Allah Updesh!

Sad but true!
Every once in our monotonous life, exceptions happen to make us ponder. Perhaps we wonder on stuffs that are materialistic and meaning-full to our existence in general, but mind being a wanderlust demarcates no boundaries. Well something of that sort happened, no not to me but to that day cab driver.

But triggering such offset thought need a very strong initializer, so here the catalyst - A drunk person. The catalyst come's to the cabbie and pleads "will you drop me at kottagurad,PLEASE". God man! he was all smelling like a bloated sausage filled with alcohol but he had the courtsey to say "Please" in a tone too childish and very frank. Cabbie replied in a jiffy saying NO!

But that's the beginning of the churning of thought process for him. He would have never spoken a work except "kaha jana hai?" while he was going to gimme a "Allah Updesh". Well here was a chain of thought going in his head, started instantly by quoting "Dost bhi bula raha tha pine ke liye, bola pe le kisi ko nahi pata chalega (friend asked him to drink, saying no one will get to know)" and more blah vlah saying never drink while driving, never drink when on duty...but then he realized something so true and so pure that i could sense his guilt.

The guilt was subtle "he failed to help a fellow human". He though maybe he could have dropped the person and helped him reach his destination. With a blaze verses of Quran hit him like stone, to help all is broken, he had sinned. How should he repay.

Here is his Updesh log:
"Insaan, Insaan se door jaa raha hai, saala koi parwah hi nahi hai. Jab saab ek hi aadam se paaida hue thab kya hua ki insaan insaan ko pyaar nahi karta. Ussi ko pyaar karna jo risthey mein aate, same type ke hote. thoda alag wale ko cut le kahte. Insaan ko koi padwah hi nahi ki koi jeeta ya marta hai"

"kya ho jata agar us piyakkar ko kottahguda tak le jata, par nahi insaan ab aisa kar hi nahi sakta, usko toh wahi chahiye jisse usko fayeda ho. kabhi nahi soochete ki saab bhai bahen hai. Waise toh galat koi nahi hoota par kaun toop ban gaya hai paise kamake, kitna bhi itoop ban jaao akhir mitti le jaati hai. Bachta hai insaniyat. Jo aapne doosro ka bhala kiya wahi rahta hai".

Next was unexpected but directed towards to me (IT professionals and other earning educated people)
"Waise sir aap bhi dekho na aapme ek baat hai, ek IT hai jisse aap paisa kamate hai, safal hote hai. Aaapke maa baap ne lakho kharach kar aapko honhaar banaya soo aap bada ban sako. Koi kaam de to usko pura kar sako. Par kya aapne us hunar ko kisi gareeb ko baatne ka soocha. Nahi paisa nahi kisi gareeb ko sikhane ki koshish jisse woh bhi kuch kar sake?? Galti aapki nahi Insaan ki hai. Usse doosre Insaan se pyaar hi nahi hai, maddath ku karega"

Cab screeched only to break me from my lessons. Well post hearing i had to still shake myself. Did i really listen to what he said??. I am now wondering.

Ends Allah Updesh.