The catalyst

This story is true. Every bit of it is the depiction of real life incidents that made an impact on the hero nay heroine of this story who is much stronger than any male.            

  Rashmi and Vishwa how are you? This was a call from Vishwa's sister. She was concerned as there was no news from her brother since some time. Rashmi took the call and told her sister in law that they were too busy with some personal and professional problem for quite sometime. Vishwas sister Kiran was a lot bit concerned.

The reason being her brother had recently started a food centre as he had quit his job due to the shut down of a textile mill for which he had been working. Now they had the additional responsibility of looking after a young daughter who was born after a long time and that too with so many complications. She had to be hospitalized after birth in the Neo natal ward until things looked alright with the baby. How they managed these expenses was another story. Vishwa had to arrange for the bills, for the care of the infant as well to run his food centre. The couple struggled a lot to make the ends meet Life was extremely tough. Inspite of these difficulties they made it a point to save some amount of money in the infants name and deposited that in the bank. They even had to forgo all comforts for this sake and sometimes they had to skip their meals even.

Time passed by. Nobody else too could support them in these difficult time as all of them had their own Problems. Rashmi and Vishwa even started making cleaning agents ( phenyl etc ) during night after closing their food centre. They used to sell them to known people and get some extra money that supplemented their regular income. Vishwa slogged and slogged to his best possible limits and after much slogging little bit of luck shined on them. Vishwa could get a good contract where he would supply the cleaning agents for maintenance in a big Automobile Industry. Offer was very lucrative but he had to invest money to pay for the workers, he had invest in getting raw material to make the cleaning solutions, he had to bribe some corrupt officers for allowing him to get his work done smoothly. He had to go for a Bank Loan and for that he had to pledge his wives jewellery which was meagre He had to borrow from money lenders at a high rate of interest as they did not ask for any collateral.

Somehow he arranged for these and started his work. It was a good time for the family. They could finally save money as well as spend money when needed. Ria(Vishwa and Rashmi's daughter) was attending School and was doing well at School. She was a hard working child who never let down her parent's hopes. She finished her intermediate and opted for Engineering in Electronics. She finished her studies and took up a job in an automotive industry. This was not meant for women but, she had the guts and grit to do justice to the job She out her best foot forward and worked very hard and learnt every bit of the job perfectly well. Vishwa and his wife were relieved that things were going on well. Now cut to the next part of the story.                                 

Year 2019 the darkest part in human history in recent times. The Pandemic that is still prevalent in many parts of our Country and parts of the World as well. Jobs lost, Economy in doldrums, health at stake and everything and everyone tensed without knowing what the future would be like. Among these groups the worst affected were Small businessmen who had risked all their earnings to keep the family wheel obviously Vishwa was one among them. The Company that had given him the cleaning contract closed down due to dwindling profits and workers moving away to their home towns and safer places. Ria had to work in Night shifts too to earn some extra money. It was a big task as to how she would stay away from home and work among male workers The only solace being the manager was well known to her father and there was just another female working like her in Shifts Everyday was a Challenge that she took it in her stride. Now something more was in store for this brave girl. Her father succumbed to COVID.

Her mother was already physically immobile with her eyesight being affected due to a nerve injury. Imagine a young lady surrounded with so many problems without any support from near and dear ones Now, she got into the real issues. She approached a Bank that was encouraging lady entrepreneurs..  She put up her project details and prayed that the loan amount would be sanctioned without any collateral. Luckily for her the in charge happened to be an elderly lady who understood the situation as narrated by Ria. As the loan amount was released Ria surveyed the market in her town as well as surrounding areas too Now she had the support of like minded women few of them her classmates who too were suffering due to the Pandemic. She got another contract sanctioned for the same cleaning procedures in an Industry that manufactured tiles.

The job was comparatively better than the earlier one. She employed young men from her neighbourhood who too needed financial assistance as they too became jobless due to Pandemic. She even employed an assistant who would look after her mother and her needs in Ria's absence. All in all this lady took up a Challenge and did full justice to her job by providing employment to so many men and women, She planned every step so meticulously that her Companies' profits were in double digits better than before, She takes care of her mother as well as possible. Her only regret being that she could not help her father in any way. With this regret she continues to strive to take her Company to greater heights hoping her father would be happy wherever he was. Ria is appreciated, followed and adored as a brave, sensible entrepreneur.