who knew a lot about this field and we could
openly discuss with him like we did with our faculty.
Out of doubt
that he must be either from a renowned college of design or at least
professionally related to it I asked him what he did.
And pat the answer came “Let’s talk
about you first!”
While we were talking the other
passengers also became interested and were listening to us and we hardly released that
even the T.C. was standing behind me and silently listening to our conversation.
This guy
told the T.C. that these girls are with me they are my distant relatives, and
the T.C. didn't even check our tickets! One word of his and the T.C.
was out of there and never returned, we travelled without a confirm
ticked that day and we didn't even bribe him.
We kept
staring blankly after him just a while ago he was not ready to listen to us and
now it was enough for him to know that we were related to somebody to let us
travel! Weird. Very weird.
Mr.
Vishwanath, yes that’s what his name was and apparently his profession was to
create and produce, he said he was an engineer and had his own set up.
He introduced to us the future of
design and took us on ride of our future telling us the scope and the
possibilities that could be there. He very firmly said solar is the future you
must design products for energy conservation and using solar energy. (Frankly
speaking I gave a damn to solar then!) He gave us a lot of insight into this
technology and I must say inspired us to work for the better and design
responsibly only that we realized it when we came back to college and
introduced to solar energy. This guy had given us enough information to
drive us through this project smoothly.
We have no
idea how he know so much about us and our profession,
Nor do we
know who exactly he was but he change us for the good we came with wonderful
solutions for our project and somewhere he is responsible it, for giving us the
right knowledge at the right time.
One of our
friends travelled further after our destination but when Mr.
Vishwanath got off she doesn't know or maybe she didn’t even realize until
late that he was missing.
In that span
of 4 hour he taught you a lot. Thinking back I realize that he got us
home safely, he worked the T.C. for us, he mentored us individually and still
we didn't know him at all.
Who was he?
Spiritually
– God
Practically
– A learned person from the same field and interest backgrounds
Factually- A
coincidence
But I
believe coincidences are the best planned surprises,
So if any of
you know about this guy or if Mr. Vishwanath you are reading this please
contact us.
Till then in
search…
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