It was a sunny afternoon on a working day. Sitting inside the office, it is hard to realize the environment outside, but when you have to go outside for certain work, you can feel the heat. It was a day of changes, with the sun shining bright on the altar, everything looked dozy. After traveling for 3 hours, I realized that the assigned work was completed, and now we have to go back to the office to report properly to the higher authorities. Suddenly, the phone rang! Rohit, where are you? Do you know you have been transferred to the outskirts of the city, which is almost adjacent to ‘New Delhi’?
Rohit was a little perplexed, and the reply was clear and concise, full of surprise and whimsy, “What? This is not true. Why with me only? Oh my God!” The voice of Rohit was stuttering with ‘sounds of desperation and anxiety’ visible in them.
The voice again echoed, “Don’t worry, friend, you are not alone. 5 persons have been transferred out of the city, and among the remaining, other persons have also been transferred farther away than you.”
Rohit was clearly in shock, but the latest words on the phone had a soothing effect on him. Learning he was not alone, he felt a bit better in mood, and his desperation subsided somewhat. Although dejected and shocked, he was a bit complacent that he was now moving to a bigger city where there wouldn’t be a dearth of amenities and various facilities.
He was thinking, and a voice echoed again, “Rohit! Are you alright? What happened? Are you alright?” Rohit replied, “Yes, brother! I am good. Perhaps I will be moving, but the association with this place would remain forever.” Rohit was a bit cautious and composed now.
Rohit, the manager, was transferred from his place to another sometime back. This is how he came to know about his transfer six months ago in his job. He was a manager in a multinational Company and moved from the depths of Ghaziabad to the outskirts of New Delhi. Right now, he is working at his new place of posting and as the city has changed so his whereabouts have changed too. He has meanwhile moved from his old company to a newer one in the local area. His friends and colleagues bided him farewell for his newer assignment.
In his new role he was assigned the duty of research manager and his main work was to lead a team of scientists to a designated objectives as enumerated by the organization from time to time. He was skilled and crafted, and although off his domain he was a high performer always in his new role too. He had moved his residence too, to the newer place of his current job.
It was a new start, new role, new assignment and new people and colleagues to work with. It has been quite a while since he was in his office. His room was studded with chairs and his desk was having a laptop to work with.
Today was a winter day and he was sitting on his chair and was looking on the desk with some kinds of thoughts wandering in his mind. He was remembering the incident when he heard of his transfer and also the way he came to know through his colleague. He had since then changed his residence and was keeping several artifacts in his office. One peculiar artifact he had brought from his previous office. It had a dragon sitting on the medallion. He was conferred this award in his previous job for his exemplary performance in his routine. He remembered the day he was conferred the award – it was raining that day, and it took him quite some time to reach his office. The medallion was shining golden yellow when he was holding it in his hands. The ‘medallion’ was a sign of success for him, and he has carried it to his new workplace too. It symbolized the eternal universe – the dragon symbolized the god, and the medal looked like the globe, so in a nutshell, it was like the controller of the Universe.
He was holding the medallion when a voice interrupted his thinking, “Who was it?” It was the office boy who was holding the teacup in his hands. ‘Rohit’ stared at the boy and asked the office boy to deliver him his cup of tea. After taking the cup of tea from the office boy Rohit started to stare at the laptop where his documents were kept. He was about to start typing when the medallion started to glow. Before Rohit could think what it was, a light emerged from the medallion, and all his past memories started to show on it. On careful examination, he realized it was reflecting the past events of his earlier job in the previous city. He saw people coming round his cabin, and he was doubting where he was.
Rohit was curious as the same time, moved by watching those incidents in the medallion. After a few seconds, the medallion stopped throwing light and there was again a voice from it, “I am your past, and with me you can access your past memories anytime.” With these words, the medallion dropped sideways and closed. Rohit was wondering what it meant, but his past was somehow influencing his present. He didn’t know how, but yes, somehow or other it was happening.
He was amazed, but the medallion was the truth; he was carrying about his past, and in a new city and a new job, it had just started.
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