Another bang post
RS’s accident post made me write this.
There is a dialoue in Nayagan when Velu Naicker, on being warned, would say to the Police Commissioner,
“Sir, naan 4 vayasileye sethirukka vendiyavan”.
The beauty of this dialogue is that i think each and everyone of us would’ve seen a situation where we’ve had a providential escape.
Flash back…
2001. One April evening. I was done with my “3D studio max” session in the multimedia course i’d joined and was proceeding towards Race course road for an evening walk.
I see to it i never drive rash at any point of time. Fast maybe sometimes. But rash driving has never been my cup of tea.
On that fateful evening, I was not even slow. I was super slow. I took left from Mettupalayam Road and entered the Baba Complex Road (where i saw Pattiyal last sunday). The Baba Complex Road connects the Mettupalayam Road and Krishnaswamy Mudaliar Road(aka Brooke Bond road).
While its perfectly ok to travel from Mettupalayam road end to Brooke Bond road, the other way is possible only to a certain extent. After a small junction it’s one-way.
I was behind one auto when suddenly, a Suzuki Shogun shot into my view from the opposite(the banned one-way direction) at around 60kmph and rammed straight into me.
Those were pre-helmet days for me.
The next instant, i was flying like those stuntmen in movies.
The first part to hit the ground was my head. Everything was numb for a few minutes.
I realized i was fully alive and conscious.
Later, i found the guys who rammed into me were
a. drunk,
b. had no licence, and
c. were coming in one-way.
My bike went straight into an open drainage gut nearby. The front fork portion was completely messed up.
I dragged myself up, and took those guys walked to the nearby hospital. Luckily neither of them were seriously hurt either.
The guys on realising their follies and the situation they were in, started begging me before the treatment. Their parents were in the hospital in no time. They looked like poor people. They had borrowed some other fellow’s bike and were in the process of distributing their sister’s wedding invitation.
I knew any police action wud’ve had them in real trouble. But i could not bear the thought of their mothers pleading me.
I did not press for any charges, paid for my bike expenses(3000 bucks) and returned home with a dressing on my head that night.
This incident, after the “career began with a bang” part disturbed my mother totally. All this were happening a few months after my dad’s death so her agony was understandable.
But as i look back now, what really puzzles me is how i got away without any serious head injury that day. It’s a mystery to me till date.
Nothing can explain that. Strong believers in God would say,”God alone saved you”.
But i don’t know.
Why should God save only me and not all those who suffer from so many grave ilnesses at atrociously young ages. They too plead him everyday.
On the other hand, there are plenty of 90 year olds who still manage to live, though there is no one to look after them.
I know a few elderly people who openly tell they r waiting for Yama to arrive and take them with him. But live they do nevertheless.
Some questions are best answered with silence!
April 8th, 2006 at 1:17 am
Well said.
Have one life and live it to the full.
Nice to meet a CBE blogger.
I have friend who lost his pinky (little finger on his leg) in a bike accident for no fault of his.
April 8th, 2006 at 7:39 am
unga accident nenachaa bayama kirukku…luckily nothing seriously happenned…
Many things in this world are mysterious..as u say better when unsaid…hope everyone gets a fair share to live…
thoughtful post…
April 8th, 2006 at 11:09 am
“Strong believers in God would say,”God alone saved you”.” Very true…
April 8th, 2006 at 6:03 pm
Nalla vala ungaluku ethuvum series’s adipadala. Nama olunga vandiya ottunalum, mathavanga summa irukkamatranga.
April 8th, 2006 at 8:19 pm
In my opinion, everything is pre-destined. Have you come across a book - “When bad things happen to good ppl” by Harold Kushner? He gives excellent reasoning for certain unexplainable conditions such as these. We might not buy all of his arguments, but it is definitely a thought provoking book.
He starts the book with his own case…about how he is good, God-fearing, compassionate and friendly. But, he faces a great depression when his son dies of a strange disease at the age of 14 after being sick throughout his life. He, then goes on to explain why such things happen to good people, as the title suggests.
April 8th, 2006 at 9:17 pm
anand,
welcome to my blog. yep another cbe guy!
little finger innoru matter sollanum. maybe in another post.
anand prabhu,
bike la velila poradhu danger dhaan…ut millions of us do it in India.
vannadhi,
yep!
jeevan,
>>Nama olunga vandiya ottunalum, mathavanga summa irukkamatranga.
exactly!
casement,
thanks for the info. indha book pathi kelvi patirukken.. padikanum…
April 9th, 2006 at 8:16 am
everything happens for a reason… thats my strong belief…
u’ll know why it happened and why u survived when the time comes…
April 10th, 2006 at 7:42 am
hummm it wasnt ur time? sometimes questions go unanswered but one day u find out why - the good thing is u survived
April 10th, 2006 at 1:41 pm
Good to know u r fine..
once when i was still in school and was driving through a main road and my sis complemented me on my excellent driving skills when a guy suddenly turned in front of me without any signal whatsoever…
road accidents are scary
i have been driving since when i was 15!
and bang..we were onm the road , me and my sis..nothing as serious as ur case though, the vehicle was badly bent and i drove home with extreme caution..
my sis and i were hurt a bit..scratches on the Knee….
and when we made up a story as to how we were pushing the bike into our house parking area and the bike fell of…our parents saw right through us, the vehicle was that mangled
on a serious note, one of my school friends died in a hit and run case when she was driving to tuition….
so we have to extremely careful not only for ourself but for that rash driver coming in the opposite direction…
April 11th, 2006 at 1:04 am
wow that was deep bro.
certain things in our life has no answers.
April 12th, 2006 at 8:56 am
balaji,
elarum idhaye dhaan solraanga! i guess if the reasons r known the number of ppl who believe in god wud go up…
visith.
yep. my time is not up yet:)
monu,
nama carefula pona mattum pathadhu..exactly:)
ganesh,
ama no answers dhaan!