Buddha in the traffic ~ high rollers
AI Generated On a chilly Monday morning in October in Boston, I was in no mood to walk 2 miles to get to office, so got an uber. Greeted by a turbaned sikh with a strong Boston accent and a ton of impatience at the wheel of my ride. Traffic was thick and he was swearing half-heartedly under his breath. That made me chuckle a bit, which he picked up immediately and said that he grew up in Delhi till the age of 15 before his move to Amrika, three decades ago with his father for greener pastures. Post the icebreaker, he checked with me if it was okay to swear in Punjabi / Hindi. Driven by a strong desire to get out of that traffic and since I had made peace with the fact it was going to be a long ride. Then in chaste Punjabi and Hindi, he yelled out words which can’t be written here, but that was the mojo he needed for the morning. He was grinning like a Cheshire cat. For a moment I felt I was in a crowded street in Delhi and what cou...
