Such Is Life

Chirag was 30 years old, a Commerce Graduate who was doing fairly well lending his support to his family business. Shalini was probably the only woman Chirag befriended in all his life. In only a few months of their courtship both had informed their parents to have them engaged. After 2 years both of them got married & life seemed beautiful.

After one year of their marriage, they welcomed Yutika their first child in their lives. Their second kid, Girish came 5 years later making theirs a complete pack.

The financial conditions of their family deteriorated when a trusted business associate of Chirag's father duped them of very hefty amount. Post that debacle, a few more encounters of similar kind made it difficult for Chirag & his family to still continue doing business so their family firm was shut down.

The family stuck together & valued life over everything else & continued to be grateful & thankful to the almighty. But as they had to sell their home in order to save their prestige from their creditors, Economics was taking its toll on their lives.

Everything they needed had to be paid for & since Chirag was not as atheist as his parents, it will be wise to say the losses & the ride down the roller-coaster of life had begun taking its toll on him.

In spite of bringing down their expenses to a bare minimum the absence of a regular income source was felt & it became an all time discussed topic at their home.

You've got to let go of the past & prepare for the future was the advice Chirag got from both his parents & his spouse. Since banks were willing to offer loans to students for post graduation, Chirag took the leap in faith that post two year's he shall be up on his feet again earning enough to provide for everyone's needs & life would be back to normal.

After preparing well for GMAT & scoring well enough to secure a seat in the B School of his choice, Chirag began to look at life with positivity again.

Chirag's University had a compulsive stay on campus all time condition so Chirag had to move away from his family & stay in the accommodation meant for scholars.

Chirag's confidence levels were rekindling & he was becoming more & more positive as days began to pass. Shalini would at times visit Chirag with kids whenever the Authorities allowed this was usually on second & last weekends of the month.

Everybody in Chirag's class grew fond of him & also of Shalini, Yutika & Girish. They were a peace loving, very polite & extremely caring bunch & who wouldn't like & love such people. Shalini interacted with all of Chirag's colleagues & also faculty members since they had to stay on campus aswell but since they were the faculty, their families were allowed to stay on campus at all times.

Chitra was one of Chirag's classmates was a pretty good artist who painted amazing & had superior public speaking abilities. Chirag & Chitra became good friends & started spending lots of time together. They used to help each other in almost all the activities & seminars.

During semester examinations Chitra & Chirag used to put up together for combined studies which meant spending hours together in each other's rooms. Chitra was admired by many but Ashok was a little more concerned & interested in her.

Ashok never hesitated to let Chitra know of this & Chitra used to laugh it off. Many times Ashok crossed ways with Chirag & reminded him that he was a married man who also had Kids. Chirag never took it seriously as he never had any intention of cheating on Shalini. Infact Chirag used to advice Chitra that Ashok seemed like a good guy & worthy partner for her.

On the day of graduating, Ashok proposed to Chitra & she accepted. 15 years down the line, now Chitra & Ashok live in New Jersey along with their two daughters. Chirag took up a job as a Faculty Member at the same B School & He lives there with Shalini. Yutika & Girish are pursuing their studies abroad.