Driving...

Driving in India has many fascinations. There is a variety of things you encounter and of course things vary from city to city. By nature I am a slow, rule-following, indicator-while-lane-changing, signal-stopping driver. That has its own challenges, especially in Pune. Pune driving is one intruiging experience. Here are some things, that you should not get startled when in Pune
- Finding a truck, taxi, auto coming from the wrong side of the road
- Finding the driver absolutely unmoved when you give a stare for doing that
- Drivers unfamiliar with the concept of dividers (especially when you pass through villages converted to parts of the town)
- Six bikes around you at the signal
- Bike drivers talking on the cell phone while driving with one hand
- Four people on a bike
- Women drivers and their amazing feats (I need a separate volume for that) like driving in the middle of the road, unware of traffic, taking a right turn from the left most lane on the road
- overtaking can happen from any side of the car - left, right, over, under, front or back (don't imagine - just experience it)
- signals are not meant for traffic, especially bikes

I usually take the bus to work. Of late have started driving. It has brought back memories of language (new phrase). I am back to speaking Sanskrit slokas and symbols. This is like my friend Patel in college used to say..."Aha, su savaar, savaar maan sanskrit na slok bolyo".

Have a good one!