Faith Reinstated

There are certain incidents that happen in your life which reinstates your faith in goodness every now and then. It comes from so uncertain and unexpected corners in your life and leave an indelible impression on your mental existence. It signifies the win of good over evil. One such unexpected incident happened yesterday which I would like to share with my readers here. I and my wife - had gone to watch the movie "Ek Villain" to Soul Space Arena, Total Mall on Outer Ring Road. We were running a bit late so we rushed in for the movie, it had rained in the evening so the roads were jammed as well. Anyway, we kind of moved in haste for the movie being just in time for the show, may be losing around 2-3 minutes or so. We safely landed in our seats and we continued till the very end exchanging notes in between, the occasional ones. It was a good movie for me but not so critically acclaimed by my wife. The movie ended and I could see that two wrongs do not make it right (Obviously Maths do not work out here in multiplicative way -ve * -ve = +ve in maths weirdly.)  So we moved out of the movie hall, after checking our pockets. I took the decision of using the stairs as the lift was supposed to get full. We reached the Lower basement when the worst surprise hit me. My wife said, "I do not have my wallet". Immediately we climbed up the stairs looking up twice, going into the movie hall as well and asking help from the co-operative cleaning staff. They all helped us but it was of no avail. Finally, we came back the stairs way to our car,all the way trying to console ourselves - accepting whatever has happened. It was not easy. All the what-ifs were coming in to our minds. The only thought that I had was- "Ek Villain" has entered our life. We registered a complaint with security staff and came back home. We were not at all hopeful of getting it back. I cursed myself to have even proposed to have come to the movie. At night 1:30 AM we blocked all her credit/debit cards. She was about to apply for a duplicate PAN card but we waited thinking let us see for a day. We slept pretty late that day around 2:30 AM. She woke up in the morning as she got a call from her mom, she had been calling her frantically since morning. I was in deep sleep at that time. It was when I woke up my wife said, she has got back her purse. It was unbelievable. This is what had happened. Someone had found out that wallet in the stair case after it had fallen from the loose pocket in her jacket. He thought he would return the rightful owner himself, a good Samaritan I would say. He had tried to call up a few numbers which were there in the purse written in a crumbled piece of paper. Apart from that, he found my wife's institute ID card which had her dad's phone number. And that is how he got back to us. After that my wife talked to this guy and we fixed up a meeting in the evening as he stayed a bit far. We met in the Gopalan Mall, in the evening, I cancelled all my other plans and wanted to meet this guy. We finally met him and he handed over the wallet to my wife. It was good to meet him. He was very simple and straight forward and on the face. He told he felt it was his responsibility to return the wallet and he did. Although he was not very willing, we had a snack in McDs and then we parted ways. Apparently, he had lost his wallet once and he had a very hard time after that. He searched for my wife's name on the internet and he could also locate her on Facebook and Linkedin. He was good at it for sure. His energy and simplicity was very natural to him. Me and my wife have got a good friend now. Today on the holy occasion of Ratha Yatra - Chariot Festival of Lord Jagannath, I could feel that there is inherent goodness in people and it is good people with their sense of goodness who make this world a much better to place to live in. It was great to meet such a person face to face!! Be good, Do good, Help Others!! Jay Jagannath.