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Panchakshar: The Courageous Story of Five Indians - 16
Really God examines everybody and if the soul is found pure and
intentions true then gifts you with secret of success, whatever your goal would
have been. After going through tough times Madhusudan and Asgar have been able
to taste success in lowers. They have also got call for interview.
Sankat is going through a different turmoil. His Grandfather has fallen
severely ill and is unable to move from bed. Despite of all this, his father
has refused him to go and attend his Grandfather. He told that if you really
love your grandfather prove yourself and make him proud. It is really difficult
to keep control in such situation, but Sankat has somehow managed to do so.
Physically he has not gone there but his heart is wandering and wavering. It
prays again and again to God that Baba must not leave him in between of his
voyage. He tried to wash out his emotions through a letter.
Respected Grandfather!
Greetings of the day!
You always used to tell that I am son of Goddess Ganga and not a normal
chap. Baba I know that you have always played role of Jaamvant for me. Calling
me son of Godess Ganga you have always encouraged me and motivated me. You
never let me go weak and I had been engaged in my goals as ever.
Babaji I have seen you defeating monstrous fighters being easily defeated
by you in the wrestling ground. Crushing the pride of strength had been your
hobby. You have become 80, but don’t forget that the same blood runs in your
veins. It is said that the one remains young till his emotions and beliefs are
young at heart. How can a hearty person like you can get on knees in front of
old age or any disease.
Let’s promise that both of us will fight our best at our ends. Once you
determine that you will crush the disease certainly you will be able to do so.
May Lord Shiva bless us with success in our battles! Please don’t let me be
alone in the mid way. I will feel helpless without you in this majestic mirage.
Please show me the way, only you have been there to show me the way in tough
times.
Your lovely kid
Sankat
Emotions possess great strength and if efforts are put from deep of heart
God is always there to support you. At one hand Sankat got call for training
for the position of SDM and on the other hand his grandfather had been able to
defeat his miseries. There was no Limit to the happiness of Ramgopal. He felt
as if something had choked in his neck and as a result he was unable to express
his feelings. Grandfather’s eyes enlightened with little tear droplets when he
heard the news of selection. After hugging them Sankat stood speechless for
minutes. Today his grandfather’s tapas have bared fruit as whatever size a
branch be it is always recognized by its tree.
Grandfather has distributed laddus in the whole market and village. Well
wishing songs are being sung in each family in the village as Sankat has
enhanced the prestige of the whole village. Every where these words are being
heard “ aree, do you know?”... “Why not Master sahib’s children are diamonds
one has become engineer and other collector, now they get good daughter in laws
and they will become free from their responsibilities.” The village used to be
silent till 8 pm but today everybody is talking about the incident of these two
guys with them. People have got new matter for discussion for next two-three
days.
May be the same will be the situation at Madhsudan and Asgar’s place when
the will be selected as civil servants. Sankat is unable to forget his friends
at the time of happiness.
The eyes have become heavy due to sleep. Some beautiful girl wearing
green and pink bangles and payal in her legs has appeared in his dream. He is
trying to recognize but fails and then thinks with remaining senses that may be
she would be the part of life yet to come why to bother much and enjoys the
dream which may be seen through his smiling face in the sleep. Lord Shiva is
really great to give such rewards to a successor and enlightening the way
towards grihasth ashram with such dreams.
Panchakshar: The Courageous Story of Five Indians - 15
“Sankat! Why don’t you get a shave? You better get a shave otherwise
there will be a new in the paper that a young man got a slip due to his beard
under the feet and had to lose his life due to brain haemorrhage.” Ganpat made
fun of Sankat.
“What benefit I will get out of that yaar. Even after shaving I am going
to be the same Sankat and by the way it’s just two months. Ultimately I will
have to get it done before exams.”
“Ganpat is right in a way dear! You should look smart so that you may be
a benevolent of some gorgeous girl before your civil exams.” Madhusudan teased
Sankat.
“Yaar I don’t think that good looks and dressings are the things which
attract girls. People say that girls are quite patient and intelligent in
choosing their partners. Because of this quality of selecting there used to
swaymvars in India from the ancient times. Parents used to be confident that
their girl will surely select the best contestant and if she failed she had to
suffer. From those timings they got trained this sophisticated art of selecting
Mr. Right.”
