This is another beautiful story from my dad’s bag of stories which he always carries with him to make me understand the importance of certain basic things in life. He narrated this to me when I was a teenager and was tensed about petty things in life however, I can relate to this even more after growing up. I am sure all of us would be able to relate and learn the way of living life from it. Once a man named Rakesh had borrowed certain amount of money from his neighbor Jagdish which he had promised to return it in a month. He borrowed money to start his business but unfortunately material he had procured wasn’t sold until then hence he was not able to arrange for the funds to pay back Jagdish on time. In the middle of that cold December night, Rakesh was sweating with anxiety and stress that he won’t be able to return Jagdish’s money the next morning. He was walking in the hallway the entire night thinking what would he tell Jadish, what would be Jagdish’s reaction, would he understa...
Day before yesterday I was in a conversation with my best friend and I came across a really different experience which he shared. He belonged to a business family, his father was the one to keep the foundation stones of the business. Like any other boy born with a silver spoon in mouth, he was constantly teased and questioned by all of his friends, that why was he even pursuing his graduation. He even shared one of his experiences at school, where at a Parent Teacher meeting one of his classmate’s father blamed him as a bad influence and also mentioned that life is way easier for him because he has his father’s business to pursue. Whereas being the son of a serviceman the classmate does not have an easy way out, life is way tougher for his classmate. That very day he saw his father cry which was quite disheartening for him and it would have been for any of us as well. After his graduation when he joined his family business he faced various different kind of challenges, his father had...