I like and love to travel whenever I get time. I have
travelled mostly in the western coastal belt of India from Mangalore to Gujarat
via Goa and recent trips to Hyderabad from my home town. All the travels have
helped me to feel how the people are living around, it gives me a different
perspective towards life. One particular journey I especially remember is
travelling to Gujarat to attend an interview.
Crossing few stations I got seat at side single window seat and I was happy as if I was sitting on thrown as it is the chair mostly people like to occupy. One lady was sitting in front of me, neither too aged to call aunty nor too young to call as girl. Somehow the conversation started with her and came to know that she was an entrepreneur running own business of customized jewelers and it was one of her regular trip to meet her clients. She exchanged couple of her ideas how she is planning to empower rural youth and trying to find out ways of self employment to make rural women to earn using whatever skills they have. Conversation continued till she got down at Panvel (Mumbai)
Meeting these two I learnt it is not difficult to live a life on this Earth. There are various legal ways one can opt for leading a good life. I decided to not to give up my hopes and planned to continue with my efforts thinking some day or other my number will come.
I boarded the train at Madgaon (Goa) and requested TC to
give reservation till Baroda. As few tickets were cancelled and not much travelers
so TC gave a confirmed ticket till Baroda. Journey was pleasant. In the mean
while I got introduced to a family (couple with two kids) from Kerala who were
shifting from their home town to Ahmadabad in search of green pasture. Kids
were small, just known to communicate in Hindi, wife did not know Hindi or any
other language except Malayalam. Husband knew few languages roaming over the
places for business. He had lot of dreams like getting his daughters admitted
in good schools to make them educated etc., I wished them bye at Baroda and
left. Waited for a long time at Baroda bus stand to reach the venue of
interview. “I felt change is inevitable on the way of making a good life seeing
the family who left their kith and kin and moving far to build a nest for
themselves.”
I reached the place of interview and successfully completed
it with a job offer. I had a chance to meet one south Indian lady at the
interview venue, later her husband took me to their home and I stayed with
them. It was an eye opener to learn from them how therefore fathers shifted to
Baroda in search of job. Slowly subsequently they got adapted to the living
habits of Gujarati people and staying in harmony with them. Whatever we do is
for food and we are going to stay here for only few years. Why to live with
having jealous, hat redness and anger with our fellow men spoiling our
happiness and as well as of others. The delicious aloo parantha the couple
served me for the night was indicating their adoption to the life style of Gujarat.
I left next day wishing them bye with a hope to keep in
touch with them in future. I didn't get reservation, so took general ticket and
boarded train at Baroda. I always heard that general compartments are the best
place to get the knowledge of what is happening around us? Many unknowns will
become known ones and start conversation without any limitation or boundary of
state, country or world!
Crossing few stations I got seat at side single window seat and I was happy as if I was sitting on thrown as it is the chair mostly people like to occupy. One lady was sitting in front of me, neither too aged to call aunty nor too young to call as girl. Somehow the conversation started with her and came to know that she was an entrepreneur running own business of customized jewelers and it was one of her regular trip to meet her clients. She exchanged couple of her ideas how she is planning to empower rural youth and trying to find out ways of self employment to make rural women to earn using whatever skills they have. Conversation continued till she got down at Panvel (Mumbai)
One more interesting person came and sat in front of me was
working at Saudi and had been to Gujarat to see any openings are there as he was
a certified jewellary tester who do the job of testing ornaments and diamonds
for their quality once the ornaments are made. He was telling his experiences
at Saudi how hard it is to live without families and also without any regular
contact with family members. He even told how the employers in Saudi will cheat
once a person goes and joins for the job accepting their work order. Many times
the job seekers end up in low profile jobs without enough money to go back to
their countries.
Meeting these two I learnt it is not difficult to live a life on this Earth. There are various legal ways one can opt for leading a good life. I decided to not to give up my hopes and planned to continue with my efforts thinking some day or other my number will come.
I forgot to mention about one more family I met at Baroda
staying back side the couple’s house which I stayed. They were also from South India
particularly Mangalore. Their story was somewhat different. Many years ago they
moved to Gujarat, their kids were born, educated and are doing job in Baroda
itself. Now, the problem the family was facing is marriage of their children.
Their children didn't know any language except Tulu or Kannada. I felt they are
at cross roads and their kids in between junction of two roads. If they go back
to Mangalore, they won’t have any job to do or make their living and if they
stay at Baroda they won’t get suitable match for their daughters. Life
sometimes throws questions at us which the time only can solve and give
answers.
Travelling always taught me new lessons, making me more
humble and less egoistic than earlier.
PS: This post is written for submission to Indiblogger's Expedia - Around the World contest organized by Expedia in collaboration with IndiBlogger.
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