It happened one night
24th April 2009
This is something I had written long back- but hadnt posted it. So if a few of my friends have read it - maaf karo ( forgive me ) :).
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This was about 2 weeks back. I was driving back from Chowdiah memorial hall late in the night ( around 10 pm ). I came in front of the Windsor Manor bridge. This bridge has a small underpass ( guess it is called the
magic box ). Now I wasnt sure if this magic box would lead me on my way to MG Road ,( from where I could take myself safely to Bannergatta Road - where i wanted to go). Wondering what to do, I paused at the start of the magic box.
When , out of nowhere , a young auto driver came and stopped besides me and said "Hogi Madam"( Go madam ) in a very kind voice. Guess he thought that I was scared to go under the very small underpass :) Anyways, I asked him if this was the route to MG Road, to which he replied in an affirmative and said, come follow me.. Since I did not know the route much, I just kept following him as he took all the lefts and the rights.. when at one point i spotted a board saying "Cunningham Road " . Wow ! I know this road !. I thought. And simultaneously I wondered " why am i following this guy -- What if he leads me to some God Forsaken place ". with the new found self confidence and fear of being abducted, I decided to follow this guy no more. so when he took the turn at Ali Aksar Street , I decided to move on.
I went up the " god knows what street ". asked for a few directions. went left and a few right . and ended up in the Ali aksar street. and proceeded along the road.
I had forgotten the auto driver by now.. and was sure that he had forgotten me too and would have proceeded with whatever he was doing.
As I came out of Ali Aksar road and reached the Infantry road, ( all of which were familiar territory to me now ), and from there to the chinnaswamy stadium cross.. I paused , since the traffic signal asked me to do so.. and suddenly as i looked up, I saw this auto driver waiting for me paitiently over there.. when he saw me coming,
he came up to me and asked.. "Mam , can you find your way now ".. I gave him a grateful smile and said.. Yes.. and Thank you .. to which he smiled back and went on his own way.
At that point, it struck me like a bolt... "ITS ONLY WHEN YOU LOSE FAITH, DO YOU LOSE THE WAY.. ITS ONLY WHEN 'I' COMES IN THE WAY OF YOUR JUDGEMENT , DO YOU ACTUALLY FAIL TO JUDGE "
