One Night At Bangalore International Airport is based on my experience at the Airport Departure where i spend almost 5 hours out side as i was too early to check in for my designated trip.
On 19th Feb 2010 i had to catch an early morning flight out of bangalore international airport & the destination this time was Raipur.
Raipur?????????
What am i doing at Raipur? Meet Some one Related to Sai Baba & it was Sai Baba's wish that i meet this person. From June 2009 my trip to raipur was postponed several times due to bad health condition & then later on there was a self imposed restriction that i'm not going to fly during the months of November & December due to some bad spell & my Astrologer was too keen on me avoiding any overseas trip or any trip involving an Air Journey or Train Journey.
As i beleive certain things i postponed the trips & later fixed it to Jan 1st week 2010. Every thing was good. i wanted to start the new year with some thing really useful & nothing more useful than visiting Raipur.
But unfortunately there were lot of problems after the ticket were procured & one of the main reasons were that i had to travel back by train which would completely cover Andhra Pradesh & during 1st week of Jan 2010 Andhra Pradesh was burning up due to the Telengana & other political Issues.
Now finally fixed my program instantly & decided to fly out of bangalore international Airport to Raipur Mana Airport via Hyderabad.
Let me now come to the main Story. As i had to give a minimum description of why i had to travel, i could not cut short the briefing about Raipur & my purpose to visit it. Also the Importance of visiting Raipur.
As i'm not the early to bed & early to wake kind of guy, it is really tough for me to get up early in the morning, get ready & start for the airport. Also that there is no proper transport facility early in the morning by around 2 am. as i'm 100kms away from airport, i either need to make my own travel arrangement or start the previous evening & stay the whole night at airport to catch the early morning flight.
I decided i would start the previous night as there was no need to burn up funds un necessarily to come to the airport by Taxi.
I went to my regular Sai Baba Temple at tumkur at around 7:20pm. it was a thursday, 18th Feb 2010 & the bhajan session was progressing. i did not want to disturb & just put my attendence to baba & came out as early as possible as i had to catch a bus by 8pm. went home & had light snacks & started by 8:20pm. luckily i got a bus to bangalore by 8:30pm & the bus reached bangalore by around 10:25pm. a distance of around 70kms covered successfully.
Got down at the bus stand & just then there was a local Airport bus waiting to start for the destination. i just ran around with the luggage & boarded the same. it was a decent ride. for 125Rs, they cover a distance of around 40kms by volvo AC bus. as the road was clear, we reached the airport by 11:20pm.
Oh god, 11:20pm. I just thought what am i supposed to do till morning 4:30am. i'll be allowed to check in only after 4:30am.
I roamed around for some time. i had curd rice & black tea at a Eat out called Nutkut. Pricing was fine. i think that was the only food joint to serve food & beverages at a cheaper rates compared to cafe coffee day, sub way, barista inside the departure terminal & some international juice shop.
I searched for an Empty chair & ended up sitting just in front of the departure hall.
It was 12:10am now. only 50 mins had passed & that 50 mins was like almost a big time. it was very tough to pass on time.
After i finally got seated. i was looking at the departure table in a big 42 Inch LCD screen.
There were international flights to Singapore, Bangkok, Paris, Frankfurt, Dubai, Sharjah, & Muscat.
Could see that most of them travelling to singapore or bangkok were casual visitors. they usually came all alone or in a small group of say 2-3 people. then came the people travelling to USA/ UK via Paris & Frankfurt. they were looking like students, professionals going on a short term project & some were USA, UK & other European nationals travelling back after a vacation in India.
Even there were some travelling to USA via Dubai.
The Airport was totally crowded at around 1:30 am as most of the flights were scheduled to take off after 2:30am. there were loads of people coming to see off there near & dear ones.
I think i found one thing in common, Every one cries for a min before leaving their near & dear ones.
I was so emotional depressed seeing lot of families cry & depart their folks at the airport. it was really painful. there were few whom i spoke to. one had come to see off her nephew who was traveling for the first time to USA & she was giving him inch by inch procedure till he boarded the plane.
Another one had come to see of her daughter who was in Some gulf country. she had her part of the story & her problems shared.
There was this guy who was flying first time to states. these so called highly educated guys who are going for their PGs courses to United states, i think they never spend one minute to read the instructions on the weight to be carried or no of luggages to be carried etc.
He was again & again coming out to give back certain things to adjust the weight & finally ended up giving back 2 sets of shoes, clothes & lot of other things which he carried as a memory.
Here the parents who had come to send him off never anticipated this situation & they were keeping every thing here & there as they did not have a proper bag to carry it back.
Boy flew off safely but i pity his parents who were totally in a state of shock after their son went away & also they where not knowing what to do with all those things as they did not have a bag. I usually have a habit of carrying extra plastic covers & i gave them 2 really big covers & helped them to put some of their things.
The lady was so moved that she cried for a minute after seeing the plastic cover. she had no words to describe. i too told her to just put the things & go away as i can't see any one cry & i too will cry back. it was really heart moving.
I told them to come prepared the next time they come to drop their son to the airport & asked them to pass on the same message to any one who is going out of country to carry extra bag to dump any thing that can't be taken on board & also to get the bags checked in hand at home before & make sure that you are carrying minimum of 500 gms less than the total prescribed weight.
This complete 5 hours was the most heart moving of all experiences in my life time. there were Hindus, Muslims, Christians & people from differents regions speaking kannada, telugu, tamil, malayalam, urdu, hindi, bengali & many more. but when it come to crying every one cries the same. when some one feels the pain the tears are the same.
Why is the country getting divided due to language, creed, Religion. Recently there was a bomb blast in Pune at German Bakery & around 11 of them dead & couple of them injured & some muslim jihadi group taking resposibility for the blast.
It is really Shameful. They need to be punished first. God needs to punish them first for all the trouble they are bringing around.
Allah Never asked any one to bring blood of the opposite religion. they why are these terrorist out fits doing such things. to be honest, if one such blast takes place, there will be some innocent muslims too dieing due to it.
Our Country's economy is in big trouble due to frequent bombing here and there in Different Parts of India.
The Main Reason to Write this Article on One Night at Bangalore International Airport is to tell the world that when it pains every one cries & there is no exception of Any Religion, Language or Caste/Creed.
Be Human. If you hear any one trying to do such bad things to the people. stop him. fix him. or punish him.
I pray Sai to Bless Us all & to keep every one safe. we need to go around here & there for our daily bread & we can't sit at one place. so we need a Safer Place to live.
This Article is a Tribute to all those who lost their lives in the Recent German Bakery Blast. A Complete family of Five who had gone to celeberate their recent promotion at work place lost their life for trying to be happy & enjoy.
Baba Says: Right Decision at the Right Time Saves a Million.
Here the Right Decision Indicates between good or bad. Wake Up folks we need to fight back the evil & cut their tails & hammer them to death to have a peaceful life.
First we need to Dry Clean our Political system & Corrupt politicians. We too need to adopt tough punishments as given in Saudi Arabia.
Behead any one trying to disturb our country. 100 Lashes for any one who doesn't follow rules & regulations & very strict punishments to all those idiots who destroy govt property like buses. brake glasses in the shopping mall. Idiots it is our hard earned money that we pay as taxes that you are all braking. if you really want to show your anger. break glasses in your home, burn your car or bike, hit your mom or dad with stones. you are all un fit to be here in this world. get lost some where. we don't want you here. with in a years time every one will turn around & become good to survive if such tough punishments are imposed.
Just have a Thought on this before going to Sleep & Act Fast.
At 4:30 Am i went inside & checked in my Luggage & flew to by Destination :)
Allah Malik.
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