Religion

“Aur kaha se hain bhaiya aap” .

This was my first question after almost zero conversation between me and the taxi driver. He said “Main India ka rehne wala hun” . I was surprised but still being quite inquisitive on that particular day I simply asked “ Which state I mean kaun se seher ya gaon se hain aap?”. He curtly replied “India hi mera seher/gaon hai”, aapko shak hai kya koi !!

 I nodded in negative. Seeing wahe guru’s photo I asked again “to aap Punjab se ho ?”. Bending a little to his left he showed Shri Ram’s photo with 786 written beneath without bothering to answer my question.

“Aapne ye 786 yaha likha hai aapko darr nai lagta agar koi riots ho gae to ? “

“Darr kyun lagega jaana to sabko wain hai”

I was seriously confused seeing a person who gives a shit about the state he is from( we generally have a tendency of befriending someone if we see the person is from our place) , praises all religion and no doubt he is brave.

This conversation as a whole was going interesting for me.For a fraction of seconds I was almost lost. I saw outside and observed that I was about to reach my destination.

 Bhaiya ek aakhri sawal

Ji boliye

Apna naam bata dijie

Hyder Sharma

With this he opened the door, lost in my thoughts I crossed the road.