My family was sitting together at the dinner table for dinner, my son was insisting to buy some expensive electronic device, then I told him my life experience
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It is my own childhood experience which taught me that only a true friend can help you in need. The matter is very old than I was in 5th class. Our school was the government in which there was no fee till the 5th class.
One day a yoga guru(teacher) came to our school and he explained the benefits of yoga to the children of the whole school and also taught us how to do yoga. After that, he gave us a book of yoga which cost about 50 paise ( Indian coin ) at that time (170 times less than the price of today's dollar cost).
And since those days we children did not keep the money, so we were asked to bring it from home the next day.
But my father was very strict, he told me why I took the book without his permission, I told him that all the children were taking it, so I took it too.
The father angrily wrote a letter to the principal and asked me to return the book tomorrow.
The next day I was going to school with that letter, imagining the humiliation I would be getting, weeping with sadness, then a very good friend of mine was also with me.
He asked me why are you crying. I told him everything, he said bring me, give me this letter and take this 50 paisa, give it to school, but never show this yoga book to your father again.
Having said this, he took the letter from me and tore it away, and saved me from the humiliation.
Then our father got transferred to another city and our family moved to another city and I lost contact with him. But when I grew up and started serving in the medical department as a doctor, then by chance I came to know that the same friend of mine had come to my city as the District administrative officer.
I took out that old yoga book after searching in my old luggage and went to meet him in his office.
After reaching there, I met him and without introducing myself, gave that book in his hand, he recognized me at once and hugged me and I could not hold my tears hugging him.