Autowala – Part 1

Yesterday, after another gruelling, endless, boring work day, I headed home by Auto.

As usual, I opened up my pack of ‘Fruit Bread’ after I boarded and began the mindless task of topping up my adipose tissue levels by mindlessly munching on.

I overheard the Auto guy talking on the phone, via a swine flu mask. He mentioned something about quitting smoking over the phone and my interest was.. piqued.

I struck up a conversation with him, Nagaraja, and asked him what ‘motivated’ him to quit. He said it was a girl. Cliched? It gets way better! Read on….

Logically, the question of how he met her followed. This is his story:

“Saar, about 4 months ago, I got a missed call. When I called up to find out who it was, it was a girl saar! I was full shocked! Here I am, full grown man, happily driving my rented auto, and this female, full shamelessly saar, calls up and starts saying all sorts of things in English saar! I got full tension and I scolded her saar! What is this? One full grown lady and she’s talking to me saar! no shame, no maana and no maryada saar! I scolded her saar.”

“Then what ?”

“Then she called back again saar! This time also, she started talking in English saar! Full angry saar! She called up to say sorry it seems! No saar! I knew it! I did not believe it saar! I scolded her fully and cut the call!”

“Aiyo! Really?”

“Yes saar. But after 2-3 days, I called back saar. I felt full tension that I yelled at her and all that naansense. She picked up saar and we started talking. I told her.. look here ma.. i’m an auto driver, running the tilak nagar and cox town area in bangalore.. who are you and why did you call?”

“What did she say?”

“She said that she got my number by mistaku.. and that’s why she called saar. I felt very ‘difficult’.. Paapa.. small girl saar. I said sorry and we got talking.”

“Hahahahahah!”

“Then saar, after talking for a few days, friendship happened!”

“Few days? You called her again?”

“Aiyo! No saar! She only called. I have no more outgoing saar. Full currency over!”

End of Part 1.