"Bhaiya, chhutta hai na?"
I was travelling back from my CA Classes to home when before catching a rickshaw I asked the uncle driving "Bhaiya, chhutta (change) hai na?" as my 10 and 20 rupees notes were used up. Getting a positive reply, I sat and spent most of the time in revising what had been taught that day. Uncle asked me what I was studying. When my home was nearing, I asked uncle to take a left turn, which he probably didn't hear properly and started going straight. I suddenly asked him to take left. He politely apologised and said that he had some problem in the back. Deep in my mind, I felt it as fake excuse. As the journey was to end, he started speaking "Mere ladke ne bhi CA ki padhai ki. Baaki sab se voh bahot hoshiyar tha. Sab ke bas ki baat thodi na hoti hai CA ki fees bharne ki. Lekin ek din usko class me ulti (vomit) pe ulti hone lagi aur pura din bimar raha. Ghar aakar usne bataya. Hum usko hospital me lekar gaye." Although I do not recall the exact words, what came next ...