Job is Journey to The job : It was 5th May 2011, the day of my sister was 5th May 2011, the day of my sister’s marriage—Updated at Aug 23, 2025, 01:29
It was 5th May 2011, the day of my sister’s marriage—a day filled with joy, new beginnings, and many emotions. Soon after, on 20th June 2011, I packed my black bag, left my home, and stepped into an unknown world to search for a job.I boarded a bus from Lagdevi, carrying not only my belongings but also my hopes and dreams. My journey first took me to Hamirpur, and from there, I caught another bus that carried my soul forward to Chandigarh. Until then, I had never traveled beyond the nearby villages, so everything I saw felt new, vast, and overwhelming.When I reached Chandigarh’s Sector-43 bus stand, I took another bus to Manimajra, Housing Board roundabout. My heart was heavy with stress and strain, but then my brother-in-law’s friend, Akashdeep, arrived. With a warm smile, he asked, “Are you feeling well?” I replied, “Yes, I am fine.” He reassured me and said, “Come, I’ve already arranged your interview. I called and confirmed it. Let’s go together.”Carrying my black bag once again, I walked beside him to his office. There, he re-arranged the interview for me. Soon, I was seated in front of the HR, answering questions with nervous excitement. After a short while, the HR smiled and said, “You will join first for a training session. Once you complete the training, you’ll officially come on board.”That moment marked the true beginning of my job journey—my first step into the professional world, far away from the comfort of my village, but closer to the dreams I had always carried in my heart.
The interview ended around 4:30 p.m. My heart was lighter, though the weight of uncertainty still lingered. Akashdeep smiled and said, “Come, I’ll drop you to my room.”He signed off from his office and walked with me. On the way, he asked softly, “Shall we buy a cigarette?” I nodded yes. He bought two—one for himself, one for me.We reached his small room. The walls felt unfamiliar, but his company gave me comfort. He asked questions with an easy smile, “How did you like the office? The HR? My room? And what should we make for dinner?”I replied simply, “As you like, I will eat.”Soon, he went to the market and returned with two packets of Maggi and a bottle of cold drink. The evening was warm, the fan barely moving the air. He boiled the noodles, sipping the drink in between, and laughter filled the heat.When the Maggi was ready, he placed it on a plate before me. In that moment, a small ritual play. unfolded— I lit the cigarette, took a drag, and then a spoonful of noodles. He smiled and said, “Eat first, then smoke.”But I mixed both—the smoke and the taste of hot Maggi— a strange blend of hunger, heat, and hope.We ate until our stomachs were full, the noodles gone, and the night wrapped itself around us.That evening was simple, yet unforgettable— a plate of Maggi, a cigarette’s is drain, and the quiet beginning of a new life’s rituals mantain. After a brief nap of one or two hours, night unfurled its quiet veil.Chapter: First Night in ChandigarhWe woke gently, the room still heavy with the weight of dreams.Akashdeep’s roommate entered — a little aloof at first, his presence carrying the stillness of someone half-absorbed in his own world.Yet a handshake bridged that distance.“What’s up,” he said with a casual nod,“Finally, you’ve reached safely.”Akashdeep, with a smile, answered for me“He has come from the office.”Akashdeep already told him to I am coming from my village.Soon the room filled with the soft crackle of fire and the smoke of a shared cigarette,the kind that binds strangers into quiet brotherhood.We prepared food together —I peeled onions and garlic, my fingers carrying their sharp perfume,while rice and pulses simmered into a humble feast.We ate with the ease of those who had nothing to prove,only the night as witness.Later, under the sky,we walked the rooftop for an hour,our words drifting like smoke,our silence is heavier than speech.When the walk ended, I returned to the room,let the day’s journey slide away,and surrendered to rest.Sleep came not as an end, but as a soft continuationof a night written quietly in memory.
Chapter: First Morning to Evining to Night, office time in Chandigarh the next day arrived—fresh, untamed, carrying the scent of new beginnings.
A new job. A new energy.New souls gathered, each holding dreams still wrapped in the hush of morning.The training had begun—an initiation into the world of insurance,a private company where countless plans of life and health were writtenlike secret promises to the future.I woke gently, the first glance cast beyond the door,then a slow walk to the balcony, where the day itself seemed to wait with me in silence.The bathroom door opened, and Akashdeep’s roommate stepped out—a brief exchange, polite, ordinary, yet part of the rhythm of this new life.each holding dreams still wrapped in the hush of morning.