Saviour

Saviour

Author: Dr. K.S. Kang

I was a lanky, lean, wheat complexioned girl- the only girl in my class of thirty students-as my school was meant primarily for boys, as it was a residential school with the primary aim of sending officer material for the armed forces for admission to National Defence Academy- which was a premier institute of the country for training officers for the armed forces. Though a girl, I got opportunity to study in this institute as my father served here as a teacher and I was put into it as a day scholar. I had to remain surrounded by 30 or more males including the teachers for about six hours daily. As I was child of a staff member so founder Principal of the school - a serving Lieutenant Colonel of the army-took a special liking towards me and took the responsibility to teach me phrases and lexicons of English language for about fifteen minutes daily after the school was over.  Perhaps Principal saw it as a method to ensure my safety, as boys used to march from the school to mess for lunch after the school was over. 

It was a month of March or April and this area of the country starts getting hot leading to whirlwinds, cyclones and sand storms. My residence was about 1.5 kms away from Academic block of the school and I used to walk down this distance daily twice a day in the morning and in the noon in about fifteen minutes.  One day as I came out of Principal’s office and came on the road I found that a boy of my class, who appeared rough and hefty, was following me. I wondered why that boy did not go with other boys to mess after the school.  It occurred to me as if that boy had stopped purposely after the school. I started walking rapidly fearing that finding me alone he may do some harm to me. I was unable to think the ways to resist him as there was hardly anybody on the road and the ground that I had to cross in order to reach my home. I left the road and entered the ground. That boy too left the road and came towards ground. Almost at the same time a whirlwind rose and took me completely by surprise by taking me off the ground.  When this boy saw this he ran towards me and jumped in the air with his arms outstretched. As he was a tall boy so he succeeded in catching and bringing me safely to the ground. If he had not caught me storm would have taken me away and banged me hard on the earth. As we stood close together on the land storm passed away. He saw to it that I reached the home safely. After handing me over and narrating the whole incident to my mother, that boy went inside the hostel as it was now too late for him to got to mess for lunch.  It occurred to me that this boy was not just my class fellow but my saviour sent by God in human form. Perhaps he was my first saviour in my life.