Honesty is the best policy

Today,as usual as soon as the the clock struck past 1pm,we all went for lunch(here all indicates myself,mayank,tanmaya,navdeep and rahul).After taking our food as usual we tried to search for a place where we all could sit together.I swear its very difficult to get seat for 4-5 peoples together(As some ppls use to book there places by placing a tiffin box or like that).Somehow,we arranged a table and sat there,Suddenly as Navdeep was about to sit,he came across some object laying down which drew his attention.To our surprise,that object was nothing other than someone's Purse.He picked it up and showed us,it was looking like a gent's purse.Now the question was how to help this Guy who has carelessly dropped his purse.Then someone suggested to look for any visting cards or address card imbibed in it.I took the purse in my hand and started searching for the same.To my utter surprise,the purse which was looking like Gent's purse wa actually of a Gal's(Astonished,gals have even copied the gent's purse also apart from clothing styles).by the way our main concern was not to look for whether it was a guy's/gal's wallet but instead to look after whose wallet it was.So i searched the purse but to add up to our worries,it had not any visting cards or address written inside.Instead there was a gal's Company ID card of IBM.we thought how to reach to that girl,as the ID card was showing that the girl belonged to IBM,Bangalore.Every of us had different opinions some told,give it to IBM helpdesk,some told give it to HSBC helpdesk,some told try to get her contact number better,as there were creadit cards also there in the walllet so,it was not safe.anyhow,finally i got a paper containing a list of her friend's mobile no. we tried contacting each of the number.But again surprise factor was there,most of the numbers were either switched off or were out of service.Anyhow we got one of her friend's number working and called her.yeahhhh she responded and another surprise,she did not knew this gal's number(a sign of new erra friend).but she promised that somehow she will inform her.we came back thinking what should we do,thinking of a lots of options in our minds..as this was a serious case.May be that even we may get questioned if we keep it for long with us.finally we came to conclusion that let wait till today's evening after which we will hand it over to HSBC helpdesk.so we came back to our desks and started our daily work.suddenly my phone rang,a new number was peeping from my mobile's tiny screen.I was unaware of that number,(thought of some credit card agents calling).Unwillingly i attended the call,the other side wanted to confirm is this mr shyam?(my doubt got almost to confirmation that this is pakka a credit card agent,by the way i thought lets hear what she waana say).I answered in affirmative,then she narrated the whole story about her purse.I was happy that finally i have traced her and was happy that yes i have done something for others.Actually that girl(who lost her purse) was also from HSBC ,she had recently joined hsbc from IBM.so thatsy she was still carrying her card in the wallet).chalo..finally i met her and gave her the card.She was very very happy..and was continuosly saying thank you,thank you.i was feeling a sigh of relief inside me.It feels good when you do help someone that was my conclusion.Its not a fiction but, a real story full of surprises.