Sunday, March 11, 2012

I am Raju

Raju is born in a poor family in !!!!!; ofcourse its in India, what other country can I imagine for writing stories?


He is destined to be in Nigeria helping the local tribal communities and living with them. Its already decided up there and no body can change it. lets see how Raju's life unfolds and how he reaches his destiny.


Raju's father venkaiah is a riksha puller; he earns 50-100 Rs. a day; Raju's mother, subbamma works as a housemaid and earns approx 1000 to 2000 /- per month. 
Raju is the only son in the family and hence venkaiah saves everything he could for his son; he buys gifts, sweets, candies often for his son; Subbamma does the same; Raju was born after 7 years after vekaiah and subbamma's marriage and hence he is loved even more;
Venkaiah knows that life is not easy for a riksha puller in india and he struggles to make ends meet; As every other parent in india, venkaiah's only dream in life is to give raju a good life and a better financial position.


At the age of 4 years, raju has now been joined in the local primary school; He is a genius; people realized this as soon as he started talking; Being gifted, raju learnt quickly; at so small age he is moving quickly in his academics; 
Since this being a government primary school, you wouldn't expect a recognition, do you?
Raju's next step is to get admission in the Secondary school; he is admitted and finished in flying colors.
There are only few things that raju learned in all his 13 years apart from his academics.
he just loves reading and he never ever gave a thought about anything else.
venkaiah and subbamma are proud of their dear son and they never let raju feel that he is born in a poor family. 
No one knows what's in store in raju's life, not even raju; after finishing his schooling, raju first started thinking about the next step; till then he was just reading, writing and completing exams and moving to the next class; a 14 year old boy can't think beyond a certain level, raju is no exception; there are very few in the village who can guide him;
he chose to take up engineering and hence opts for those corresponding subjects like maths and science in his +1 and +2.
There are no engg colleges near his village and he has to go to the nearest town if he gets a seat in engg. 
Effortlessly raju earns a good score in the entrance exam and he joins the nearest engg college.
This is where it all started. For the first time in his life, he is staying away from his parents; for the first time, he is thinking about things which he never thought of;
preparing and eating food, cleaning, struggle for survival in the town, room rents, bullying in the college and many more;
It all happened suddenly; its true that a town is a different world for most of the people who come from a remote village. 
Raju started thinking; he cried for the first time and tried to understand what life is worth for and why there are haves and haven'ts.
He understood the meaning of hunger and the pain his parents took to bring him to this level. 
These thoughts and many more changed Raju's path; his only goal now is to remove poverty in his family; with the help of his college professors, he is able to apply for a loan so that he can afford his education instead of depending on his parents;
he completes his engg with exceptional results; people already started seeing him as a budding scientist and his professors and even the principal are proud of him. Obviously it didn't take much time for him to secure a good job; 
he brings his parents with him to the city where he works; he works day and night and earns good money; he doesn't want to marry, despite his parents continuous pressure.
His goal is now achieved; his family now is no more poor, they have now become part of india's bourgeoisie.
Slowly he sets up a house, buys things; Being affluent now, he agrees to marry and marries a middle class girl; Raju's wife ganga is a good house wife, she takes good care of raju's parents and does the household and other things;
Raju works even hard and his hardwork bears good results; A big financial company recognizes raju's talent and offers him a good salary; Raju shifts to his new job;
By this time raju is already 34 but with no children; its been 5 years since he's married but no children yet;
Raju's mother has already been suffering with pneumonia for so many years and on one bad day she passes away; raju's father didn't survive long, being lonely after his wife's death (he was staying alone in his village after his wife's death), he died due to ill health and loneliness.
Raju's never expected his parents to abandon him like this; his only saving grace is his wife. 
They try to live a happy life while raju continues to work hard. He is 45 years old now and ganga is now 40 years. After so many years of marriage, ganga's become pregnant now but disaster struck raju. his wife dies due to a miscarriage.
he is shattered, there's no one in his life now; no parents, no children and no lifepartner.
he is not in a position now to move forward. he just doesn't know why he is still living.
At the same time, his company gets a huge project in Africa and recommends raju to visit the country and lead the team there; 
Raju accepts this offer hoping that the change of place could make him feel good though he is not interested to go;
Finally he visits Nigeria and starts working on the project; Nigeria is a poor country and daily raju watches the street kids, how they survive, their poverty and their lives.
it reminds him of his own life when he was a child.
Raju resigns from his job and his only goal now is to help people as much as possible and remove their poverty.
His new journey is now beginning. This is his new life; he lives with the tribal people, teaches them english, culture and manners; teaches them cultivation and doing  business;he helps them in setting up shops; he teaches the kids, adults, womenfolk and every one in that village and near by villages.
he spends the rest of his life living here; by the time he crossed his 65th birthday, raju has become one of them; he now doesn't speak his mother tongue but speaks the tribal language; he wears the same clothes as them; 
he transforms that village and near by villages into a dream land where people forget what poverty was like.
Raju becomes a hero for the entire Nigeria; in these 15 years he earned so much respect and praise from all the people; Raju died at the age of 75, a peaceful death indeed; 
he was smiling when he died and was with hundreds of little children showing them how to do plantations; 
Raju is in heaven now and he could see that his story has now become a part of school curriculum in the entire Nigerian country.
See how destiny changes one's life.
A rikshaw puller's son born in a remote village in andhra pradesh, India became a hero for another country; 
how strange it is!!!!
This is what is raju meant to be when he was born and that's what happened.



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