Abracadabra

I still remember Mahatma Gandhi’s talisman inscribed on every NCERT book, asking you to remember the face of the most helpless man you have ever seen, whenever accosted by self-doubt.

I was never an ardent believer of this particular philosophy. But I have always wondered about things like these. Wondering if one can have a talisman as the great mahatma had.

One particular instance resonates, which happened at my intern at Indian Oil Corp., wherein a hungry employee, asking for his breakfast, was made to wait which(and I am speculating at this juncture) somehow hampered with his plans for the day. So the man, without any worry, or care for the senior employees or females in the dining hall, jumped to the manager of the cafeteria, holding his collar, started yelling, “tu baitha muskura rha hai, hum bhooke khade hain ik ghante se. Kya hum chootiye hain?”["We are standing for the past one hour, you are sitting and smiling?What are we?Fools(or something to that effect)?"]

I have always smiled whenever that incident has played-back in my mind. And hence, I give you my Talisman.

“Whenever you find yourself treated in a manner not fitting what you want, whenever you feel restless, or cheated by, ask the person who has wronged you, preferably in a very loud booming voice, holding his collar,Hum chootiye hain? And you’ll find the other person running away in fear. On an afterthought if he still stands there, then probably you should be the one doing the running.Or calling for help.Your choice.”