It was a Friday afternoon. I was working with my field-sales-team at Guwahati, when I got a call from a senior manager, who was working in my Rehnuma’s office, (the Managing Director of a North India based Rs.3000 crores plus conglomerate), and he instructed me to report to Delhi Office the next Monday for an Interview with the Sahib, Vice President and Business Head of one of Rehnuma’s Units, engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of building materials.
As a matter of fact, I was waiting for this call for a very long time and finally the D-day had arrived. I was very excited about the interview call and the very first thing I did was to call up my wife and told her about the interview-call. As was expected, she also became very happy.
I wished Bapuji (my late father) was alive to hear this good news as he would have been very happy, because he had fore-told me before his death that I should not lose heart and wait for the call with prayer and patience and I would definitely get a call from my Rehnuma.
After making the call, I started thinking about the proposed interview. I had never met Sahib before and I didn’t know what all he would ask me in the interview? I thought what if by any chance I failed in the proposed interview? One after the other, worries started pouring into my mind. Somehow, with great anxiety and excitement, I booked my air-ticket for New Delhi.
On the scheduled day, I reached New Delhi Airport at 08:30 AM and within an hour I was sitting at the reception of my Rehnuma’s office, where the Sahib was to take my interview. Before I was called in by the Sahib, I thought of meeting my Rehnuma to convey my sincere thanks for arranging this interview, which I did. He wished me good luck and told me to wait at the reception for my turn.
In less than five minutes, I was called in. While entering the Sahib’s chamber, I was very nervous, tense and exited, but within few moments of my arrival in his chamber, the Sahib not only made me feel cool and comfortable but also put me at ease. He was very warm, friendly and started communicating with me in a very soft tone. To begin with, he started talking about the company, products and its future plans and later asking about me, my work and my family in details.
I was through within an hour. At the end of the interview, he advised me to come to Gurgaon with family saying that if everything goes well, I would not only settle down in there but also prosper and progress, both personally and professionally without any hassle. Last but not the least; he also assured me that my daughters would get higher educations, good jobs and will also get married there without any problem.
Six years have passed, to be precise, since that very lucky day, when I met the Sahib for the first time and whatever he had predicted on that day had come true exactly the same way without any variation.
It’s true that God Almighty comes in our lives in many roles, faces and forms but in the first instance, we fail to recognize Him with our naked eyes, and by the time we realize it, He is gone forever!
But in my case, I have been lucky and blessed that my Sahib is very much here with us and I pray to the God Almighty to always keep him happy, healthy and wealthy. May all his dreams come true; and may all that he wishes in this life be given to him unconditionally, Amen!
With Prayers
Gurcharan
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