A New Life Lesson from a Stranger!

It was my first day in a new city and I was feeling extremely alone and sad. I had to leave my friends, family and city for this dream job. It is not very easy to adopt in a new city and initial few days usually tend to be very tough. It becomes even harder when you have left so many memories, somewhere else.

However on my very first day, I had a small conversation with one person who changed my whole attitude and filled me with optimism.

It happened when I was travelling in an e-rickshaw. Since it is hard for me to keep quiet I always end up doing small talks whenever I am travelling and the first question that is good to start a conversation is to ask about the rent of the vehicle for a day and how much they end up earning.  It always works!

Me - Bhaiya, What is the average of this battery operated rickshaw?

Him - Around 100-150 Km, it all depends on the load, traffic and stuff.

(He used quite a few English words)

Me - Till what grade have you studied?

Him- I am a graduate.

Me - From where?

He was a bit hesitant to answer it but said- Allahabad University.

Me - So you tried for job or anything after that?

Him - I was pretty sure that you will ask it, but this is my job. Though it might not be prestigious but it pays well.

Me - How much do you earn approximately per day?

Him - At least 500-700.

Me - It is a very good amount I guess.

Him - Yep, I end up earning 18K per month plus I get around 20K from my tenants.

Me - Arey Waah!

Him - Bhaiya the thing is you might think why I am doing this job, but trust me it gives me satisfaction. I earn pretty well through it and in the end and earn around 40K per month which is good enough for me.

Me - Sure it is.

Him - You know people say a lot of things about me but I feel I should appreciate the job which is giving me money, the problem with our country is that we attach prestige to the job and prefer to sit idle than earn with our able hands.

Me - Yeah, you are right.

Him - Umm I used to be a property dealer but soon realized I was not earning way too much and I had to spend money on maintaining status. I am happier now though the prestige is not there but I live with luxury.

Me - I am sure if everyone learns from you, our country will move very fast.

Him - Bhaiya, for saying purpose it is good but even you were astonished to know that a graduate is driving a rickshaw. "Angrejo ki zanjeeray to chali gayi pata nahi ye soch ki kab jaengi" (Though we are free from the chains of slavery but don't know when will we get rid of this thought process).

His last word had me wondering about our mindset and existence. What if every one of us starts thinking like this? Won’t it curb the issues of unemployment to a large extent?

Indeed we are too absorbed with the social norms to think wisely, think differently. I consider myself no exception to this and only if I would have thought like him I might have not left my city, friends and family. It is indeed time to look-up with honor towards every profession.

No job is big or small. Every hand that earns its butter and bread is worth respecting. This is my look-up story that inspires me every day to think differently and respect everyone.

This post intends to encourage and support look-up campaign of housing.com 

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A Friend For Life!!!

Life is pretty complicated and you need friends to make it simple.

I am going to tell you about one of my friend who has been with me since my childhood.

We were neighbors at first and used to play together in colony every evening. We were in different schools but enjoyed each others company for whatever time we had after it. In class 6th I changed my school and we became classmates. From here started a journey of sharing notes, studying together, long bicycle rides, morning jalebi trails, evening coffee get-together and what not.

We remained classmates till the end of our schooling days i.e. Class 12th

 

Our Childhood Pic at Some Marriage

Coaching Days:

After 12th boards many of our classmates moved to Kanpur for doing preparations of entrance examinations. Initially we had different hostels as I was living with one of our other classmate who was doing medical entrance exam preparation and he was also with one of our other classmate in another hostel. Though as luck would have it, soon all four of us shifted to same hostel.

The Unfortunate Incident:

One afternoon when I was studying in my room the owner of the hostel suddenly knocked at my door. As soon as I opened the latch, he moved inside and ordered me to step out for a moment. It was pretty normal as inspections were pretty common in our hostel. Though I realized this was something different as he was only checking my Room!

After 5 minutes he came out at lashed at me: "Quickly pack your bags and leave the hostel".