“Whatever you are telling is absolutely true, but look and youthfulness
is the thing which is visible initially dear, so what’s wrong in living with
some style and fashion and you are having good looks why not to enjoy it?”
Madhusudan expressed.
“Bro I have heard that there is a rule in science according to which
opposite things attract each other while likes repel. Girls are delicate and
fragile & soft-spoken. Wearing good dresses, doing makeup, looking good and
expecting praise of their appearance is their hobby. So it’s easier for them to
get attracted towards a person Living rough and tough with manly voice, simple
attitude.”
“In which age you are living Sankat? These things might have been
applicable in some age, but are irrelevant now. Now the whole world believes
and lives in fashion. Every where there is marketisation and bliss, no one sees
for simple and straight forward people like you in fact people target folly on
simple persons like you. The girls will not be able to recognise your values
and virtues in flash of all this as sharp vision is needed for that and vision
is always blurred in such circumstances. I am dam sure that at first instance
you will fail in screening itself.” Picture of Shruti appeared by itself in front
of Ganpat while saying this.
What a lovely days they were. In college life everybody wants to look
good so he too used to go well dressed and properly trimmed but didn’t use to
cajole with the girls. The misunderstanding in the bus, his smartness dignity
and self respect had helped him to win Shruti. That’s why whatever he was
speaking was being said from the depth of the hart and was rich with
experience.
“I am ok with failing in the screening of girls’ swayamvar, let it be.
Once I get selected, all the screening will be at one side and brightness of my
success and promising life will be at other.
All the beauty queens will line up for me and I will have to select one
from them.”
“What a thing you have said!! Great! Normally it is told that nothing can
be said for fate of a man and character of a woman. And fate is achieved
through hard work, which you certainly ensure through your efforts. Bravo!!”
Madhusudan praised.
“Madhusudan I did not know that you also think the same manner as the
others do for woman’s character. This seems ridiculous from your side!” Ganpat
expressed his unhappiness on the comment.
“Please correct me if I am wrong but Ganpat bhai, but you will also agree
that girls always weigh the bank balance & wallet before choosing someone
as life partner. It doesn’t impact much whether you tell the naked truth in the
old style or modern one and that is – money and woman don’t stay for long time
at the same place for long they keep on trying for better owner.” Madhusudan
expressed firmly.
“Are yar, how much you people stretch a thing? It seems that you will not
stop singing ballades for ladies. “Sankat was annoyed.
“Are yar why shouldn’t we be happy by talking for the things we don’t
get? What’s wrong in that? What will better suit to wipe out the roughness and
harshness of life that the juicy and delicious subject like woman. Asgar could
not stop himself from joining the discussion.”
“You are absolutely right Asgar. This Sankat may become a saint, why
should we ruin our life.” Ganpat blinked his eyes teasing Sankat.
“kabab and shabab these two things are there in life, and presently we
can just think of shabab,if someone wants to stop us from dreaming then its big
crime. Asgar made mockery of Sankat.
“Fine, do whatever you wish. But please leave me. And for your
satisfaction I will get my beard shaved on Saturday as exams are starting from
Sunday.”
Everybody had a satisfaction on face except Sankat.
Paramveer had been called by her mother. His father has got a heart
attack. He had to go to Noida in emergency. Probably he will have to take care
of business of his father. He was telling something like this, but at the same
time wanted to complete his PG, when it’s just a matter of three months. He is
having this much time for living the life on his own terms. After this his hand
and foot will be bound with the golden chains and though process will also get
sluggish because of these boundaries. Madhusudan has evaluated his futuristic
life like this.
Whatever it is, let it be. There is another change too and that is –
Sankat has got an interview call. He and his father are quite happy for this.
According to his father the real battle is going to start now. This is tough
time for him as well as his father so he has gone to his father to take some
tips and his blessings.
Asgar got tears in his eyes after hearing about success of Sankat. He was
happy about Sankat’s success and his own half success had created distress
which is really difficult to express. He had cleared prelims but could not
appear for mains as his father passed away at the time of exam and he had to go
to attend the rituals. He is remembering the promise made to his father’s soul
that he will achieve his goal at any cost and make his father’s soul proud of
him.
