George is an ex-KSRTC driver, who now, owns a taxi and earns his living by making trips. It has come handy for him because the pensioners of the RTC have not been getting their pension regularly. He's been the 'saarthi' for many of my errands. This evening, too, I'd hired his services to go to the Kochi airport to pick up my Maman who was returning from New Delhi.
Today he showed me as to how one should head southward from Guruvayur, through Kunnamkulam, without hitting a single roadblock.
And as we headed towards the airport by about 1915h, he seemed relaxed and told me his story. He came from a large family with a very strict father who used to cane his children if they did badly in studies and they're seven siblings! From his school days, he'd a fascination for driving and hence, took it to be the foundation for his profession. An aunt, who was fond of him, had financed his driving classes and soon after, without having to wait too long he was taken into the RTC.
From the Ordinary to the Fast Passenger to the Express, his driving prowess stood him in good stead and he enjoyed his days behind the wheel, thoroughly. The fulfillment came when he began driving the inter-state Volvos for the corporation. He proudly says that he'd not met with a single accident during his, almost, forty years of service.
His family consists of his wife and two sons, of which the elder had got married recently on the 19th of Jan. This evening, he breaks the good news that he's gonna be a grandfather by November. His son and daughter-in-law work for reputed IT firms, based at Thiruvananthapuram. He and his wife are currently on the lookout for a bride for their second son. The boy wants to go through with it as early as possible even though the father insists that at 26, he's attained marriageable age only now!
As George expertly maneuvers the car through the maze of traffic, I ask him as to whether he hasn't got bored of driving. He smiles and says it's impossible to lose his affinity for driving which had brought him up to his present state and of course, because he still loved every moment, of his, behind the wheel.
Tailpiece.
George, here's wishing that you never lose your enthusiasm, ever, as we got to do longer distances, together! May god be with you in your endeavour!!
Today he showed me as to how one should head southward from Guruvayur, through Kunnamkulam, without hitting a single roadblock.
And as we headed towards the airport by about 1915h, he seemed relaxed and told me his story. He came from a large family with a very strict father who used to cane his children if they did badly in studies and they're seven siblings! From his school days, he'd a fascination for driving and hence, took it to be the foundation for his profession. An aunt, who was fond of him, had financed his driving classes and soon after, without having to wait too long he was taken into the RTC.
From the Ordinary to the Fast Passenger to the Express, his driving prowess stood him in good stead and he enjoyed his days behind the wheel, thoroughly. The fulfillment came when he began driving the inter-state Volvos for the corporation. He proudly says that he'd not met with a single accident during his, almost, forty years of service.
His family consists of his wife and two sons, of which the elder had got married recently on the 19th of Jan. This evening, he breaks the good news that he's gonna be a grandfather by November. His son and daughter-in-law work for reputed IT firms, based at Thiruvananthapuram. He and his wife are currently on the lookout for a bride for their second son. The boy wants to go through with it as early as possible even though the father insists that at 26, he's attained marriageable age only now!
As George expertly maneuvers the car through the maze of traffic, I ask him as to whether he hasn't got bored of driving. He smiles and says it's impossible to lose his affinity for driving which had brought him up to his present state and of course, because he still loved every moment, of his, behind the wheel.
Tailpiece.
George, here's wishing that you never lose your enthusiasm, ever, as we got to do longer distances, together! May god be with you in your endeavour!!
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