Homage...!

This is neither an inspirational story nor a motivational stuff but a real incident that is TOUCHING if not anything else. If you get some inspiration or find motivation, that would be purely your insight illuminated...!

Mr. Zavere Poonawala, a well-known Parsee industrialist in Pune had a chauffeur named Gangadatta with him for over 30 years on his limousine that was originally owned by OSHO Rajneesh.

 

When Gangadatta passed away Mr. Poonawala was in Mumbai for some important work. The moment he heard the sad news, he canceled all his meetings, requested Gangadatta's family to await him for the cremation and returned to Pune immediately by a helicopter.

 

On reaching Pune, he asked the limousine to be decorated with flowers as he wished Gangadatta should be taken in the same car which he himself had driven since the beginning. When Gangadatta's family agreed to his wishes, he himself drove Gangadatta from his home up to the cremation place on his last journey.

 

 

When asked about it, Mr. Poonawala replied that Gangadatta had served him day and night, and being eternally grateful to Gangadatta, he could at least do this. He further added that Gangadatta rose up from poverty and educated his children very well. His daughter is a Chartered accountant and that is so commendable.

 

His comment in the end is the essence of a successful life in all aspects:

 

“...Everybody earns money which is nothing unusual in that, but we should always be grateful to those people who contribute to our success. This is the belief, we have been brought up with, which made me do, what I did...”

 

Stay tuned and GRATEFUL...!