Small Story 560.

 Small Story 560

Bonding  Beyond Today

Gnanaraj is a hard working man having two sons and both the sons are studying well.Arulis in 9Standard and James in 7 standard.Gnanaraj has come from a poor family and jot studied much stopped his schooling in 8Standard.His job is putting newspaper to his area houses and milk covers and houses will ask to pay their Electric bill was his daily routine.He is able to earn 25000 rs in a month and happily 

Managed his family with wife Helen .Small happy family living in Tambaram.Gnanaraj has his class mate friend Santhanam is helping him when ever needed.Santhanam studied well become a good newspaper editor.Arul likes him and wanted tobecome a editor like him and Santhanamalways encourage him to studywell.Gnanaraj always admire Santhanam's good friendship and helping nature and his wife Meena also nice tohelpothers.Oneday santhanam came to Gnanaraj house and gave a goid news that his office wanted to have a full time attendant and delivery man for a goid salary of 35000rupees per month with other benefits.Gnanarajwas hesitate to leave the houses where gor domany years with bonding refused to accept.Santhansm told I talked with your clients and they agreed to joining our Paper.Then Gnanaraj agreed and joined his office.After joining in the paper office Gnanarajlife take a good turn and his sincere honest work liked by the management promoted him as despatch clerk eith revision in salary of 40000 .At the age of 40 Gnanaraj never expected to earn this much with limited academic background.Santhanam always looking him at his child hood friend and never  looked him in other way.Santhansm encouraged Arulto study journalism and become a good editor in the future.Both friends  schoolfriendship grown with love and affection anda goid bonding.

Gnanaraj when ever visits Church and pray that his friendship will contin

ue and even today also heprayed  after his departure his children will continue with santhanam's children.Thebell also rang 

K Ragavan

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