Final Destination

Final Destination ……

Rohan was getting late.. It was only 30 minutes left and he had to cover an entire span of 11kms to reach to Final Destination. It had nothing to do with his aim in life or some kind of dream but he was going to watch the latest Hollywood flick “Final destination 4" whom he awaited from the time he saw a previous part of the same movie.

"Those of you who are phynique about numbers would say 11kms in 30 minutes ... Easy job done...but then try driving the same in Delhi rains and you’ll shatter your overconfidence pretty soon...."

Excited about the plan, Rohan drove fast his new car Hyundai i 10 which he recently took on his own. As with every one of us, that first car is somehow emotionally attached and so it was the case with him. He had already jumped two of the signals at full throttle and was about to jump the third, when suddenly......

He had to change over foot position, from the full throttle at the accelerator the foot moved to the brakes with double the energy he had.... The energy paid off he was able to stop the car at time, though a young boy had already fallen on the road....

"Hey you bastard , cant you see " yelled rohan moving out of the car..

" Sorry Sir " came a weak voice from the other side ....

Unbothered about the boy, rohan just gazed off to his car bumper all worried .It was a look as if he had bumped his car into a truck rather than into a boy....After entire clinical research which made him sure that nothing has happened to his beautiful car it was time to turn around...

Turning around he saw a young lad, probably 14-15 yrs neatly dressed in school uniform with a tie and a big school bag. The guy was collecting his stuff from the ground when again Rohan spoke :

“You should see your steps, you nearly killed yourself just now”

“Sir i was watching my steps, it was a signal for me to move rather than you, and it was you who nearly killed me ..."

He didn’t expected a reply like that, but then thinking of the destination he was getting late he decided to avoid and move on...As he drove 50 meters ahead a thought stopped him .. It was his conscience which reverted him to ask at least if that guy is all right or not...

Rohan parked his car and went back... as he moved towards him some thing unusual striked ....

He saw the same guy standing up at the same crossing talking to car owners one by one ..Confused he covered some more distance to see what is he engaged with....He saw the same young lad selling pencils at the traffic signal....He was shocked to see the determination of the boy who crimpled from one car to another asking the owner to buy a whole bunch of pencils from him .

"why is he doing so " Rohan thought ?

Is it for some drugs , rohan asked to himself ...But soon seeing the determination and the pain in the eyes of the boy this thought of his washed away......

Rohan moved back to his car , but didn’t had the energy to roll the keys.....The thought which troubled him was not that a kid is street selling (obviously in a country of 1 billion street selling has become a big industry and we have seen kids selling things at each nook and corner ) but it was the strong character of the boy and the questions posed by him . He sat there for another 20-25 minutes watching the same lad moving from one car to other requesting cars to buy stuff from him... The tears rolled out of rohan eyes as if the pain of that young boy is flowing down his cheeks....He thought of helping him with some money but then decided against it for not hurting the determination of the boy...

Later, He went to the boy and said:

“Sorry” and bought 2 pencils for himself....

While driving back the shadow of that young lad empowered Rohan . There was so much to learn from the boy, will power, calmness & keeping all the pain under cover. Also present are some of the never ending questions:

"Why is there so much disparity?”

“How can we help and spread some smiles to people around us”

Neither does rohan had answers to his thoughts nor do i writing this. We all are still living in ignorance of our self centric happiness..... T

oday Rohan possesses more than 30 odd pencils which he bought time and again from him..Whenever rohan feels shaky he moves to the same lad and buy those pencils which serves as a energy pill making him more determined. Till today Rohan didn’t had courage to ask the pain this boy possess for the fear of feeling guilty of not being able to help him adequately.. But what he knows is a young lad named “Sarthak” fighting all alone against the storms...He calls him Rock which brings a small smile to both ….Sarthak has now become an integral part of Rohan’s prayers to give this boy all the strengths to reach to his Final destination …..



"If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin." – Charles Darwin…..

And we should look forward to do a bit to overcome these sins :) :) :) :) .....