It’s been a year, since Naydu family went for outing
anywhere. Full family was in a fresh mood. Even after journey started @ 10 PM,
nobody was feeling sleepy. And why not? Such excitement becomes compulsory when
you are getting something after a long time (& you are also waiting for
it…).
Long time is referred in the sense that Mr & Mrs Naydu
has stopped any kind of expense which is not fruitful or helpful in improving
money condition of home. Their sacrifice is amazingly marvelous (after all,
they are parents and the parenting, itself is a great task). Mrs Naydu spends
her free time with close relatives and a sewing machine. In fact, she has
considered that machine to be another companion of life apart from the husband.
Her husband, Mr Naydu, a purely sincere business man, dedicated his life to
serve their children. After saving every penny, they afforded a home.
Coming back to the trip, this time both husband, wife, their
son 'Antariksh' and his wife 'Ruby'. Antariksh is an investment banker and earning sufficient to afford this full trip. Ruby is also an HR in a reputed firm. Even after getting this much achievement, they have decided to travel in sleeper class of train because they believe in simplicity. The family routed themselves in Jaisalmer - a tourist spot in Rajasthan. once they reached the destination, what they are seeing is a big crowd enjoying their holidays.
The atmosphere is very cold yet crowdy. People are covered with cloths to
save themselves from freezing pink cold. It's 4:30 am in morning. Mr Naydu is aware of the place so they are ready to start their fun. Antariksh also googled some details and they are completely prepare to walk around with any guidance. The real fun begins after the station. First of all, they got some place to fresh up and have some tea and snacks.
The sleepy mood ran away in the excitement of journey. But the God is sometime in the mood of playing hard. Just after they had their breakfast: Some snatcher gang came on the bike and covered the family. They threatened Naydu n family to give away all the things which they have. Now, Mr Naydu is a man with good understanding. So instead of fighting with them, he allowed them to take whatever they had. Those burglars took all of the stuff including purses, money, luggage, phones, etc. The family left alone with no help @ 5:30 am in the morning. This is the time when they are not going to get any help from any one. Not even police!!!
The incident is a big stroke to the family's mentality. Mrs Naydu started crying. They found one place to sit and at the same time some other lady was also crying at the same place. Antariksh asked that lady the reason. Surprisingly, that lady was also one of the victim but her luggage was stolen not snatched. Anyway, situation was same. In such situation, No one was able to think about what to do next. Suddenly, Ruby woke up and inspired Antariksh to handle situation.
Mr Naydu and Ruby stood there along with Mrs Naydu and Antariksh went to police station. The police officer played a very serious role of being kind. He just wrote a simple application (Not even FIR... :( ). Antariksh called one friend and arranged all the material to continue the journey. He returned to his parents and said few words of happiness. I don't know what he said but whole family agreed to continue the trip (even with the off-mood). They completed their whole trip and decided not to have any such trip.
But Antariksh and Ruby are still in the hope of convincing their parents because they know that "All that matters is Happiness!!..."
