Krishna Leela - A Real Story

[Guest guest]

My family is from Palakkad and, not surprisingly, we are

Guruvayoorappan devotees. My brother and I are settled in the U.S.

and my sister, who was in the U.S., is now settled back in India

(Bombay). I thought I'll share with you a " Krishna Leela " story

involving my sister and my nephew. This happened a few years ago.

I meant to post this earlier, but never got around to it.

 

My nephew was in the U.S. on a work visa and his fiancee was also in

the U.S. doing her PhD. My sister, an ardent Krishna devotee,

wanted her son to get married in a Krishna temple. Since my nephew's

fiancée is from Maharashtra, my sister arranged for them to get

married in a Krishna temple near Bombay.

 

When my nephew approached his American boss to request leave, his

boss suggested that my nephew get married in the U.S. as his fiancée

was also here. That way, he said, my nephew can continue working on

his projects without taking too much time off. My nephew said he is

sorry but he has to go to India for at least two weeks. My nephew

was fired from his job since he didn't go along with his boss' wish.

My nephew called my sister, relayed the whole story, and told her

that he is coming home for the wedding and that his return to the

U.S. depends on his finding another employer to sponsor him.

Distraught, my sister looked at the Guruvayoorappan idol in her

pooja room and said with tears in her eyes, " all I wanted was my son

to get married in your temple and now he got into difficulty because

of me. If that's your wish, fine, so be it. "

 

The evening before my nephew was to land in Bombay, his former boss

from his job called my sister and told her to have my nephew call

him as soon as he landed in Bombay. He said he came to know of my

nephew's situation and interceded on his behalf. He told her that

after the wedding my nephew should return to the U.S. and report

back to him in Texas, instead of California where my nephew was

based when he was fired.

 

My nephew still works for the same company, and is now assigned to

Bangalore, India, as the head of his company's operations in India,

China and Singapore.

 

I find myself thinking of this story and a couple of other things

that happened to me and my wife (a Shirdi Sai devotee, owing to her

upbringing in Bombay) that has to do with Sai Baba and Krishna, when

one situaton or another leads me to doubt the existence of God.

 

- Ravi