It was a very hot day of the month of May, I had taken a coke, and a bottle of mineral water to keep me cool. Put together it costed me 35 Rs., not bad, so hot, I have seldom felt this heat in Delhi. I had taken a Blue line bus to Dilshad Garden, almost 18 kms from ITO. It costed 15 Rs. But the journey was horrible. Heat wave from the side windows with glass panes missing. Crowd inside. I was lucky to get a seat. I decided no more Blue line ( I had made this resolution a few times before also.). Alighting at Seemapuri, I called a Rikshaw. Checked his charge for Shalimar Garden (2 kilo meters). Alas ! Cheater wants 20 Rs for that much distance. Cheater, I could barely resist my anger to this opportunist, leach… and whatever came to mind and boarded. He pedelled the distance, sweating, wiping his forehead, again peddling finally reaching my destination. I paid him and walked off. Hardly will I remember this guy who brought me home at a cost of course, at 2 p.m noon on a day considered to be one of the hottest of the season.
Reaching home, I recalled, if the rikshaw was not available at the place, I would be walking the two kms, might have consumed another bottle of cola, yet got exhausted, might also have the heat wave on me and jolly well could have fallen ill for a few days. I have paid Rs 20/- to the service that man – most probably from Bihar – whose face I would hardly recollect. Why only rikshaw even that Blue line was doing a service. That time of the day, DTC do not operate for reasons ranging from lunch break to change of duties. Even if there is one, it will skip you and speed away.
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