Moments so Far ...

Swerving left swinging right sometimes down sometimes high the swift on four wheels was flying high even at eighty it seemed a stroll we were all eager to reach home the sun was hiding slowly on the horizon on my right open fields clear blue skies endless sight then the road rise on an incline no vision of other side from the corner of my eyes Saw him sitting as if beside remorseless focused only on overtake two cars on my right stunned, i gasped how did i miss the heads on collide then on on every high with no vision on other side I was honking mad to discourage ugly overtakes grateful to the grace of the divine the family survives another reason to be on art of living the path kept us alive

He was travelling in Indian Auto. He was getting late on an appointment. He generally uses the services of BMTC buses (the most cosmopolitan of buses wherein there is no way for a first timer to know where she is coming from or going to by simply looking at it). He got into a wrong one and then another and lost his sense of direction and could not place himself with known coordinates. Thus the decision was made. He chose to go by Auto. Michael Schumacher may have retired from formula 1 racing but he has left a legacy with the Indian auto drivers and especially in Bangalore to consider every nook and corner of the city as their F1 track. On this auspicious day the Gods decided to send a Meru cab coming from opposite direction with a driver somewhere in Koramangala. The driver left his lessons of relative speed in school itself for he chose to take a turn in front of the oncoming rush of this auto. The miscalculation made the auto on three wheels to touch the back of can and sometimes a...