Keshav's dream....

Keshav…I share a different relation with this boy…deep from the heart. He is more than a student for me. He is like my son…always a part of my family. Right from his student life at Challakere..he looked different. He always showed signs of aggressive success…not only by words but also by deeds and moreover by attitude. As a student he went through many ups and downs…which we share intimately. But he learnt with every even and odds. He is a quick learner and improviser. When something used to go wrong he used to tackle it with mental toughness. Thus with such toughness from within he looked more matured in pace with his age. With time he not only learnt to meet the challenges of life as they come but also to challenge the life for better. He is a fearless fighter with killer instinct.

When he met with undesired humiliations, criticisms for no wrong of his, targeted for somebody’s mistakes, politics in academic career which broke him and when he was denied appreciations when he truly deserved it…he used to tell me… “Sir…one day I will achieve the dream and prove my worth….” And he did it today. I am proud of him. I saw his success in his wet eyes when I was with him during the inauguration of the hospital he owns now at Mangalore…Earth Ayurveda Hospital.

Even after his graduation Keshav worked in a few Ayurvedic hospitals with a dream of achieving something in and for his system. But little did he know that the humiliation and insult was still on cards. He gave me a call in april 2008 and explained his anguish. He said that he was going to Kerala to learn Ayurveda. There he found the Guru he was searching for…in Dr Anish. Later when he came to invite me for the inauguration of Earth Ayurveda Hospital…their first unit at BTM Layout, Bangalore…I saw the seed of dream sprouting in him. He had come to the dream city with lots of aspirations. I was very happy for him. With a humble start…with a small team he became an integral part of Earth Ayurveda…and his dream journey had taken off. Today he is a proud owner of a hospital at Mangalore. That’s what I call…holding the bull by its horn.

He loves me as much as I do. I went to the inauguration of his hospital on 11th of april 2010…which was a double moment of happiness for me because it was my Dad’s birthday too on that day. He used to tell me before that… “Sir you have to see my hospital…I have done it with passion…and no compromise…” I was on my toes until I saw the hospital. It was a beautiful palace in my vision…holistic, ethnic, cultural, artwork and a moulded dream. I met his parents…and the happiness in their faces was worth seeing and why not…after all parents live to see only that…the dreams of their kids coming true in all colors. They are mutually blessed. I met my loving son Rajesh, my loving kids Prathiba, Bhavana, Radhika and lots of friends. I missed out meeting my lovely daughter Bindu. Had a nice time at Mangalore. He along with Prathiba and Bhavana came at night to see me off and had dinner with me. Moments to cherish….How much love these kids show….God bless them all….

I will be going as a consultant to his hospital every month. The crux of the matter is that I will be working under him…with him. He may not see it with that vision but it is always a matter of pride for a teacher to work with his students.

For Keshav it is the start of a beautiful fairy tale…. and many more milestones to come…. I wish to be an integral part of each of his dream….

Good luck Keshav…..Keep going…..Achieve the impossible……………….