Part B:
It's February 2015, I was working in a software firm as a Software Engineer. I was fresh out of college and had all the money, I would need. I along with a friend had a bike trip planned Chennai – Pondicherry – Chennai for the weekend. However, fate had something else in the store for us. Unfortunately, we met an accident. My friend and I were admitted to a govt hospital then subsequently moved to Chennai.
Fast forward three months, I had almost recovered from most of my injuries. By Gods grace, my friend had recovered more expeditiously, and she was kicking and jumping by then. However, my biggest challenge was not the accident or pain associated with it. The challenge was boredom. I was supposed to rest on a bed. No movement nothing for the period I was recovering.
One day I came across a saying by the Sadguru, “If you are bored when you are alone, you are in the bad company.” The words struck the right chord, I mentally embarked on the journey to improve my company for myself. I took the habit of reading books. I started with Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. It was a journey of a person who is in search of ultimate knowledge which he ultimately earns. Reading books gave me the power to fly across the continent and live a different life vicariously.
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