Ganpat is also engaged in prepration of MAT. He has not left any
difference between day and night in this. As he is from arts background
cracking CAT is difficult for him. He is well aware that he cannot spend much
time in studies now and his father is getting tired. He has to fetch a job as
early as possible. His father has promised him that he will do whatever
possible for his only son but he doesn’t want give him much stress now.
Whenever Shambhu gets tired his better half Bhagvati massages his shoulders and
feet with Luke warm oil as if she would be making him remember that – ‘With
these strong shoulders only he had been rowing the boat of family, may be they
have got old but they have not lost their strength; just keep some patience.
Very soon our Son will start fulfilling his responsibilities.’ And then sleeps
keeping her head in his lap as it had been place of assurance for her from
ever. Reliance and support of each other is rowing their family slowly and
gradually.
Madhusudan is not in condition of doing anything presently. He has got
totally confused. He decided not to appear in prelims as he was not confident
about his preparation for it and will appear when he will become confident for
the same. He had to hear a lot from his father for this cowardice act – “my
spine has started bending with the efforts I am making for family and you are
not able to get prepared for the exams-what a casual approach this is? You have
crossed limits of casualness. The expenses on your studies have gone in vain.”
His eyes got wet hearing all this. He had seen this toughness first time on him
from his father. His father used to believe a lot and suddenly this? May be his
up-coming retirement would have made him feeble. He has understood the seriousness
of circumstances. He had also made firm mind that soon he will achieve some
thing.
Today all the five friends have passed with flying colours. Sankat has
gone to Civil Lines for praying Hanumanji. All are waiting for delicious
laddus. A miser like Ashok Bhai has waived off the rent for next month for all
of them. He is sure that his Hostel will become a reputed place now and people
will stay in queue for geting a room with him. With Sankat’s voice the waiting
period got an end and everybody rushed for the sweets.
“Are yaar, today I am very happy. Do you know where I had been today?”
“Where?” Everybody asked together with curiosity.
“I had been to Gangey’s room. Shree Harvansh Rai Bacchan had stayed in
his room for some days.”
“Really? Well where did he used to leave and how did you come to know
this?”
“Room No. 51, Sir Sundarlal Hostel. He himself was telling that he had
stayed there with his friend for some days when he was student. And another
peculiarity is that he also writes poetry and is fond of literature.”
“And how did he come to know about this?”
“He was told by his seniors in the hostel.”
“And how did they know this?”
“They heard for their seniors.”
“Okk.. so this is a belief of people.”
“May be. But this may be true too. Overall he had studied from here
itself and he played role of bridge between English and Hindi department with
Firak Gorakhpuri.”
“Everybody wants be entangled with some celebrity somehow, it’s not a new
thing. May be Gangeya also....”
“It’s more than enough. Don’t say a word if you don’t know about
something.”Sankat told seriously.
“Leave it yaar. Why to stretch such things? Have Laddus and enjoy.”
Ganpat suggested everybody.
Madhusudan and Asgar nodded and the situation became normal with one
round of laddus.
Tomorrow Paramveer will have to leave so everybody has gathered in his
room to spend time with him. Everybody was trying to keep the moment light by
remembering the good moments spent together. Is togetherness so heavy that
people have to make the moment light, probably not. Moments are good or bad if
given chance they evaporate faster than petrol and if treasured in the heart
then creep slowly and touch your delicacy and run the cycle of tears again and
again. So ultimately it depends on you and your nature and the type of
adjustment you do with them.
Panchakshar: The Courageous Story of Five Indians - 14
“You are quite true Sankat Bhai, and normally everybody is not capable of
doing preparation. Those who are strong at resources and whose parents are
strong at heart, that if the child is not able to make the way, they will be
able to do something at the end can dare to do so. Alok Tiwari was being stated
child of rickshaw puller, who had taken coaching in Delhi where fees of a
single subject is 30000. Can a rickshaw puller’s child spend so umuch?”
Madhsudan told.
