Hanumaan

Vigneshwar alias Vinayak

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Met in assam

One place which made me scared

26th april 2013, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport  

Mumbai to Nigeria via Dubai

           I dont know anything about nigeria i know only onething, whenever police arrests some person in hyderabad(related drugs), definitely that person's origin will be from nigeria( so whenever i think about nigeria first impression which comes in my mind is drugs)

Lots of tension and with no excitement started from mumbai and reached dubai airport.. 

           One person who is from bihar came to me and asked 'r u from india'? 'why u r going to nigeria'? 'it's not safe', 'is anyone coming to airport to receive you' though i was tensed with these questions but to show that i am strong i said 'no problem', my friend is coming to receive me' & yes i know that it's not safe.. he gave his nigeria phone number(he is working in nigeria from 10 years), and told me to call anytime if i need anything..

i said thankyou 

          Reached lagos airport from dubai.... I have not taken yellow fever medice so i don't have yellow fever certificate there security asked some money and i gave...(trust me if u give some money to security you can carry even bomb in airport) too much corrupted..i have faced too many security related issues which i have cleared by giving some money. 

          After some time my friend came to receive me, greeted each other(meeting him for the first time, he is also working in our company). As our destination is not lagos we have to wait in lagos for one night so took rest in a hotel in lagos, next day morning reached domestic airport in lagos..,,after 1hr 10 mins of journey reached port harcourt airport.... 

Collected our luggage and we are waiting for the car which was sent by our client, now starts the real journey....

           Kept our luggage inside the car and i sat beside driver, we are moving now, i was trying to see outside from window but i dont know why i am not able to see outside clearly...but one thing i can see that one police car was infront of us....after 30mins i asked driver 'is any politician coming this way' he then replied 'no, why? what happen?' i said 'outside one police car is going infront of us from long time, that's y i am asking..Then he told me to turn back and see, when i saw back i was shocked, because one more jeep is following us in which 5-6 police standing on the jeep with guns ready to aim at target.... then i asked him what's all this, then he replied it's for ur safety.. i was surprised and i was not able to understand, then he told one more thing that the car in which we were travelling was actually a bullet proof car.. then i understood y i was not able to see out clearly ..

           Reached Our destination, our client gave accomadation in their township,.and it was cool....

After some refreshment went to meet our client and their we met some indians who are working their, i saw happiness in their faces after seeing us, greeted, hugged and laughing like mad people..Some indians where working their from 20-25 years.... i asked one employee who is from rajasthan and who is working their "what's the problem here? why they provided too much security for us"...then he unfolded many things..

           He told nigeria was a good place before 20 years but from last few years it's been like a hell for non-locals they are targetting non-locals and kidnapping them for money and some times they even kill, he told that from last few months they are targetting even locals for money.... 

           Though i was acting like i am strong but that rajastani who is 55 years of age caught that i am scared, then i agreed that i am scared then he told dont worry u can come to my house and stay if u wish.., i said no problem i will stay alone.. keeping all this in my mind, me and my friend went to township to take some rest, the house which was given to us in township was really big.. in that my friend was in one room and me in another room, though i was scared of being alone due to situations i have to be alone.. din't switched off the lights and recalled all the scenes from morning...slowly after sometime i slept...

           After some time suddenly one big sound came in my room..i shouted(i was in half sleep and all kidnapping stories are in my mind) with that shout the girl who came inside the room also shouted and went outside running, seeing that one more person who came along with her came inside and said sorry for disturbing u and they continued their work..actually they came for house cleaning(it's already 10am)..

After that whenever i saw her she laughed at me.. 

           Me and my friend started our work, and days were going very hard, one day one local person who is working in that company(which i went) was kidnapped in front of the gate and was released after paying some huge amount.. with this i am not prepared to stay there anymore so decided to complete the work as earlier as possible, you wont believe.. for 3-4 days taking rest up to 4-5 hours a day, worked continously day and night, finally after so much of hard work completed our work and when i was leaving nigeria i felt like releasing from jail...

You'll get a clear idea of how the situation is in nigeria if u see the "Blood and Oil Part 1 & 2" Movie

           One thing i din't understood, there are some indian's working in that company for more than 15 years, and they are of 45-55 years of age still working in that jail like company and living like prisoner's, without security they cannot go even outside township..i asked them u might have settled in u'r home town with the money which u earned up to now, and what is the need of still working in this environment?, then they ultimately said only one answer i.e., Money

           Then i asked is it not enough which u have earned all these days.. then they told 'live is going, let it go.. how much it goes'

Money which u earn sacrificing ur love and effection with ur family, should have an end.. if it continues till ur end then at ur end there will be no one other than the money which u have earned...

