2 CURIOSITY & DESTINATION

New York, 2021

The human that is continuing to dominate the world for a long periods time, is one of the weakest dominators of all time. In the ancient times, the GODS were the strongest ruler of the world. After the Gods the Devils, Demons, Beasts, powerful ancient animals like dragons and the modern historical animals like Dinosaurs, Mammoths, Saber-toothed Tiger were the dominators of the world. In comparing to those supernatural beings human is the weakest. But even though human is weak; the potential and the will to live or the drive for survival made the Humans the dominator of the world of the present time.

Now in the present time the only being that dominates the world is Human. All the other organisms are the assets of humans. Humans are the incarnation of the seven sins but in this present world the Greed for Money and Power has made them the most dangerous aspects of the world. The hunger for power, wealth, reputation is making humans a hollow being who have already lost the reasons of their life and only going to chase after the life that are made by them by the society and the world.

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I am… who cares about who I am, the only thing the world only cares about what is the status of an individual of a man. I am a worker at a library in New York. As I am an orphan, I don't have any memories about my parents nor my relatives. I only know that I have come to New York by the orphanage that took care of me. After I left the orphanage, I neither cared to look for who I am nor tried to find where the hell I came from. I know that I came here from India, the second largest populated country of the world. After I started to work for the library, I started to read about different types of books, novels, mythologies and article about everything. But I have always a thought about one thing "Does the fantasies of the stories really exists in the world?".

No one knows about the origin of the stories nor anyone really cares about those. Everyone in the world are believing the things, that has been passed through the folktales or our ancestors.

[Do the Gods exists? Does the myths are real? No one knows and no one cares.] These thoughts are the only thing in my daily life.

There are people who live a life of no worries and even there are also people who fights for their daily survival in this world. There all say that "All humans are created equal". [But is it really true?]

That does mean that every man has born same with blood, bones and muscles, but the difference of their life is like earth and sky when it comes to where and how they are born and what is their family background.

To compare with everyone, I don't exactly like my life nor despise it. I just go with the flow of the daily life of mine. But who have ever known that the single decision of mine will change my life dramatically.

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The first thing after I left my bed I do, is to pick the newspaper that has left in front of my door in the morning. After I done with my morning works and bath I read the newspaper having my breakfast and a cup of coffee. I had always an interest in the mythologies of the different countries and I also was eager to collect the information of the mythologies of different culture and different nations. It is not bad to say that it is my hobby as I have nothing to do special in my life as a librarian. I was satisfied with my job and my daily life.

There was an article on the newspaper about the Kumbha Mela. One of the greatest festivals of the Hindu mythology. Kumbha Mela is a festival, that is celebrated in a cycle of every 12 year. This is one of the major festivals that attracts the gazes of the world. This year the Indian festival will be celebrated again. After I read the news I have a thought to go to my birth country and witness the greatness of the festival for myself.

[There is an effect known as Butterfly Paradox. It is stated as the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in a later state. Who has ever thought that my single curiosity will lead my life to another world different than this mechanical world.]

Time 10.30 AM

I wore my dress and mask and left my home for my work at library. It takes me 20 minutes of walking to reach my destination. "Hello, Good morning." I greeted the owner of the library as I entered. "Hey you are 5 minutes late" the boss told me laughing as he is messing with me.

I told him not to make fun of me as I am an adult now. I have been working under him for 5 years. He is a 58 years old gentleman named Jashon Smith who knows how to greet and converse with somebody.

Hey listen "About the pandemic COVID-19 is started to spreading again. So I am advising you to look after yourself and always use the precautions."

"Ok, boss." as I greeted him and assured him about that. I have the thoughts of Kumbha Mela since the morning. After sometime I gather the courage and asked the boss, "Hey boss, I was thinking if I can take a 4 months holiday for my personal reason. I am planning to go to India".

The boss looked at me with a curiosity in his eyes. I can't blame him as I have never taken a single holiday or a leave in my life from my work in those whole 5 years.

"Why are you going to India?"

"I'm thinking about to witness the greatness of the Kumbha Mela with my own eyes."

"Ok, you can go. But promise me to look after yourself. And come back safe and bring back souvenirs from India"

"Huh!!! You just game me permission like that!!"

"You know I have been looking after you for sometimes. But you know you should live your life more freely."

I never thought that someone, someday will say that word to me. In this world where your own blood also betrays you someone selflessly caring about you. This feeling really makes your heartache.

"Yeah, I will do that. Thank you."

"When are you going to India then?"

"Friday."

"Five days from today."

"Ok, I will be there to see you off then."

"Finish your work for today and come take your payments tomorrow."

"Ok. I got it. I am going to finish my work."

In this big world we humans are like dust particles. We have no superpower or magic. But we continue to live for thousands of years. No one knows our origin and truth, only debate it through some hypothesis and theories. But even the small change occurred by a dust particle can make the big change in the world. My decision because of my curiosity has lead me to my birth place; India.