A Lesson Learnt!

“BEING too much ambitious and money oriented can ruin your life, dear”, explained Mrs. Ranjani to his son Rajat. But his son had turned blind, deaf and dumb at that time! All he could see were crisp green notes with great value; hear the sound of lots of car keys jingling in his pockets; all he could utter was only and only money!

YES! Rajat was like this! He had led a poverty stricken childhood and now he wished to spend a luxurious young life after working hard and getting a degree! He wanted to make his mother proud who had done all she could for him after his father’s death. But more than this, he thought of money and money and only money which could improve his lifestyle!

RAJAT opened a small business which flourished due to his hard work, sincerity and honesty! But then, he had only worked to live comfortably and now that life had changed he didn’t want comfort but luxury. He was hungry for money.

HE had got an offer form from a wealthy man to work as the head of his company which had foul means of business but the man had promised to pay him a big sum of money. Initially, Rajat had not agreed to the idea but now he reconsidered it. Not knowing what to do, he had taken advice from his mom!

BUT before that his covetousness for money had already taken root in him. He paid no heed to his mother’s advice and agreed to the offer. It was an aircraft company but due to the new emerging air services their business was going down! Mr. Armani, the wealthy owner of this company had chosen Rajat, a witty boy to take charge. He trusted that he could turn any man into a puppet in his hands with his money! And Rajat was one of his victims.

RAJAT'S mother, a devout religious lady decided to go on a pilgrimage to Haridwar. She decided to travel by a plane but did not inform her son as he had been busy stressing himself on his workload and she didn’t want to trouble him anymore!

SHE bought the plane tickets and climbed into the plane. The plane suddenly made an unexpected landing at the outskirts of a deserted city, due to technical problems. Out of the blue, many armed terrorists entered the plane and ordered everyone to settle down without a word. It didn’t take time for the passengers to understand that their plane had been hijacked!

THE first to recover from this shock was Mrs. Ranjani. Being an old, experienced and witty lady she took it upon herself to save the passengers without arousing suspicion. She asked the robber if she could take her daily medicine, to which he readily agreed. She asked them to take it out for her from the bag and when he came….. she threw a large quantity of red chilly powder at him!

WITH his eyes blazing, the robber was stranded! The other passengers took advantage of the situation and captured the other bandits too! Soon the police were informed and sirens were blazing in the area. The lady was praised for her presence of mind!

THE popularization of the other air services had resulted in the downfall of their company’s profit. In order to touch the zenith of success, Mr. Armani had decided to hijack the plane from Mumbai to Haridwar. He appointed an experienced gang for this job and Rajat was the head of this mission! They decided to raise an issue in the media about the poor air services of the other companies and popularize themselves!

RAJAT couldn’t believe his ears and eyes when he saw that his great idea had been foiled that too by his own mother. Suddenly he came back to his senses and his love for his mother aroused once again! He immediately resigned from the job and apologized to his mother! He understood how voracity and hunger for wealth and luxury could spoil a man!

I suppose, others like Rajat too have learnt a lesson! About Mr. Armani, I’m sure he must be fuming with anger and hatching another plan but this time to spoil Rajat’s new money-making, honest business!

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