“Are yaar what is there in such a life? I am seeing the situation of UP
PCS. Class 1-2 PCS is held once in 4 years in Gujarat. Jharkhand etc. are
having the same in every two years. The time will pass rapidly and there is no
surety of job. Doing job leaving old parents at village is also not
recommendable. You may say whatever you want but now I feel that I shall leave
the dreams of being an administrator and do MBA. At least there will be some
thing in my hand.” Ganpat expressed himself.
“See friends, it has rightly been said that when a ship is at verge of
drowning rats find the way to escape at earliest.” Param commented mischievously.
“Yes I am rat, but I am rat of lord Ganesha; who shows way to Ganpati and
becomes reason for bane to Moon. I am son of a farmer. It will be very
difficult for me to admit that I study for years and return empty handed with
mourning face to my home and be reason of stress for my father. Being a
Guajarati doing such a loss making business is not acceptable to me at any
cost. If a Guajarati puts his mind and efforts he can make money even from
stones, then why should spend the resources and time of family for such a bitter
life?” Ganpat replied in the same manner immediately.
“You are rightly saying Ganpat Bhai.” Madhusudan was in his support this
time. “Param’s father is an industrialist, so he is having trees bearing money.
He can have it any time and spend it anywhere. We are the people who will have
to face, once he joins his father’s business life will become cakewalk for him.
And you cannot rely upon these government jobs. Now a day’s students are taken
as sheep & goats, everybody has to pass through the screening so that there
is no unwanted animal. They know very well that there is a long line of
unemployed people, so the bar of qualifications and eligibility criteria is
raising day by day whereas increase in salary for the same position becomes
question of expense and budget and attracts nation’s concern altogether. I have
seen only two things increasing from the days I have become aware first is
inflation rate and other one is eligibility criteria for the jobs.
“Bhai you people may do whatever you wish to, I don’t care about that. I
cannot break my father’s dream. I can’t prove that my father was not worthy or
I am not his blood and till the time there is a drop of blood in my body I will
keep trying. If I feel suffocated by the situations I will dry it up in my
burning heart but will never quit.” This was Sankat’s firm resolve.
“My Abbu is also having this single dream that I become knowledgeable and
respected as his friend. How can I become such a irresponsible person that I
don’t fulfil a single dream of my father just to go to the same swamp where my
father has managed to get some name by just floating above the surface. No, not
at all; I have to rise from the swamp and keep our family stainless for which
my father has devoted his life.” Asgar too got emotional.
“Whatever you people want to do, you may do; I don’t bother about that. I
just know one thing- that I never wanted and neither ever said that I would
like to be an IAS or IPS and what I wish to be, I certainly will be sooner or
later.” Param cleared himself.
Now everything was crystal clear. The goals and their chasers along with
the degree of certainty and devotion could be easily identified. It is the rug
of mind which helps in cleaning the mist of uncertainty and brings the targets
nearer and the light of aim attracts the chaser so much that he achieves the
target as if it would have been a cake walk.
Panchakshar: The Courageous Story of Five Indians - 13
“Arre yar, did you here this? The answer books of UPPCS for the year 2005
have been lost. This news has been published on first page of today’s
newspaper.” Madhusudan was quite embarrassed while speaking these words.
“What’s big deal? PCS for 2004 has already been cancelled. It is said
that here was some mischief in scaling pattern of that exam.” Asgar expressed
his views.
“It’s not that only this has happened. Secondary Education Selection Board
has been dissolved. For last three years the selection of secondary and senior
secondary teachers has not taken place at all. And the examinations which have
taken place, their results are still awaited.” Sankat was also there with his
piece of knowledge of the scenario.
“Arre yar, Doctor Sir, who used to leave in the lodge behind our lodge
has started packing he said that the diminishing vacancies in the civil
services and such scams have shaken his confidence in the system.Till 1999-2000
there used to be 1000 to 12000 vacancies and such people had got selected with
whom we used to discuss and study together. And when our age reached the
eligibility criteria then number of seats, partiality, scams, results
everything has ruined up. We had given TGT & PGT four years back, whose
result is still awaited. What does this mean? We are not in-eligible for
selection, as result of all the exams are still awaited, at the same time all
the participants are standing in the same queue with the same rank as none of
them has got selected. I have not got much more patience and energy to continue
studies. I am going, at village I will drive tractor, inspire my children for
business but never put them in this fucking Civil Services preparation.” Param
narrated to all others.
