Sadananda Pratihari

Drama

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Sadananda Pratihari

Drama

When Misfortune Comes

When Misfortune Comes

3 mins
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This is a true story about the melancholic life of an IIT engineer. Mr Prafulla madhab Chiplunkar was born in Mumbai and did his chemical engineering from IIT Delhi. Soon after completion of his studies, he got a good job in a Gwalior based company. Soon after his joining in the job, the company sent him to Thailand to work there. While staying in Thailand he enjoyed his life as much as he could, because his salary was handsome and Thailand is a very good place of tourist destination, love and romance. By the by he came in contact with a Thai girl and being enamoured of her ravishing beauty he fell in love with her. Love is blind and he got her married. Mr. Chiplunkar had to face the ire of his family due to his marriage with a Thai girl. Pafulla madhab Chiplunkar bought a car in Thailand and made tours to different places of interest with his family for enjoyment. He was blessed with a son and his joy was very much overwhelming. Once while driving the car, Mr Chiplunkar met with an accident. It was very fatal and fortunately he survived in spite of suffering from grievous injuries.. But his wife and son were killed in the accident. Life took away everything from him. Chiplunkar had sustained 80% burns in a fire accident at the Indo -Jerman Dhauladhar project at Palampur in Himachal Pradesh soon after his transfer to this place after the mishap in Thailand. Life took away every thing from him. Following this he lost his goal and he felt no need of earning money for him. His life became doomed. He couldn't return to his relatives in the adverse situation as because he hadn't seen them in his happy days. You imagine the thorny path of his life. Circumstances compelled him addiction to liquor and brought him to the state of penury. He became ruined and having no other alternative, he selected the foot path of Pune as his abode. But Chiplunkar had the habit of reading English News paper daily on the foot path.. When he was reading english newspaper on the foot path, the news paper vendor saw him reading and became astonished. His wretched condition, dishevelled looks, reading English paper daily at the age of 57 and begging alms by translation work for the people used to approach him, helped the news paper vendors to discover him from the foot path.

In my opinion, misfortune is not our foe. It is our friend. We should welcome adversity than prosperity because the former is a good master. Misfortune gives us the scope to acquire knowledge to know what life really is ! and how to face the hazzards of life boldly. Misfortune comes like a blow and hits the unfortunate below the belt. Man becomes weak and feeble to encounter with the ferocity of misfortune. But the brave alone muster up courage to face the ferocity and learn knowledge to lead a meaningful life against all odds, ifs and buts and hazards of life.


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