Weekend!!! i was just rejuvenating myself for all the fun i am gonna have for next two days.I planed to visit my hometown, My friend though strongly insisted me to stay back for some weird reasons.I just ignored him in excitaion.As i was i already late i jumped compound to catch the auto to bus stand.It was 11 in the night when i made it to busstand
I was waiting restlessly for the bus. No bus turned up for two hours may be because next day was "UGADI", So most of buses were jam-packed.Finally i was happy to see man shouting "Davanegere".I finally felt relieved. Bus was old, not in condition, no proper seats. Nothing in bus was seems to be good even then i couldnt resist to wait for other bus.I just got on the bus.Suddenly bus driver and conductor started quarrelling, One of my co-passenger told that they were in dispute about the destination city.Conductor insisted that "bus should go towards shimoga" but in contridiction driver urged to take the bus towards "Davanagere".It was already half an hour passed when they halted their fight, and decided to drive bus towards Davanagere.Now It was already 2:00 clock in night. I felt "Today, Not my day!!!" still felt happy that i was going home.i was tired,so felt very sleepy. i dont know when went to sleep....
April's Dungeon-dark midnight,High-way under construction!vehicles hauling carelessly on the highway, everyone in bus were just slipped to a deep sleep, no one in the bus bothered to see movie running in TV.I could feel rhythemic sound of bus engine!!! some times even in sleep we feel somethings..Sudden thud broke out the sleep of passengers in the bus.suddenly when i opened my eyes."Oh my god devils' playground"i was horrified to see the headlessvbodies on the other sides of the bus.Just in a wink of time,bus appeared to be human slaughter house.I was motionless,words stucked in my choked mouth.for a moment my i even transcended the state of trauma.I couldnt help myself to get out of my seat!!! i can remember i was just hearing some monotonous moaning of co-passengers.I couldnt even able to help casualties, just was under mental coma.TV was still On, playing song "feel my love" was this sound from GOD??It took almost 2 hrs, to get back to my senses and then i realised that our bus encountered brutal accident.Sun had already spread first light to the world -just dawn time.our bus was hit badly by another bus at the place where four-lane highway narrowed to two lanes.few co-passenger's body were mutilated.Mother and baby in womb both were dead.I dint even knew how many were victimised untill i saw newspaper in the morning- 6 dead , 20 injured .Did almighty himself directed bus driver to be a butcher?I never felt execused for that misshap. though mind debates "i was lucky" but my heart pounded in deep mourn for innocent co-passengers.Tyranny of speed made evrything around to look like a graveyard.Is that spot was deception point drawn by gods of death?From some corner of my heart came a voice "God cannot be immaculate!!".
I had to travel further from Davanagere to village near Bellary. i was sitting in Davanagere bus stand . Everything around in bus stand was so busy, noisy and people were busy getting on to buses/ getting down from buses. I was silent, though my eyes were seeing all this, but my mind remained sedative.Only thoughts bugging me were... Could this event be abandoned in the court of lord? Could this disaster be avoided if I could have listened to my friend's advice? Might my seat would be accupied by some other person who is now completed his life's journey untimely. What if, conductor and driver dint quarrel for half an hour? May be encounter to lethal bus wouldn't have been happened. What if, Driver & conductor decided to change the destination of the bus to shimoga? What if, high way work was over? What if, other bus which hit us could be lil late?Is this coincidence? Can human beings manipulate time? Noooooo!!! This is God loomed web of mysteries, events,calculations, timelines ...Who is responsible here??? who shall be convicted?If humans are punished for their sins, what about the baby in womb?How baby in womb can do the sins before even entering into the world? How Can baby be punished?
Engima? Still I couldnt crack it...
Courtesy :Narration by Channa (My colleague/good friend) . This is written on the bases of his narration. he is the one of the passenger of that bus.