Needless to say I was shocked as hell. I knew I had made no such mistake. I tried reasoning with him but to no use. He wasn't even ready to tell me the reason.

Out of any option I started packing my bags. My friends were as shocked as me and were helping me out with it, though no body exactly knew what was required to be done.

With all my bag and baggage and accompanied by my friends I reached downstairs to hostel reception. I asked him one last time to at-least tell me what have I done. He gave me just a disgusted look in reply!

After much of persuasion it was told that somebody has pasted a letter full of abuses on the owners chair yesterday night and the pen and paper have matched with my belongings. He didn't show me the letter claiming it to be very embarrassing and rubbish and told me that the handwriting was also very similar to mine. I knew I haven't done it and tried reasoning with him.

Hostel Gathering

He also knew I was not at all the mischievous types and offered me to leave if I say that I have done this on my friends plan. He considered him naughty enough to do such things. Indeed I knew he wasn't also the culprit and anyways I can not take his name.

So finally I was thrown Out Of the Hostel!!!

Next Day:

I took shelter at one of my friends flat who was also living independently.

Next morning when I woke up I found two of my friends, including my childhood mate sitting in the room. Suddenly I noticed their baggage was also lying on the floor and it was then they informed me that they have also left the hostel in protest of my expulsion.

And We Are Still FRIENDS for Life!!!

And these were the words of my Childhood friend, "Do you really think you can get away from me because of some douche bag? I am always their with you and don't worry we will make him pay #together!"

Their are people in everyone's life with whom just being #Together Makes Us Happy. Let Us Celebrate Togetherness With Housing.com

If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It!!!

It is easy to have a dream but it is entirely a different story when you decide to turn some dream in to a reality.

It is never a cakewalk. Traversing the unknown tributaries of unforeseen errors and issues and tackling one after the other is not what you can call cool and hip!

Certainly when I first thought of starting my own advertising agency I did had my share of inhibitions. I knew it was a risk, I knew there was a lot on stake but then nobody ever won without trying and I knew that this was something that I surely must try. So I went for it!

To begin with it is tough to convince the family when you are suddenly deviating from your expected line of specialization and getting in to something that they really don’t know much about. I mean what else one could expect in my situation. I was an IT engineer who after having only about some 10-11 months of experience was planning to open his own company, that too an Advertising Agency. Pretty fascinating!

Nevertheless a bit of drama, some persuasion and a few promises is all it took to secure their approval. I didn’t expect anything less!

So I zeroed on a first floor shop in a complex and did the muhurat on the first day of Navratra’s. Only a few of my friends were present for the occasion and I requested my parents to come only after we have really settled the office.  A few days went away in finding the proper furniture, arranging the computer system, getting the internet connection etc.

Now it was the time for hiring some necessary employees. I took my first interview in a CCD as the office wasn’t fully ready by now. It was for the post of graphic designer and I had posted on various facebook forums to advertise for it. Many of the CV’s came in and after initial telephonic rounds I called 3 people for the interview.

I had invited all three of them to CCD only at around half hour difference. The interviews went well and I finalized a girl who actually didn’t had much of an experience and thus was well within our budget. I thought she can learn well enough while working for us and as she knew the software’s and tools of designing it won’t be a problem to get the right work done with proper creative guidance. I wasn’t quite right but I didn’t have many options either.

So from here began a journey. A journey which has been full of up’s and down’s and a journey which is still on. But today when I look back I realize no matter what happens in future I have surely moved ahead from where I was and I will surely move ahead from where I am because that is what life is all about.

There is not one but many problems associated with starting a stat-up but there is not a single one of them that you and I cannot actually tackle. We can do it because we want to do it and one such inspiring story is about the young turks of housing.com. Watch this immensely inspiring video to understand what all it takes to live your dream and turn them in to reality.

So Now Love, Live and Laugh because this is all you need to Start a New Life !!!

This post intends to support and promote inspiring Start A New Life Campaign of Housing.com !

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