Singh is not always king

My colleague at office had a rather bizarre incident that took place few days ago, which totally flabbergasted him. He was on his way home from dadar railway station. It seemed to be a normal ride or so he thought from there. The cab driver was a sardar. With no disrespect to the sikh community, please read the following with taking into consideration that this is a real incident.

I saw the movie "Rocket singh" with lot of expectation, it did not live up to it. There was one scene in the movie which I would like you to recollect. There is a scene where in, the computer stores guy, gives his goods to Ranbir Kapoor who plays the singh in the movie, with trust. He says, "I have never seen a sardar steal in my life, so I trust you. " Rather emotional scene and something to be proud about if your a sikh. Till then, I had a feeling that, sikhs are really honest and brave people. My feeling of mutual respect to this community was totally shattered when, my colleague told me about this incident.

After he reached home, he checked his time. The time was 4 o clock in the morning. When he looked at the meter, he was taken aback. There was something wrong with the meter, he thought, as it was way above the usual cab ride. The usual cost is around 200 maximum 250. The meter read 350 and more. Seeing he wee hours in the morning and with his family with him, he did not argue and gave the cab driver the sardar a 500 rupee note.

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The sardar gave the note back, to his suprise telling him it was a 100 rupee note. He was totally bamboozled by this. He did not have a 100 rupee note in his wallet. He just could not find out how the 50o rupee note changed itself to a 100 rupee note. He was totally flummoxed. He gave him another 500 rupee note and it was done. The sardar made an extra 400 bucks. The fact is this has happened to two other colleagues in my office also. The same station, dadar and may be it is the same sardar, as I feel not all sardar will do it. So it must be the same guy. Rattled, he asked me to write a blog on it. The cab number is MH-01, JA 2394

Anger control

Anger covers the true you. It makes you take rash decisions, spell doomsday backwards, gives less time to think before speaking a word or well say strikes you out before you know something has struck you. A feeling so natural, how can it affect us so much in a negative way.

I was really angry the other day. When I reached a point, that I could not take it anymore, I just left everything aside to take a walk. I did not know where I was going. I was just walking with so much rage in my eyes, in my mind. I was more angry less disappointed. The only thing that was talking was the anger. For sometime, my mind had forgotten, how good a person I was.

If I would not have taken that walk, my anger would have splashed out on someone. I walked, but my mind was fully on the matter on mind. It was difficult to concentrate on the surrounding. As slowly as I walked, a car almost hit me. I gathered consciousness. I looked at people around, some where playing cards in a shed, some little kids were roaming around with very less clothes or nothing at all. Ladies were separating garlic from its skin. Buzz of horns as the vehicles passed by. A guy was shouting at another guy. As soon as the vehicles passed, the sounds of horns diminished, like a mosquito buzzing by your ears.

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The dust on the road erupted like a volcano waiting all the time, when the lorries and cars passed by. I could not see what was happening in front of me for a minute second. In all this where has my anger gone? I wondered...It had drastically gone down. I felt my heart speaking now after the crazy and angry mind. I gave a practical thought to the situation. I got an answer for the issue on mind, this time with a calm mind.

Its amazing what a calm mind can do to a situation. That's why it says, "Think with a calm mind". So when angry, just give yourself a break, take a walk. I felt better.

Ramdom goodness

It amazing what a small deed of goodness can do. It can change the mood of someone momentarily or totally. I was out cycling where I felt the need of having some water. I did not carry a water bottle. I dropped by the near Coconut stall. Coconut water is very soothing to quench your thirst. The guy in the shop was rather restless.

He had a very tense expression on his face. I felt something was wrong. Being a south Indian I had a small chat in tamil (just normal talk). I could not get his face to talk. As they say face is the index of the mind. He was really in a pensive mood. He was talking but, his thought process was going again and again to something, like the waves touching land one after the other.

At last when I payed the money and was about to leave. I wished him "Pongal Nalvalthukal". He did not expect that coming. It meant Happy Pongal. Out came the smile. He had forgotten something which he was thinking at least for that second. He smiled and wished me back. I went about riding my bicycle, as if I have accomplished something. :) :)