Silhouetted airplanes landing against a dramatic sunset sky, capturing the essence of flight.

What a Flight!

ByRavi Valluri

Last evening, our flight ran into real turbulent weather as we were approaching Raipur. The pilot swerved several times and rose into the stratosphere. With near zero visibility at Raipur, he also announced that we may have to land at some other airfield. The jerks were unbearable. We all were praying. 40 minutes airborne and on tenter hooks, all praying to the Almighty.  I kept chanting Jai Gurudev and Om Namaha Shivaya. We finally landed at Raipur.

Oh those 40 minutes were just so tense and close!

The moment the flight landed, there were loud cries of Jai Shri Ram and Har Har Mahadev and a massive applause for the pilot, who had dexterously maneuvered the storm.

We were absolutely infinitesimal against the fury nature and just prayed to our maker.

Jai Gurudev

RAVI VALLURI is presently working as CEO, Chhattisgarh East Railway Limited and Chhattisgarh East-West Railway Limited. He was an officer of the Indian Railway Traffic Service. He has also served in Mil Rail (Army Headquarters), where he was decorated with the Chief of Army Staff award.

Born in Kanpur and brought up in Delhi, he was educated at St. Xavier’s School, Delhi. He completed his B. Com (Honours) from Hindu College, Delhi University and did his Master’s in Business Economics from Delhi University. Subsequently he was sponsored by the Ministry of Railways for the National Management Programme (Executive MBA) from Management Development Institute, Gurugram.

He is the author of fiction and non-fiction work - The Matter of the Mind, Make the Mind Mt. Kailasa, The Infinite Mind (co-authored with Ankush Garg), NaMo 303 Words to Victory, Indian Stories: Images & Thoughts, Heartbreak at Coffee Shop An Array of Tales, Divine Whispers 365 Quotes of H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Magic of the Mind, A Tale of Parallels, A Quote A Day Inspiration 2022, Art of War to Art of Living and A Story of Faith and Miracles. His latest collection of short stories Bombay Review and Other Stories was released in December 2023.Ravi Valluri, along with his wife Lakshmi Valluri has curated a bi-lingual collection of short stories titled Festivals: A Ray of Hope.

Many of his books were unveiled by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. His first book The Matter of the Mind has been translated into Telugu and is available under the title Manomoolamidham and Magic of the Mind has been translated into Tamil under the same title. His works of fiction, Heartbreak at Coffee Shop An Array of Tales and Art of War to Art of Living have been translated into Hindi and NaMo 303 Word to Victory has been translated into Kannada. Divine Whispers 365 Quotes of H. H. Sri

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