Tomsabb on Nostr: October 31st, 1984. While I was heading to my work site of Indian Telephone ...
October 31st, 1984. While I was heading to my work site of Indian Telephone Industries in Mankapur in the state UP in India from our quarters in the town, the shocking news about the assassination of the PM of India began rattling the country. The site was shut down as soon as the news reached there, and I decided to head towards my house in New Delhi. Traveling by an overnight crowded train from Lucknow, i arrived at ND Railway station in the early morning. As soon as I stepped onto the platform, some police men rounded me up as they thought I looked like a Sardar without a turban . I used to grow some light beard in those days, and I can't blame them for my suspicious looks. They questioned me about my background and whereabouts. I told them I was returning from my project site in UP, and I was an engineer for the project. They verified it with my ID and offered me police escort because I told them my house was within the vicinity of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). It was too risky to go anywhere near that area because the mob fury against Sardars at that time meant a life and death encounter. Fortunately, the police dropped me at the gate of my house, where I was welcomed by my landlord, who happened to be a Sardar. His opening remarks was that he would protect me at any cost even if he had to lay down his life. Then he handed me over a gun and asked me to go to the terrace and safeguard the property and my life. I just followed his instructions like a robot as my brain stopped processing anything like a human.
Sitting over the parapet of the terrace, I could see balls of flames going up in air all along the main road in front of AIIMS. I reckon bloodshed was rampant, and I saw many scooters being snatched away from riders, and they were brutally attacked.
I survived the saga. Otherwise, I would have been a martyr for nothing.
That was my eye-opening experience towards the fear of terrorism. At that age of 24, having got a long career path ahead, I had to live within the metropolis of India trying to process all the data available to me to figure out how to shape up a path of life in my country. The second incident that shook my core was even more drastic than the news of Indira Gandhi. Now it was Rajiv Gandhi, her son in 1991, who succumbed to a suicide bomber.
That was the first time I decided to look for career opportunities outside India.
It took me to the Middle East and Africa. As I grew into bigger roles, I started working in many African countries and Europe, leading to my final destination in South Africa.
Traveling in the Middle East and Africa and Europe until 2001 was, in fact, one of the most entertaining and informative phases of my life. I could expand my consciousness with many cultures and nations across the world. Middle East and Africa are the cradles of mankind and Europe was the fountain of innovation and modern technologies. Coming into close encounters with their origins was highly rewarding and enriching.
But terrorism again raised its ugly head in 9/11, and in the subsequent travels, i could feel the negativity and fear amongst the authorities and travelers at every airport in the world. In a few years, I went deep into the rabbit hole of "the root" of all wars and terrorism and i soon became labeled as a conspiracy theorist.
But it was not difficult for me to conclude that in most cases, what people discard as conspiracy is the truth. It was reinforced by my finding that money and power were the biggest soul-corrupting forces that are expressed in different forms and shades of terrorism. After four decades of experiencing and contemplating the "progress" of mankind, i believe we are at a crossroads here.
Our path is forking.
"Two men will be working in the field; one will be taken; other left behind."
I have no doubt in my mind that Jesus's prophecy is coming true now. Jesus lived in the age of Pisces. We are now at the doorstep of the age of Aquarius.
Not all of us will make it to the new age as envisioned by Jesus.
I think the next year will make it more obvious.
The reckoning is here now.
Sitting over the parapet of the terrace, I could see balls of flames going up in air all along the main road in front of AIIMS. I reckon bloodshed was rampant, and I saw many scooters being snatched away from riders, and they were brutally attacked.
I survived the saga. Otherwise, I would have been a martyr for nothing.
That was my eye-opening experience towards the fear of terrorism. At that age of 24, having got a long career path ahead, I had to live within the metropolis of India trying to process all the data available to me to figure out how to shape up a path of life in my country. The second incident that shook my core was even more drastic than the news of Indira Gandhi. Now it was Rajiv Gandhi, her son in 1991, who succumbed to a suicide bomber.
That was the first time I decided to look for career opportunities outside India.
It took me to the Middle East and Africa. As I grew into bigger roles, I started working in many African countries and Europe, leading to my final destination in South Africa.
Traveling in the Middle East and Africa and Europe until 2001 was, in fact, one of the most entertaining and informative phases of my life. I could expand my consciousness with many cultures and nations across the world. Middle East and Africa are the cradles of mankind and Europe was the fountain of innovation and modern technologies. Coming into close encounters with their origins was highly rewarding and enriching.
But terrorism again raised its ugly head in 9/11, and in the subsequent travels, i could feel the negativity and fear amongst the authorities and travelers at every airport in the world. In a few years, I went deep into the rabbit hole of "the root" of all wars and terrorism and i soon became labeled as a conspiracy theorist.
But it was not difficult for me to conclude that in most cases, what people discard as conspiracy is the truth. It was reinforced by my finding that money and power were the biggest soul-corrupting forces that are expressed in different forms and shades of terrorism. After four decades of experiencing and contemplating the "progress" of mankind, i believe we are at a crossroads here.
Our path is forking.
"Two men will be working in the field; one will be taken; other left behind."
I have no doubt in my mind that Jesus's prophecy is coming true now. Jesus lived in the age of Pisces. We are now at the doorstep of the age of Aquarius.
Not all of us will make it to the new age as envisioned by Jesus.
I think the next year will make it more obvious.
The reckoning is here now.