Dontturnback

Published on 11th April, 2021, in Mid-day. Once, an old man promised a fellow traveller, a young man, his daughter’s hand in marriage. Days later, when the young man actually showed up at the village, the old man refused saying he promised no such thing. Bring a witness, demanded the old man. The young man, remembering that there was a Krishna temple near where the old man promised him his daughter, goes to the temple and innocently asks Krishna to come and be his witness. Krishna agrees on one condition, “Don’t ever turn around to confirm, if I am following you or not. Just believe ..