AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT

A mini story The just born baby girl was left in the cradle in front of the orphanage in early morning by someone. May be by an unwed mother or some relatives, who knows. Here, nobody asks…… As usual, the orphanage took care of the baby. Registered her in the books. Took her to the doctor and got the certificate. Gave her a name. She became part of it. Like in any orphanage…… As her luck would have it, within six months, a couple, a south Indian husband with a north Indian wife, issueless for more than ten years, adopted her, of course, through legal means. Her name was changed again as per the wishes of the couple. The man was an upcoming entrepreneur. Years went by. The business boomed. The baby lived in full opulence with an ostentatious lifestyle, for, her dad had become the biggest industrialist in the country in the business vertical that he was in. She did her schooling in Mayo School, the undergraduate studies London, and the MBA from the world’s top university in the US. By then her dad’s company had grown on to become a transnational organization, spreading all over the world. The baby, who was orphaned and destituted when born, went on to get listed by the leading world finance magazine as one of the topmost heiress of the companies of of the World…………… Yes, as luck would have it………