10 years ago there was a 21 year old girl, sitting before
the idols of deities, crying, scared, asking Him to protect her and help
her and her family.
Her family had gone bankrupt, they were under threat of physical violence by the creditors.
She prayed to the lord.
She went to her school Principal's house. She had just retired and had received a lot of money.
Our
girl went to her with the purpose of seeking monetary help with an
intention of returning in when she starts earning. She got this
confidence, coz when she had topped in her college and paid a visit to
the school Principal, the Principal had expressed to her father, a
desire of owning her responsibility and sending her abroad for further
studies. Being self respecting, the girl had then felt a rush of blood
to her cheeks, as she felt it was as if her Principal was indicating
that the girl's father did not have the good sense of ensuring that she
pursues further studies. She had then left the Principal's house as
early as she could. But now the times had changed, she had no other way
out. She had considered handing herself over to the Principal and going
wherever she wanted to send her, and let her take all the credit of her
success while her family will be criticized for not seeing the good
sense of doing the same themselves. But in return she would ask her just
2 lac rupees.
She was wrong, not in thinking that she
won't get the money, but in thinking her Principal to be mean, as she
now realizes that she meant well. And she really did not have any money
to spare.
Anyways, she had no success. Then she wrote a letter to a man, whose article in the newspaper had inspired her.
She
wrote an email, which can be summarized thus. She was encouraged with
the man's ideas and was a very good brain herself. She can promise that
she will be a success as a contributor to science and society, but in
order that she can actually survive and continue studying till that
time, she would need her family to be intact and for that she needs
money which she would return once she is successful.
No reply ever came.
Then
saw an advertisement of a poetry contest online, while she was at the
cyber cafe, writing the email to the person who wrote the article. She
wrote a poem and went to the cyber cafe again, but she was a novice
about www. She could not be sure whether the poetry actually ever got
posted or not. But she had read some sample poetries there and was
somehow sure that her poetry was at par if not better.
But as we know she was a novice, and never got to know what happened to her entry.
She
knocked every possible door and got no answer so there she was; sitting
before the deities, asking protection for her and her family. She was
scared to move out of her room.
10 years later, the
girl had earned a lot of money..... no not by means which generally
follow such turn of events, but rather by working. She is now a
confident professional, doing very well in an MNC.
But
Today, she is again sitting in front of the deities, crying. She is
scared. She is asking them to protect her, to help her. She is Bankrupt
emotionally......
She has knocked at the hearts of people, but no reply.
There are those people like her Principal who want to own her and be proud of her traits but cannot lend the emotional help.
There
are people like the article writer, who preach love is great, but have
no trust on what they preach. They don't trust that lovers exist in
Today's world and thus don't take the cry for help seriously.
There
are those conquests like the poetry contest, where you pour your heart
out, but you cannot be sure whether anything got registered or not.
Nothing has changed, it was financial misery now it is emotional.
But misery is not a currency which can buy you anything but pity.
Everything
else needs to paid back in equal currency. It is just that our girl has
the money but in currencies that are not accepted around here.
She
is using currencies of Gold which remain as true to their value Today
as they were centuries ago; and people of Today used to paper money with
the various marks of Dollars, Pounds, Rupees & Euros are more eager
to believe that her currencies are too good to be True. The coins
according to them can be Gold plated at best and will wear out showing
the plastic within in no time.
The Girl with all her
Gold, sits in front of the deities and cries, coz with all that Golden
Currency of emotions and sincere love, she is bankrupt, she cannot get
them exchanged to fill her hungry heart and thirsty eyes.
She is Bankrupt in this world of paper currency of make believe value.