Describe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out positively to you.
18/04/2026@Waakiye
Hey…
I hope all of you are doing well…!
It was a tough day at work yesterday,
As I had to stand on my feet all day and compete a job that required my regular interference as we are running against time here…!
it will be another couple of days like this and I’ll have to spend them on my feet, which will for sure hurt a bit this evening…!
Other than that,
All of the preparations are done just the essentials that are to be bought next week are left…!
Some of which can be bought on spot and I’ll confirm the rest this evening to a mithai shop in Pahar Ganj soon..!
only thing that will be left is paying the rest and picking up the boxes on the day of the function..!
(This is somewhere we see money is everything, you pay an advance and they will happily make anything/everything you want…!)
Coming back to the prompt
A random encounter that stuck positively…!
It was a cold winter’s night as I was returning to home from work…!
I had to take a detour and drive through todapur/inderpuri area,
The road that follows Pusa(IARI Indian agricultural research institute)
Also called dev Prakash Shashtri marg…!
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I was travelling there on my scooty and it’s drive belt snapped in half mid drive;
Coincidentally no one was home and I was all alone,
as I pushed it for a good 10 minutes and looked for a mechanic but u couldn’t find anyone…!
So a Stranger,
A person sent from almighty came and asked me about what happened…!
On telling him about the belt,
he agreed to push me to the nearest mechanic;
which was a good four, maybe five kilometres away…!
So he put his feet on my scooter’s silencer and pushed me to the nearest mechanic,
before I could get off near the mechanic and thank him,
he drove off and raised his hand not above his soulder level and his palm facing inwards and he drove off away from me…!
it was one of those instances where I wanted to thank, but I couldn’t but I really did from my heart and wished his well being…!
Another one would be a complete stranger,
Asking me about my well being,
while I was sitting waiting for the last train back from Shaheed Sthal station after securing some payment from a client and maybe it was showing on my face but as soon as I opened my camera app it looked like I was on the verge of dying…!
So he asked about me,
Where was I from and such things,
and if I was well…!
On giving limited answers and not revealing much about myself,
he sat next to me and I opened up to him,
it was a few months after a death happened in our family and that old person told me the genetic answers,
It’s the truth,
and we have to accept it,
and many other things…!
One of the last things he told me was that the person who I liked/loved who’s no more; They won’t be happy if i kept myself in this condition any longer…!
Those words hit hard and even if they’re no more,
and I was living without a purpose;
I found these strangers words like a ointment to my wounds…
And he too walked away climbing the stairs and by that time my train came too and I boarded it and reached home…!
Sometimes a stranger’s words do more better than anyone who is near and dear to us…!
G0d save all those who get out of the way to check up on the people who feel like they’re carrying dread in their eyes…!
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
Waakiye 