“If you take case of Ajit Bhaiya, after qualifying IAS mains for three
times, he had been rejected in interview and at last he had to satisfy himself
with the position of meagre auditor.” Ganpat told.
Just imagine! Parents send their children with the hope that after going
to Allahabad their child will study hard and become a big officer, but they are
unaware with the severity of unemployment. The students coming over here try
their best. They diminish their wishes and luxuries of life and try to present
best ever resources available in their pockets. They save us from all the
miseries of our life thinking that our child will study hard and this is for
some time and our child has good potential and is a hard worker. Some day the
fate of family will be different. But that someday hardly comes. What an irony!
But do we leave any stone unturned? We try to do as little expense as
possible. Daal bhat Chokha (DBC) is the staple food for us as it is least
expensive in the terms of money as well as time. We also think the way our
parents do that some day we will succeed passing through these miseries, hard
work and dedication. We get bald and number in our eyes. But day by day success
is pushed off and we are bare handed waiting our dream to be true. Life feels
to be hollow like pain and desire of an impotent man to be father. But we are
unable to share the same to the people and family members in the villages
hoping us to complete our dreams and bring a smile on their faces and vice
versa. They feel that if the miseries are shared it will be difficult to
concentrate on the real aim. The passing time increases the space between both
the parties and failure of a person turns into the failure of entire family bitterness
of which is felt by each member of the family.
“Arre if you leave the success and failure aside and analyse the pattern
of exams you will realise that there is a lot of difference in exams held
earlier and now a days. Till 1988 there used to be only written exams, there
used to be no prelims and interviews. Then prelims were attached with main
exams which later on were followed by interviews too. From 2002 onwards the
exams have converted to five staged exams as every exam is being dragged into
High-Court and Supreme Court. First exams pass through all the stages and then
candidates. After clearance from the entire stages only one can distribute
sweets.” Asgar was revealing some harsh facts.
Sometimes the candidates prepare up to the age of 35-36 years and get
nothing. The hope to achieve the target and resolve to never quit along with
the respect for the sacrifices done by their parents for them persuades them to
do so. What is left for the person to do who has spent 30 years in books and
exams? He cannot touch cow-dung and dirt. He cannotreap the crops. He cannot do
business as most of the resources have been spent and he knows nothing about
business. And as a failure no one will ask for him. What should he do when his
condition is like a street dog that doesn’t have a specified place for himself?
What a tragedy and we hope that people with such pathetic mind would be able to
run the country. Oh God, please save our country. Everything is in your hands.
Just think that you will put all such efforts to serve an illiterate MLA
or MP and be a thread of his welcome carpet. He will try to teach you how to do
public service, which had never been in public. To be forced to be part of
exploitation and corruption or to be thrown away in some remote place trying to
prove that you were not part of any such goof up so that you do not prove to be
a stone in the plate of these politicians. What is benefit of such a job? Now
there is no charm for such positions. There was time when DM of Allahabad had not
allowed helicopter of Indira Gandhi to land in the city for 24 hours, and she
was PM at that time. But now everybody wants to follow people like Akhand
Pratap Singh so that they can keep their pockets warm and heavy and those who
go otherwise have to face the situation like Krishna Bhaiya and people like
Anand Mohan go smiling after hearing death sentence in the courts being
confident that next government will be theirs. And their Government means their
decision.
What had happened with ASP of Varansi Mr. Shailendra Pratap Singh? After
finding AK47 with Atik Ahmad, he asked for permission of arresting him by the
SP and when denied resigned. After not getting any ticket from the parties he
fought on his own in the elections and had to return to pavilion with mourning
face. Bhai politics is not for righteous people. Our public is not blind, deaf
and speechless but acts otherwise. When it sees some one simple it thinks that
how the person will be able to stand in the world of corrupts and goons and just
with the responsibilities. Surviving even for a few days will not be possible
for him so let’s pardon him for his life. And thus again there is atrap on
democracy of India. Public thinks that if some good people are left alive their
strength will increase, but my dear friends if you go on supporting burglars
and corrupt like this their abuse of power is certainly going to diminish the
whole structure and society and moral of good people as one spoiled mango
spoils the whole basket where as a good mango is not able to do otherwise.
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