Dreams really come true! Don’t they?
I don’t know that this is going to be my lucky day. Eventually, it is! Do you know how I found out that today is my lucky day? Well, I have a crazy habit of throwing my trash papers into the trashcan from my bed. Last night, I gave it a shot. Again, I failed. I felt hard because I hadn’t been successful for over three months. As you know, I have failed many times, but I never failed to try.
Today, I woke up at 7.30 AM, brushed my teeth, and started cleaning the house. At the time, I saw a Lays paper lying under my bed. I picked it up and thought of throwing it even though I knew I would fail. Eventually, I threw it. It was flying in the air, but fortunately, it landed in the trash can. I was jumping as I wasn’t expecting this result. And that’s how I know my day started with luck.
After that, I took a cold shower for 30 minutes, got dressed up, skipped breakfast as always, and started commuting to meet my friends. On my way, I saw a man pulling his bike and a little girl walking by his side. I crossed them, but I felt it would be nice to ask him if he needed any help. So, I pulled over and asked him, “Is there any issue with your bike?” He replied, “Yes, brother. I ran out of petrol.” Since the petrol bunk is a little far away, I told him to wait there and promised to buy petrol for his bike.
This is not the usual thing I would do, but seeing that little girl walking with his father made me move. I went to the petrol bunk and asked for a can to buy petrol, but they said no empty cans were available. So, I asked some other petty shops for an empty can, and one shop owner gave me half a liter empty can. I offered him money for the empty can he gave, but he stared at me and said: “Just go, brother.”
I bought the petrol and went back to the place where I told that father to wait and gave the petrol can to him and gave a ten rupees five-star chocolate to the little girl, she took it and smiled at me! It made me feel a lot better, and I decided to help others whenever I could.
After that, I met my friends Nihal, Puvanesh, and Nikita. We were a group of friends who completed our civil services interview last month and hoping for positive results.
All four of us went to a coffee shop and ordered three teas and one coffee along with samosas because I love eating samosas with my coffee. Once we got our orders, I started sipping my coffee and initiated a discussion regarding the ongoing invasion of Russia in Ukraine.
At that time, Puvanesh, a phone geek, interrupted and told that the results were released by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). My heart started pounding like a drum as I failed to succeed on my previous two attempts. Nikita opened the UPSC website, downloaded the result document, and checked. She literally spelled her roll number out loud: “Onee Fooour Ttttwo Fiiiive Eighttttt Nineee” Oh my god! She cleared it and got All India Rank (AIR) 23. She started screaming and dancing on the road. In the meantime, Puvanesh checked his result and told us that he cleared the exams and got AIR 54.
I am confident that I will clear the exam this time. Still, I got worried and told Nihal that I wouldn’t check my results and started doubting myself. So, Nihal checked his result and jumped with joy as he got AIR 45. Now it is my turn, they compelled me to tell my number, and I said my number one by one: "Two Three Eight Two Zero Four.” Nihal checked my number and got sad. Seeing his face, I was terrified, and my eyes started running. I urged Nihal to tell me my result, and he said that I got AIR 15. I couldn’t believe my ears and asked Nihal again to tell me the result. He got irritated and screamed that “Bro! you got AIR 15.” I just sat on the bench and started crying because this was the moment I had been dreaming about for ten years since my eighth standard. At that moment I thought, “Dreams really come true! Don’t they?”
After a few minutes, we got a mail from UPSC requesting the selected members to come to Delhi by 3.00 PM. This is an unusual request from UPSC to call upon the selected members to assemble on the same day as the result. We booked the immediate Air India flight, which was scheduled to take off at 11.00 AM, packed a few of our clothes, and fortunately boarded the flight at the last call. Since the travel time from Chennai to Delhi was three hours, we wondered why UPSC had called us really quick.
Puvanesh checked the internet and found that India had arranged a peace talk between Russia and Ukraine in New Delhi. So, we assumed that we were called for the event to be observers. By 2.00 PM, we arrived at Indira Gandhi National Airport, New Delhi, and reached the UPSC main office. And they gave us a heads-up about the peace talks and that we will be observers. We were happy and terrified at the same time because this was the first time I visited Rashtrapathi Bhavan. We will meet Indian prime minister Mr. Narendra Modi, Mr. Putin, the President of Russia, and the great soldier in recent times cum Ukraine president Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
As we all waited, the peace talks began. Ukrainian delegates and Russian delegates' argument was heated about their country’s freedom, territorial integrity, and more. It was even more intensified when Russian President Putin stood up and shouted at Ukrainian President Zelenskyy that Ukraine belongs to Russia. Indian President Narendra Modi intervened and gave a speech about humanity and peace. Then Indian, Russian, and Ukrainian delegates discussed the common grounds.
Later some time, the Russian President accepted to sign an agreement and announced a ceasefire based on humanitarian grounds regarding their invasion of Ukraine. Indian delegates started drafting the peace treaty to get a sign from both parties. No matter how you try to avoid destiny, it will always find a hole to get you. Unfortunately, an Indian calligrapher got sick, and there was no replacement for him. They requested observers to volunteer if they knew calligraphy.
Fortunately, I got a certification in calligraphy a year ago. So, I stepped out and helped our Indian counterparts draft the peace treaty, and they got both leaders to sign the treaty and announced the ceasefire on the Russian invasion. Once the conference was completed fruitfully, the world media appreciated the Indian government for initiating the peace process and convincing the Russian President to announce a ceasefire. We happily got out of Rastrapathi Bhavan and went to our hotel rooms with the satisfaction of being part of this outstanding achievement by the Indian government.
On my bed, I recalled the incidents of my day, thought how lucky I am, and asked myself that “Dreams really come true! Don’t they?”