Love ur Family not the money..

One day with a stranger

                      On oct 4th 2012 on my way to mumbai via ethiopia i have to wait in djibouti for 36hrs, went to 'BAVARIA LES ACACIAS' hotel, there the room was not available so i have to wait for 1hr for room, there was another person who was waiting just like me for room, he came to me and wished me and said 'my name is 'HASAN' and  me to waiting for room,so to cover 1hr we both went round the hotel to have an outside view..

                        About the person ' he was old nearly 50 years of age short and fat from EGYPT' he was scaning each and every women and commenting every girl, simply  he was like a playboy type... i thought even at the age of 50 his heart was still at 20's.... we both again went near the reception and enquired about the room so again we have to wait for sometime as there was no room available...so we thought of having lunch

                  While eating we discussed about our reasons to come here and about our jobs, i was not comfortable with him as he was watching each and every girl and appreciating every girl who came to serve our food, so finished my lunch quickly and went near reception so luckly got the room and took rest, while leaving  receptionist informed me that in hotel they have a musical program in the evening..  i said ok i'll attend.

                        After taking some rest, in the evening i went near the pool.. there the people were arranging for the  program, so i was roaming round the pool, after some time again the same old man came to enjoy the program, we greet each other and as the program was not started we had a walk...and we were talking about our life's..as both of our jobs some what relates, we connected quickly. I asked him as u have to travel always so 'don't you miss ur wife and ur family?' he said it is better to travel new places and be away from wife than to be with wife in home'( a routine answer which u expect from a married person) but he said he's missing his children..So meanwhile in the chat musical  program started, but our discussion went more deeper and more personal..he started his personal story 

                        As u know his name is 'HASAN' from EGYPT, he started his story by saying that he started earning money in NDT field at the age of 18years, he started his career as a helper to person in Radiographic Testing, after that step by step he qualified  all the exams related to NDT. after gaining 20-25years of experience he started a company of his own and earned money like anything..and he said 'he worked day and night to  earn money'.... then i asked him 'if u run a company then y u came to this country for working'?

                         For that he said 'ya i used to run a company but know that company is no more' i asked 'y? what happened'? Then he said 'For my 1st wife i have 4 children(3boys 1 girl), for my 2nd wife 6children(3times twins[all boys]) and for 3rd wife 3kids[2boys 1 girl].. I was shocked after hearing to this.... i asked him how can u leave ur big family in home and work at this age..?

                          For that he said 'no my friend, actually what happened was.... as u know i started my company and my 1st wife 2sons and my daughter were handling the company so i used to go out to catch the projects....so in 2007 i went to paris for a big project at that time all my company matters were handled by my 1st wife children and 2nd wife children so at that time there was a small dispute between my 1st, 2nd wife with 3rd wife.. so my 3rd wife is staying away from my big home....so when i reached home all of a sudden situations  changed in my home..he said ' he maintained a good relation with all the3 wife's but he gave another home to his 3rd wife and used live with her separately'....

                         He said that 'after some days everything went normal, so after some days there was a function in my home my 2nd wife son's marriage, after marriage we all went to a vaction with my 1st wife children and there kids and 2nd wife and with newly married son's..My 3rdwife was away from my 1st and 2nd wife so she and her kids were away from that vacation...so my 1st wife family and 2nd wife family along with me went to vacation.... we all went in one big car

                          He said' on the way to our vacation all my 10 children 2 wife's and all my grand children were dead' i was shocked i asked how what happened?? he said on the way one big truck came diagonally at a very high speed all my family cut in to pieces.. i was the only person who was alive from that accident..i was in the coma for 6 months and when i was out from coma i got heart attack when i came to know my family was dead and i was taken to england for treatment and after 3months of treatment i became normal.. 

                         Then i asked wht happened to your company now, he said ' as u know all my comapany matters were handled by my children.. after the death of my family i was in coma, my 3rd wife was away from my company at this time some people in my company sold all my equipments at very cheap rate and now i don't have money to run a NDT company, with my friends references in companies i again started as a welding engineer, and now i am working as a 3rd party inspector.. He said that 'now he is staying with his 3rd wife in egypt, his 1st son is a lawyer, 2nd son studying engineering and his daughter is in 3rd class'. 

                         After this narration i observed that his face was not normal, left eye was some what inside, his head was not normal(some operation has been done), and he cannot hear with his left ear.. i felt may be these changes are because of that accident..

                         So what i want to tell is 'though how much u earn money legally or illegally it is not constant till the end' so what ever you earn u be happy with ur family but donate some money to those who need it because atleast some people may be happy with that money which is not constant, rather than loosing ur money  at any point of ur life.

Be happy and make others happy