A Delightful ride!

Last weekend, my car met with an accident with me in it; with the boot crushed and now on a holiday to get itself a new look, it left me to the mercy of little public transport in this Diwali week.

Already having to deal with rude peddle and auto rickshaw drivers bugs the hell out me and now with the crowds swelling in the market places, it was a more serious ordeal for me. To complete some very important work and with an auto strike, I had to inevitably pick up a peddle rickshaw to commute. The thing with these rickshaws is either their speed can put you to sleep with even walkers bypassing you or it can give you a slipped disc! But today, God seem to ensure me a good ride for the day, literally! J

I hired a rickshaw puller who surprisingly didn’t argue me about the fare, was polite and even said sorry for suddenly pulling a break!!!! I was left gaping at his politeness! Over a couple of years, the labour especially in the Northern part of the country has become rude taking advantage of the increasing awareness of their indispensability for all strata of society. This guy not only ensured that he rode the rick well on an excuse of a road but also enquired whether I got hurt when he pulled off the brake suddenly! He just became an Angel for me; could he be one? :D

And when I got off to get some diwali gifts and wondered how am I gonna take all that back home, alone and getting a new rick; he offered to stay for as long as I was done shopping. This guy left me disoriented now with me gaping at him while he awaited my response. I wondered whether there was a while halo around his head to confirm that this kind soul was an angel indeed. I shopped for about 20 minutes and then he voluntarily came at the door to pick up the bags and dropped me home. Everything looked too good to be real but surprisingly it was as real as Mount Everest is!! I tipped him well and was left with a bright smile on my face with a sense of comfort and warmth on knowing that kind and helpful people exist amongst the rude ones and that Life is not all that bad on a rickshaw! J

Love Always!