I went to Delhi with great expectations from my parents, who, by all means, were convinced that it was the last option available to me to build some sort of a career. By that time, most of our relatives started to ridicule me, one of them approached me to start working as an agent under him and sell life insurance products. I looked at my father, but his silence said, "what else are you good for?" Somehow, I did not have to venture out to find customers for life insurance since I only had two days to leave for Delhi - the wonderland.
Delhi became the wonderland for my family ever since my mamaji went there and got established. He started with a small paan shop in Greater Kailash - II and at the end managed to get a job in NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation). The way he struggled and became successful is a story in itself. He showed guts, got a great lady in form of my maami who chose to be on his side no matter what and two of them together built a life which is no less than any other 'rags to riches' story. It still seems unbelievable to me when I think of their life. Somehow, their success story made my family believe that I could also do that with a little help from mamaji.
In my childhood, mamaji was the one who used to take care of me for most part of the day since both my parents used to go out to work. My dad's place and my mom's place were in the same locality. So he used to come to our house every now and then to see what I was doing. I stayed with my grandma who was more than 70 years old which made it a herculean task for her to manage me. Mamaji chose to help her since he had nothing else to do at that point of time.
So, when he came to know that I was going to stay with him for sometime, he was ecstatic. This gave me a good reason to go there and meet him. Before that I was feeling a bit uncomfortable for the very fact that I was sent there just because I was a failure here.
I did not inform any of my friends before leaving the city as I myself was not sure of what I was going for. I even went for a movie with them the day before I left. Initially I planned to stay there for a month or so and come back after trying my luck 'cause I was sure nothing was going to happen, so no point sticking there and add more frustration.
I never thought it would change my life.
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