Auto Displacement

chillibreeze writer — Varun Krishnan

The shortest distance between two points is called displacement. If you wish to be physically and mentally displaced, if you are game for an adventure, if you decide to exhibit intrepidity- commute by auto rickshaw (auto for short).

Traveling by auto is a complex ordeal and requires a high degree of patience and endurance.

The ordeal starts right from the point where you summon an auto. As you mouth your destination, the auto driver will feed you with tales about one ways, diversions to be taken, and how, to reach the destination, you have to ultimately traverse through a few continents (speaking figuratively, of course). Turning a deaf ear to these fantastic tales which if listened to otherwise will warrant a great entertainment session, is a wise thing to do.

As you ask him for the rate, he will give you a figure which you might even consider obscene. Ask him about the fare meter which is hoisted inside the auto and what purpose it serves. He will deliver a cold nosed stare as if you have asked him the purpose of the appendix in the human body. It is generally understood that the fare meter is installed only for decorative purposes.

Moving along, it is required that you start haggling over the obscene rate which he has thrust on you. It is inevitable. Without it, a great loss is what there is for you as well as the auto chap, who cannot sleep without arguing. Finally, when the rate is decided, you board the monstrosity.

On the way, you will be plagued with spellbinding tales from the auto man about uncles twice removed, nieces who eloped with convicts, politicians who eat 6 meals a day and actors who have golden hardware installed in their toilets.

Oh, my. You’ve reached your destination at last, where you are required to exhibit generosity and add a small amount to the sum promised. Give it to him if you liked his stories, they are worth it.

And hence, with all the phut-phuts of the auto, with arguments about the supposedly rising diesel costs, and after a great adventure, you have landed at the destination.

What? It’s too late now, eh? Want to go back home? Time to hire an auto. . .

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