Ek Nimbu Do Mirchi

I had to write this today. Yes! Today. The Day I was trying to plan everything before I set myself for the first Road Trip in My Olive Green Maruti A Star (Second Hand – First hand owner is my DAD :| and I never bought it, just took it from him :|)

So what happened? I needed to come to work, finish a lot of things, that included my one on one meetings, team meetings, take printout of the route map, Check mails, reply to them, eat on time, meet colleagues and take suggestions how to go about for the Road Trip, Buy some snacks for the journey, make sure mom and dad are doing fine with their health, Etc.

Now I was traveling to work and near my office at Manyata Junction suddenly my car jolted. I felt like someone pushed it from behind suddenly. When I turned I saw this thin, skinny, medium height, dark guy with curly hair driving an Indica banged my car from behind. I was like “Gosh!” now what next. What do I need to do? How much is the damage? Multiple questions kept popping up. Physically I had to move out of the car and go and do a verbal thrash to him and had to be very strict. Basically I am very Laid Back Person. I hate to confront people. I hate to argue, I hate to fight. That is how I am, but living in a city that is not mine, I often have to shift from my comfort zone. There is an inbuilt feeling of sex equality and inequality that exists in me. I don’t know but I feel that females and males are sharing a huge hypocrite mindset in India. We brag females being pilots, soldiers, activists and celebrates Women’s Day but then when you are on an India Road and Fighting with a Cab Driver, Half of the people stare at you because you are female and not because you are a victim irrespective of Gender. May be we never got freedom within sex from the generations so there is always a sense of awe, hounding, pseudo-ism among us.

I got down went up to him and said, “Itna jaldi hai” he tried to argue back saying “Kya …” I didn’t let him complete, and I said “Kya, Kya, kaise thoka hai gari”. Immediately I went and took the picture of his number plate. Saw that my car got a Dent behind. By now people from buses, other private cabs and taxis started starring at me and at the cabbie. I said get down from the car. He didn’t listen to me. He was trying to start his car, I took of his car keys, in the meanwhile I hurt my finger and blood started Oozing. Later when I was narrating this to a friend of mine she said  “Tu hata payee ki?” she had that shock in her voice. “What to do, karna padta hai” a little me kept saying inside. Payal has only seen these things on road but never was a part of the scene, I was fighting with the Driver and I told him. “Hazaar rupaay do and go” at that time when I was formulating the sentence in my mind I kept thinking if he gives me thousand rupees how will he do “Guzara” with his family. He took out 10 rupees from his pocket and showed me. I was like really are you kidding or are you kidding. Angry Payal is very Angry but Payal wants to laugh out loud. She has this weirdness in her, at most tensed situations she just lets it go. Oh no Cars Honking, so I came back to my reality again. I keep coming back to reality and travel in my own time and space often. So I was wandering it’s an accident and he may have been rash but no driver takes out car on road to create accidents. Anyways. I got bored of the fighting within 2 mins. Some other cabs said “Madam side main jaake fight karo” I said “Shut up! Side se apna gari nikalo aur jao” Then I got bored again of fighting. I thought “Fayeda kya fight karke” Me the individual gets bored too fast with things. And I did let him go. I got into the car, I thought I was really not strict with him. He got the car beside mine and smiled and said thank you, and main “Gaal Gayee”, I kept telling myself, Payal you are so useless. You can’t even take Revenge. God Kya hoga tera?

I came to office and told my colleagues, friends and duniya jahan about the incident. They all gave their inputs. In a Whatsapp Group I shared with my Bong Friends and told them how I feel scared now to do the road trip that I have tomorrow.

So a friend said Ek Nimbu aur Do Mirchi le lo, Gadi main laganey ke liye nehi but muri (bhel) ke saath khane ke liye, Dusra bola nehi nehi Ek Nimbu and Do Mirchi le lo, cocktail banane ke liye. I just laughed reading their comments. Same Ek Nimbu and Do Mirchi – Kabhi kala jadu hatane ke liye use hota hai, kabhi bhel main daal ke chatpata snacks and gaap shaap ke liye aur kabhi Daru main mila ke high ho ke masti karne ke liye.

PS – Different people with different perspective. Maybe my readers will think I am not a strict person but let me be the lenient one. I hope the Cab driver who did hit my car feels better inside his heart. Take Care Curly hair Cabbie! Is this another Unlearn session? I don’t know :) But all I know is I am peaceful inside. 

PPS : My Close Friend Says - Bangalan Gari nehi Gaadi. Ri nehi Di. But I will keep it as RI ;)