The area around Venky's school is a mess. The drains are being laid and the road is under repair. Everyday we have to discover a new bylane to reach there. A few days ago, when Vibhu was driving to pick Venky up from the school, he tried to be adventurous and lo! his car was stuck in loose gravel that was laid down for the road repair. The more Vibhu accelerated the car, the more the wheels sank into the gravel. Soon, it was clear that there was no easy way to get the car out. Classic case of "stuck - in - nowhere - call - 911".
Only in India there's no "nowhere". Even before Vibhu could get out of the car, there were 20 odd people around him. Giving suggestions, pushing the car, digging the wheels out the gravel, some even brought tools to help push the car out. After 45 minutes of everybody's effort, the car was on its way. Most of the people vanished as soon as the car was out and even before Vibhu could thank them. Others just happily accepted whatever little money Vibhu offered them. Venky, Vibhu and the car reached home safe and sound.
We live in a country of 1 billion people. Our people are our 911.
P.S - Venky loved all the commotion and was super excited. He's desparately waiting for the car to get stuck again.
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4 comments:
hey i know what u mean..this happened to us recently as well :)
except when i thanked those people, they gave me weird looks like "we had fun, why are u thanking us?" just kidding ;)
btw we named bubbles krishay..pic on my blog...in a prev post :) so now i guess i can do ur tag:)
clap clap..cheers for apna janta!!
No news posts?? We want updates! :)
@BM - "krishay" is a great name. Somehow its hard to imagine Bubbles having such a hard core hindi name :D
@Trish - So amazing, isn't it? We take it for granted and we realize that "This happens only in India" after we get to see other contries.
@Miss M - Yess, yess. High work load and low motivation. Time is a precious thing these days. I promise to post an update soon.
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