A Real Story………Its really gud story which make us think.......

As the dream of most parents I had acquired a degree in Software

Engineering and joined a company based in USA , the land of braves and opportunity.
When I arrived in the USA , it was as if a dream had come true.
Here at last I was in the place where I want to be. I decided I would be staying in this country for about Five years in which time I would have earned enough money to settle down in India .

My father was a government employee and after his retirement, the only asset he could acquire was a decent one bedroom flat.

I wanted to do some thing more than him. I started feeling homesick and lonely as the time passed. I used to call home and speak to my parents every week using cheap international phone cards. Two years passed, two years of Burgers at McDonald's and pizzas and discos and 2 years watching the foreign exchange rate getting happy whenever the Rupee value went down.

Finally I decided to get married. Told my parents that I have only 10 days of holidays and everything must be done within these 10 days. I got my ticket booked in the cheapest flight. Was jubilant and was actually enjoying hopping for gifts for all my friends back home. If I miss anyone then there will be talks. After reaching home I spent home one week going through all the photographs of girls and as the time was getting shorter I was forced to select one candidate.

In-laws told me, to my surprise, that I would have to get arried in 2-3 days, as I will not get anymore holidays. After the marriage, it was time to return to USA , after giving some money to my parents and telling the neighbors to look after them, we returned to USA .

My wife enjoyed this country for about two months and then she started feeling lonely. The frequency of calling India increased to twice in a week sometimes 3 times a week. Our savings started diminishing. After two more years we started to have kids. Two lovely kids, a boy and a girl, were gifted to us by the almighty. Every time I spoke to my parents, they
asked me to come to India so that they can see their grand-children.

Every year I decide to go to India .. But part work part monetary conditions prevented it. Years went by and visiting India was a distant dream. Then suddenly one day I got a message that my parents were seriously sick. I tried but I couldn't get any holidays and thus could not go to India .. The next message I got was my parents had passed away and as there was no one to do the last rights the society members had
done whatever they could. I was depressed. My parents had passed away without seeing their grand children.

After couple more years passed away, much to my children's dislike and my wife's joy we returned to India to settle down. I started to look for a suitable property, but to my dismay my savings were short and the property prices had gone up during all these years. I had to return to the USA ..

My wife refused to come back with me and my children refused to stay in India .. My 2 children and I returned to USA after promising my wife I would be back for good after two years.

Time passed by, my daughter decided to get married to an American and my son was happy living in USA .. I decided that had enough and wound-up every thing and returned to India . I had just enough money to buy a decent 02 bedroom flat in a well-developed locality.

Now I am 60 years old and the only time I go out of the flat is for the routine visit to the nearby temple. My faithful wife has also left me and gone to the holy abode.

Sometimes I wondered was it worth all this? My father, even after staying in India , had a house to his name and I too have the same nothing more. I lost my parents and children for just ONE EXTRA BEDROOM.

Looking out from the window I see a lot of children dancing.
This damned cable TV has spoiled our new generation and these
Children are losing their values and culture because of it. I get Occasional cards from my children asking I am alright. Well at least they remember me. Now perhaps after I die it will be the neighbors again who will be Performing my last rights, God Bless them. But the question still remains 'was all this worth it?'

I am still searching for an answer................!!!

Views invited...

though i have gone through the story line earlier ......i am touched and ofcourse speechless ,,,,,,,we still dont know what we are looseing and what we are getting at what cost ,,,,,,,no idea ,,,even if we know we just want to close our eyes

The story touches our soul as an Indian orthodox.
however it is too much imaginary.The person described is of 60 years old .as software engineer.there were a boom era in business of Software in described era. rest of the things for looser not for winner in regards of earning.

If you work whole the life in USA, such open society,kids born and brought at there only.do you expect they should stay here ? that will be too much. rest no more comments.

In my view it’s not the main thing what circumstance are taken to write the story…
The main Ingredients of story is people are busy in making money. They are forgetting the family life, health, satisfaction and to live life with enjoy.
The main funda of todays youth is abhi paise kama lete hain…aur life to hum budape mein bhi enjoy kar lenge….par kya tab life bachti hai…..Old age mein jab abhi bacche apne parents k pass nahi hain even in India to age ki generation mein kya honge?
Money plays major role in leading good life……but if u r not able to spend it then what is use of it? If u r not enjoying ur life……If you are married and out of city or country 20 to 25 days in a month or two then what abt your marriage…your wife is just waiting for you to come home and vice versa…where is life then?

Mostly log sochte hain hum aur acha kar le…par akhiri mein haath mein aata kya hai? Tab sochte hain humne poori life to paise kamane mein laga di….enjoy to kara hi nahi…..

there is no end of desires ,,,,,,,,,,,,desires create lots of dissatisfaction ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

vast subject and debatable.
material life and spiritual life and married life all need food and worldly things to live.
that create the desire in human to grab them for their use,luxury and lust.
to enjoy is very much depend on individual ,it can not be generalizes.
earn the money and spend too as per ur capacity only....