Three Meetings of Life

I have met him many times in life but I will only write about three meetings with him which happenned in my life and has significant bearing on my life and shaping me as a person. Its very interesting aspect of my life that debarring the four friends Manoj, Kamal, Bivraj and Prakash, rest others have always tried to hit me in some or other context. This is apt for many people including those whom I have helped in life and career. This gentleman stands apart from all these people as I realize today.
How people hit me? there can be many examples, may be I can write twenty pages on my blog on people who have taken help from me and have ditched me at a latter stage, be it my brother, my relatives, my colleagues like nalini, each one of them in some or other form have comeback to me and tried to play foul with me. But there is no point in blaming other people, may be I lacked something for which such a thing happenned. May be a mistake at my end for that matter. and when the mistake can be partly attributed to me, its not a good point to write them and blame someone fully.

Let me comeback to the gentleman about whom I wished to pen down today. In 1987, after my graduation in Physics, I was wondering what next to study as I was not interested to study Physics further. So I applied for an MBA program in an upcoming business school and I was selected. My father went with me and he saw the institute and had doubts whether he should have put his son in such a small school. He had almsot convinced me about not joining the school and then we met the Director of the school Prof Pal. He has such uncanning power to convince people that when my father came out of his chamber, he started advising me how should I go for the course and I was amazed by the cool of this man, the way he convinced my father. Today when I look back and see myself, then I wonder I am what I am today due to his convincing power and his effort for putting me where I am. Over the years his love for me has deeper and deeper only and every milestone that I have achieved in life has made him very happy and he feels very proud of me.
Let me write down my second important meeting with him. It was in his house. In between a decade almost had passed and he was out of my school for pursuing his business. Then one day I got the chance of my life time to carry a letter with me which had his re-appointment as the Director of the school. I was really feeling so happy to have him back in life and job as Director. I became a faculty in marketing in the same institute and he was my first marketing class teacher as a student. He is like Dronacharya for me and I think myself as 'ekalabya' at this point of time. That was my second meeting with him in which I was again feeling very happy about myself that I could connect him with my school.

Then I left the school and joined IIML,K and now Indore. Everytime I have gone to him , he has spoken good about me and also has explained how he feels great with each of my achievements. Lots of people talk non-sense about him, his way of functioning, his appetite for money, but how does that matter to someone who in no way is connected in my activities of academics. I have always found him to be optimistic, smiling and with a spirit of never say die attitude. In my third meeting, he told me that everybody including the government is against him and he has the ability to face everybody because his sense of purprose and duty to good is great in him. I admire him for these qualities. He has built a big temple and took me around the temple and I was really astonished to find out how with so much of adverisaries and negetaivety around, he has been able to manage and build such a huge temple for the common man. I salute his power once again.
I always think about life, take a pause and go ahead but this man is relentless and is always in purusit of happiness. He spoke to me in the twilght hour about his philosophy and his vision in the temple and I pray lord, let him live for long years, so that he can achieve great in his life and also realize the vision. whenever he talks about his children, he comes back as a very affectionate father who does not leave any stone unturned for his children. I am envious of his kids, not because he amsed so much of wealth for them but for the fact that he is such a loving father!

He has done great things for me and I owe a lot to him at least in this life. I dont want to thank him because I beleive when you thank someone, a part of the debt goes down and if you thank the person always, then oneday you will feel that there is no debt. I wish to stay indebted to him throughout my life for what he has done for me. Yes, indebted for life. Of course there are already a debt. I read some where that there are three types of Rina (Loans) that no one can pay back in his life time like pitru rina, deba rina and guru rina and I owe two loans to him. The first is the guru runa and the second is the pitru rina, pitru rina because he is my first teacher who taught me marketing, he is like a father figure for me as he has played an immense role in ly life and career not only protecting me but also appeasing for all good things I have done in life.
Everyday and night, when I pray for the well being of my fathers, I promise to pray for this lovely, caring and godly person who unconditionally loves me and with slightest of my problems, gets panicky.

Thank you sir, you for being around.