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In Conversation with a Taxi Driver!

One rainy evening, I was traveling from Worli to Bandra and something so obvious happened; I got stuck in traffic. Until then, I was looking out of the window, enjoying the breeze with eyes closed, hair flying in the air, thinking maybe I'm a part of a movie scene. Cut to reality, my taxi was standing between fifty other vehicles going to Bandra. Taxi driver and I shared a similar expression of a disappointed face. I don't remember how our conversation started, but it went this way: At some point in our conversation, I asked: "Why don't you drive for commercial taxi services?" To which he replied smiling: " Yes, I could have done that. For me, afternoon nap is very important. I cannot leave all my priorities to attend a customer. That is why, I'm a local taxi driver. I get my own time and space. I leave the house as per my convenience. I return home immediately in case of emergency. To begin with, I used to be an engineer in an IT firm.