Boarding a bus and hisaab kitaab by Puneet Rajhans

Boarding a bus and hisaab kitaab

As i board another bus with another set of people with another set of demands against another set of cold windy weather, the set of demands from the one handing out ticket was fair and simple. He wanted all those on board to take the ticket lest the penalty would be procured even before the bus reaches its destination. Majority of those who boarded had a pass to flaunt with a few like us having had to pay upfront. Pay upfront was the desire of the conductor lest you are shown the door in this blistering weather.
AS i preferred to stand in a corner instead take a seat, i was reminded of the trek i have been taking for years with nothing having changed. Papers in the morning had stories of Bofors screaming when the all-weather debate was whether the scream of the RAja would be lost in the din. Some in the bus with cell close to their ears were talking about hisaab kitaab and the meals they missed out in the morning to keep their date, the most irritating picture was of those in other modes of transport hooked to a cell while making an attempt to drive to hell. Perhaps no alarm or alarming picture bothered them to think and rewind.
AS the assembled lot in the bus were screaming to perfection on acts of profanity and distaste, the scream from one Rani Mukherjee on the language she belted out in the forthcoming movie No One Hired Killers was an all family affair had fewer takers. Most believed this would make her lose her crown and create unwanted thunder. Though few in the gathering drowned themselves to this Rani Debate, most were unanimous in their view that what Swaraj had spoken about Cong Chief was entirely unwarranted. The Cong Chief has repeatedly expressed her desire to not take a shot at the PM's chair and yet people haven't restrained themselves from speaking out of turn. This Swaraj's belief that Cong Chief has started opening up is a fact that most of us appreciate and the two parties are political rivals and not enemies is something that some years ago this Advani had spoken to that Rahul in an airport surrounding.

Finally those assembled inside the bus walked out with the resurgent belief that SAchin, Rahul Dravid and Laxman were the backbone of batting lineup and these and only these three had class though form may not endure long enough to give a repeated blast. As i too walked out with the man at the wheels visibly polite, the parting query was would this polite quotient be ever visible in the streets of the capital.