One of very close friends of mine has just met with a real bad road accident ... He scared the life out of anyone and everyone who saw him... Luckily there is no threat to his life now... Though there is still a long long road for him to recovery ... I will be there with him anytime and every time he requires me ... and so we will be many of our friends...
I have mixed thoughts in my head right now ... On one hand I keep on asking why did this happen to him or for that matter to anyone ??? .. and on other I can't stop thanking God that he is still with us...
My friend's name is Tenzin Thargay .. One gem of a chap.... a poet at heart and a thinker to the core... friend of friends and a born optimist ....
None of us know what happened at that ill fated moment...All we have understood is that .. it was a hit and run case... he was driving his bullet ... and he was hit by a taxi ... the taxi got away ... we are not sure about the time .. he was lying in the middle of the road ... all covered in blood and unconscious ... he was surrounded by the typical Mumbai crowd... all over him ... all around him... eyes would have been all over him... And yes.. like a typical Mumbai crowd.... thats all they did .... no body wasn't even thinking on the lines of rushing him to a hospital and saving a life...I am sure they would all have been playing GOD by saying that he would surely die .. But none of them would ave tried to be what they really should have been- A HUMAN ... A human being there for a fellow human
Sadly... this image .. as I can visualize... has hit me straight in the face ... as an individual ... and as a human .. I have never been a part of such a crowd... standing there and watching a person die ... but yes... I have seen many a similar accident in my life time .. but I didn't even bother to stop and pick them up ... I was too engrossed in my thoughts to come forward and save some body's life... I am guilty of not respecting life.. But now I am prepared to respect life.. never again will I shy away from my responsibility..
And this realization is all due to one gentleman ... a God's man .. who respected life.. This Living example of hope in our lives, Mohan to us, saw our friend lying on the road ... and he did not shy away ... he took this total stranger to the hospital .. and called me up . .. and my friends boss.. thanks to Mohan .. we could take speedy action and save our friends life... Before I reached .. another friend of mine had reached there.. . and Mohan had left .... I couldnt even thank him in person ... I guess this is my way of saying thanks to him and many more Mohans who are out there.. And I feel that if only we can all learn .. and not always the hard way ... but by just looking at other Mohan and realizing that we got to bring out the Mohan inside of us...
I know there are a million problems attached with it ... cops and medical staff acting as irritants .. but still .. one act by you could save some body's life... today it is my friend, tomorrow it could be me .. or YOU .. or YOUR Father, Mother, Brother, Sister, Daughter, Son, Grandchild.. Anyone of us can be where Tenzin is today ... that is something not in our hands .. but probably in hands of our fate .. .But to take Mohan's place is in our hands.. This is one thing not decided by our fate .. But by choosing to be Mohan we Control Fate ...
I just hope that we find the courage in ourselves to become Mohan.....
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Tenzin has a Hairline Fracture on his skull.. His forehead was smashed into his skull .... and his forehead has no skin ... and his face has so many cuts ... that a long and painful plastic surgery is the only way out for him ..... His Left leg is smashed in two pieces.... He is still in the ICU and in a semi conscious state...
Tenzin's blood over me and all inside the ambulance still shakes me and makes me imagine that if Mohan hadn't done what he had ... then a life so full of vigor, energy, potential and optimism would have ended right there on the road...
All his loved ones and us his friends will be with him on every step of his recovery ... I request you to say a silent prayer for his fast and complete recovery ... And for all of us also to find the strength to find the Mohan in us.
God Bless.
I have mixed thoughts in my head right now ... On one hand I keep on asking why did this happen to him or for that matter to anyone ??? .. and on other I can't stop thanking God that he is still with us...
My friend's name is Tenzin Thargay .. One gem of a chap.... a poet at heart and a thinker to the core... friend of friends and a born optimist ....
None of us know what happened at that ill fated moment...All we have understood is that .. it was a hit and run case... he was driving his bullet ... and he was hit by a taxi ... the taxi got away ... we are not sure about the time .. he was lying in the middle of the road ... all covered in blood and unconscious ... he was surrounded by the typical Mumbai crowd... all over him ... all around him... eyes would have been all over him... And yes.. like a typical Mumbai crowd.... thats all they did .... no body wasn't even thinking on the lines of rushing him to a hospital and saving a life...I am sure they would all have been playing GOD by saying that he would surely die .. But none of them would ave tried to be what they really should have been- A HUMAN ... A human being there for a fellow human
Sadly... this image .. as I can visualize... has hit me straight in the face ... as an individual ... and as a human .. I have never been a part of such a crowd... standing there and watching a person die ... but yes... I have seen many a similar accident in my life time .. but I didn't even bother to stop and pick them up ... I was too engrossed in my thoughts to come forward and save some body's life... I am guilty of not respecting life.. But now I am prepared to respect life.. never again will I shy away from my responsibility..
And this realization is all due to one gentleman ... a God's man .. who respected life.. This Living example of hope in our lives, Mohan to us, saw our friend lying on the road ... and he did not shy away ... he took this total stranger to the hospital .. and called me up . .. and my friends boss.. thanks to Mohan .. we could take speedy action and save our friends life... Before I reached .. another friend of mine had reached there.. . and Mohan had left .... I couldnt even thank him in person ... I guess this is my way of saying thanks to him and many more Mohans who are out there.. And I feel that if only we can all learn .. and not always the hard way ... but by just looking at other Mohan and realizing that we got to bring out the Mohan inside of us...
I know there are a million problems attached with it ... cops and medical staff acting as irritants .. but still .. one act by you could save some body's life... today it is my friend, tomorrow it could be me .. or YOU .. or YOUR Father, Mother, Brother, Sister, Daughter, Son, Grandchild.. Anyone of us can be where Tenzin is today ... that is something not in our hands .. but probably in hands of our fate .. .But to take Mohan's place is in our hands.. This is one thing not decided by our fate .. But by choosing to be Mohan we Control Fate ...
I just hope that we find the courage in ourselves to become Mohan.....
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Tenzin has a Hairline Fracture on his skull.. His forehead was smashed into his skull .... and his forehead has no skin ... and his face has so many cuts ... that a long and painful plastic surgery is the only way out for him ..... His Left leg is smashed in two pieces.... He is still in the ICU and in a semi conscious state...
Tenzin's blood over me and all inside the ambulance still shakes me and makes me imagine that if Mohan hadn't done what he had ... then a life so full of vigor, energy, potential and optimism would have ended right there on the road...
All his loved ones and us his friends will be with him on every step of his recovery ... I request you to say a silent prayer for his fast and complete recovery ... And for all of us also to find the strength to find the Mohan in us.
God Bless.
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