Thursday, February 21, 2008

India Shining

On my way to the Bombay airport in a Rickshaw had this conversation with the Auto Driver
Me : Airport ?
He : Domestic ya international ?
Me : Domestic, Abhi meri foreign jaane ki aukad nai hai.
He : Smiles

3 mins pause

He : Aap ka waha se plane hai kya ?
Me : Nahi ! Train hai, abh naya chalu hua hai !
He : Smiles

2 Mins pause

He : Kahan ka plane hai ?
Me : Banglaore !
He : Kitna kilometer hai Banglaore yahan se
Me : Tere rickshaw main jaayenge toh 30000 aayge meter pe, ab tu hisaab laga.
He : Smiles

3 Mins Pause

He : Kitna Waqt Lagta hai yahan se wahan
Me : Traffic nai raha toh 1.30 hours, signal pe atak gaya toh jyada bhi lag sakta hai !
He : Smiles

2 mins pause

He : Ticket kitne ka lagta hai?
Me : 3000 se 5000 tak ka hai.
He : Haan hamara bhi Lucknow ka 23oo lag gaya ek jan ka, Agle mahine meri beti ko bhej raha hu Lucknow, hamare khandan main se aaj tak kisine plane nai dekha hai, jisne bhi dekha hai, usne hawe main hi dekha hai! Kisi kisi ne toh hawe main bhi nahi dekha hoga!! Humri beti toh har plane dekhti hai aur agle mahine ka intejar kar rahi hai.

Amazing! India well and truly shining :-)

8 comments:

RS said...

I'll take that comment you left on my blog as compliment! :-) Thanks!I replied to that there too...

Jyoti said...

Truly Amazing!

Pretty soon it will be Nano's instead of the Auto's...

WriterLady said...

i guess jyoti's right....and i'm dreading the day i will truly hate this city...
its the cutest story though!

Gees said...

I guess,domestic airlines will soon start making ads like the mobile phone companies.

Sneha said...

good one santosh ! India, great going!

Anonymous said...

Amazing.. But would have been btter.. had u translated in ENGLISH...

I faced much difficulty in few scenes..

Unknown said...

Amazing.. But would have been btter.. had u translated in ENGLISH...

I faced much difficulty in few scenes..

Sneha said...

Pretty intresting conversation! He must be remembering u even now for all ur teda jawab. He must be sometime smiling and thinking kis ke saath uska paala padata ! I like most of your blogs, they make me smile and are hilarious