hmmm...finally got that drive within to write again...i guess its sheer laziness but sometimes i feel it's also beyond that...just dunno what more...anyways this time the conversation with ma a.b. (autoboi) was more like a session with a shrink...sometimes i really wonder if my auto adventures will ever cease to amaze me...i have been with philosophers, freaks, shrinks, day-to-day content family men and many more...seriously going in in auto these days seems to be such a rich experience...it's unbelievable...i so wanna talk about one specific incident here but guess shall not coz that could very much form good material for my next post ;)
The conversation of Confuzd Jughead with a.b. (ma new shrink)
P.S.: the conversations will be translated for better understanding, though i might have kept certain words to keep the conversation authentic
this was a conversation between the auto chap and me when we were going to Taj Westend or one such hotel from Koramangala (also note it was pouring that day)
a.b. : these rains these days ma, it is only making the traffic worse (our favorite opening line ;)
c.j. : i know bhaiya, but whether there is rain or not, bangalore traffic has gotten really bad...i don't think there is anything anybody can do to better the current situation
a.b. :i know ma...the problem is there are too many of those computer-wallahs (meaning our IT guys)...they don't even know how to drive ma..and they have such big big cars like buildings
c.j. :(makes appropriate sounds of sympathy)
a.b. :you know ma, this is why i don't take my begum (wife) or children out much these days...can't handle them as well as the traffic at the same time (sniggers at his own joke)
c.j. :oh you are married!!!that's wonderful...how many children do you have?
a.b. :three ma...two girls and a boy...decided enough ma...can't have anymore children...it's getting to be very expensive
c.j. :i know...it is very difficult these days...even i feel i need to take up a second job to pay you auto wallahs coz it's getting to be so expensive (both of us laugh at ma lil joke, which i guess gave him the comfort and courage to ask the next question)
a.b. :so ma aren't you married?you don't look like you are married though (to make sure i didn't take offence to being thought that i was older than what i looked ;)
c.j. :no, i am not married...and currently quite happy with this status
a.b. :but you will get married in a year or two definitely no ma?
c.j. : no bhaiya...i don't think i want to ever get married...at least that's what i feel for now...let's see what happens in the future...
a.b. : why do you say that ma? (in complete shock)
c.j. :i dunno bhaiya...nothing specific...guess i am not ready and personally and also that i find it very difficult to trust men these days...so it's best this way
a.b. :(after a silence of 40 seconds) ma i can tell one thing...you didn't want to say much...but i heard it in your voice ma..you are sad..and i am also positive that you were in love with a guy sometime back
c.j. :(trying to make up my mind if this man was a psychic or a shrink...therefore was kinda speechless for a long time)
a.b. :why ma you became so quiet suddenly?i spoke the truth right?but ma why do you want to spend the rest of your life this way?
c.j. :i dunno what to say bhaiya...and i think spending the rest of my life this way seems fine to me...am ok about it
a.b. :ma, if you want to lie to me, it's ok...but why lie to yourself?and seriously you think the man you were in love with feels similarly?i am sure he has found another chokri (girl)...these days that's what they all do ma...love one, if she/he is gone, get in another
c.j. :i know bhaiya...but i don't really wanna think too much about this
a.b. :i know ma and i can understand...but please know one thing...sometime in your life no ma you will get lonely...if you get big job in big company you want to tell good news to someone right?then you will miss not having that 'someone' ma...family i know is very important...i shall pray to khuda (god) you get a good man soon (and we thankfully reach my destination)
c.j. :thanks a lot bhaiya...it was good talking to you...bye
yea!!!i do tell them bye or goodnight sometimes...but these conversations..man!!!sometimes they are the only source of enlightenment in a city like this...it's like the moving 'bodh gaya'
and hey wait for more to come...there's a wanna be michael schumacher, a psycho, a complete freak, an unhappy husband cum son-in-law...just you wait and watch ;)
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