He was closed inside the hostel room of his friend. It was around nine in the evening. His friend, who closed him went away to watch the night show of a movie. He started to bang the door, so that some nearby wing-mate may open the door for him. But all efforts were in vain. Most of the other students in the side rooms were also not there. They had gone to the mess to take their dinner. He opened the window of the room. But it was all covered by vertical rods and escape was just not possible. He shouted again, to find that his voice went on to the deaf ears of some evening walkers, who were actually quite far from him. They were friends from last two years, but today a simple comment converted into a trifle and then to such an action. Finally he retired to his friend's bed. All previous episodes of his friendship and petty daily fights came across his mind like a film. He stood up again. He tried to find some tool inside his friend's room, so that he could break the door, or loosen its mounting screws. He was unable to do so. The door was quite well tightened on a metal frame. His mind was still quite active. He surveyed every nook and corner of the room and found a small ventilator near the roof, above the loft. It was quite small in size. Still he decided to climb up the loft and tried to open the ventilator. The ventilator window opened quite easily. There were no barrier rods. He slowly took his head out of the ventilator, crept out of it and jumped out into the gallery. It was a great escape for a fat boy like him.
He felt like a hero. All his fears went away. He was sure that nothing will happen when his friend will return from movie. All the anger of his friend will dissolve in the feeling of surprise. And this is what happened when his friend returned. His friend was surprised that he escaped out of the ventilator so smoothly. His friend congratulated him for the escape. All the bad feelings of the fight that happened four hours ago had gone. Both the friends then shared their study notes to complete the assignment to be submitted next morning.
There was a lesson well learnt by the boy. Get out of your fears boldly and intelligently. Getting out of fears will ultimately help you surprise the world in a way that will create a winning situation. You may not agree to the view point presented in this story. But one thing I am dead sure is that the story is true. How can I be unsure when the character who escaped out was no one else but me?
Dr Sunil Ji Garg
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