Navigation saves the day

Raju, Arnav and Tina finally decided to go on their getaway tour in January 2016. They had been planning it for three years now, but one of the three was busy, and they had had to cancel every time. They had planned to go to the beautiful city of Shimla and their excitement knew no bounds! However, little did they know what fate had in store for them. This is how their story unfolded:

The three of them were trekking up a hill, about ten kilometres from the city. This was their favourite thing in the whole world; they had gone on numerous hiking sessions together when they were kids. The Himalayas, however, were a new challenge altogether. They had never trekked in such cold weather before – and especially since it was the month of January, temperatures were hovering around 5 degrees Celsius for most part of the day. It was like being inside of a refrigerator. Coupled with the steep climb of the hills, this was no easy task. But that’s what made it all the more fun! The tougher the challenge, the more exciting it was. The scenery was rewarding, and they felt that it was definitely worth the hardship.

Raju had been feeling a little dizzy since morning. He didn’t have the habit of eating much anyway, and in the cold weather, it was a bit straining upon him. While they were trekking, he couldn’t keep up to pace at all with the other two.

“Raju, are you there?”, shouted Tina.
There was no reply.

“Raaaaaaaa-aaaajuuuuuu!” This time the two of them shouted in unison.
They could hear a faint muffled scream from far below. At that point, they knew something had gone wrong.

They went down quickly only to find Raju huddled up in a corner. The cold had been too much for him – he was going pale!

"Raju!" Tina yelled, dropping to her knees, next to him. "Are you alright?"

Raju could hardly answer. They knew they had to go to a hospital immediately. Arnav helped Raju up, and they somehow managed to make their way to the car they had rented.

That’s when they realized – they were in an unknown place with no person in sight. How could they possibly reach anywhere?

That’s when Arnav had an idea. “Hey, do you have navigation in your phone?”
“Y-yes, I do…”, muttered Tina.
“Then give it to me! Quick!”

Arnav googled “hospitals near me” and in a matter of time, they were able to locate their way to the nearest hospital. It wasn't anything serious at all! The doctors fixed Raju up in just a couple of hours.
And that’s the story of how navigation saved the day.

This blog post is inspired by the blogging marathon hosted on IndiBlogger for the launch of the #Fantastico Zica from Tata Motors. You can apply for a test drive of the hatchback Zica today.

The impact of his daughter

Rajesh Kumar was a famous politician. He was an important minister of the ruling party and thus, had a huge influence in the daily working of the government. Of course, he did have one thing in common with other politicians that he knew; he wasn't always very honest. A large amount of the money he earned wasn't by legal ways. In fact it was this money that was the reason for his lavish lifestyle.

His family lived in a gigantic mansion and his kids were raised like princes and princesses. They went to the best schools and tuition centres; they basically had the best of everything! He loved his children a lot. One day, he saw something that moved his heart and impacted him in a way that changed him forever.

“Here are your flaps, Sameera” Rajesh told his daughter, tucking her flaps into place and buttoning them up. “And your stars. I'm proud of you, honey,” he told her, pinning her prefect stars to her flaps.
His daughter smiled as he kissed her forehead and took her out to the front yard, where the bus would pick her up.
After he waved goodbye, he went back to his room where the maid’s daughter had kept a warm cup of tea ready for him.

…
One evening just after he had come back a little earlier than usual from a meeting, he heard the voice of two girls coming from her daughter’s room. This was odd; his daughter was supposed to be alone at this time and there were never usually any friends over at their house.

The door was open. He went inside and saw something strange - his daughter was sitting next to her maid’s daughter, and they appeared to be reading something. He looked closer; they were reading what appeared to be a kindergarten book. Surprised, he shouted, “What are you doing with her, Sameera?!”
The two girls stopped immediately. The maid’s daughter quickly ran out of the room.
“Er, Dad.. noth-nothing….”, his daughter stammered.
“Why are all these LKG books here?”, he asked.
“Er.. I was trying to teach Kaveri how to read and write, Daddy..”
“Don’t you have anything to study?”
“My exams got over just yesterday, Daddy. I finally found the time to teach her something. She is very interested in studying, Daddy.” said Sameera.

Rajesh didn’t speak a word; he silently went back to his room and thought about what his daughter had said. Here was his daughter, of his very own blood, who took out the time to teach their maid’s daughter how to read the next day after her exams - when she could easily be touring the city with her friends in their Mercedes. And what was he doing, looting public money and spending it all on his personal luxuries?

That incident deeply impacted his life and he decided to be a changed man after that. He went on to set up a big charity foundation which strived to provide education to thousands of poor children across the country. And the name of that organization? Yes, you guessed it right. It was named the Sameera Foundation for the Education of Children.

This blog post is inspired by the blogging marathon hosted on IndiBlogger for the launch of the #Fantastico Zica from Tata Motors. You can apply for a test drive of the hatchback Zica today.