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माज्ही गाडी उचलली ... नालायक लोक॥



scene - u get off ur bike, park it on d kerb, and go to buy medicines...u look away 4 two minutes...ur bike disappears, from right under ur arse.



facts - traffic police "agents" have jus attacked u, and wit mind numbing precision and speed, they hav jus targeted ur bike as their fodder for 200 bucks or so...



i mean, god damnit! u don even know when it got lifted...

so i was targeted yesterday...



i am totally used 2 such a scenario...so acted all cool...went 2 d place where d bike is supposed 2 b taken...which is, thankfully, or otherwise, very near my house...and walking distance from where it was lifted...



so, i go there, and ask d gunda in charge, as to when did d van leave 4m d "collection centre"...(आपल्याला गाड़ी collect करायला ...त्यांना currency notes)... yes, gunda. त्यांना uniform etc formalities लागू नसतात ... :P आणि बरेचदा माला खरच doubt येतो..हा पोलिस वाला आहे, का गुंडा राज? ;)



so i get to know, "गाड़ी आत्ताच गेलिये बघ...तास भर तरी लागेल..."

wtf! one hour? काय पूर्ण पुण्यात उचलायला जातात की काय गाड्या?



mercifully, d van showed up 40 minutes later....which were spent by me tryin 2 read mails, and chatting wit ppl....wit d already escalated mobile bill, i thought i might also spend on d good ol' gprs too... ;)



then comes the real skill...u gotta b really deft n intelligent...in my case, i carry a color xerox of my licence, lest d original get torn n mutilated in my wallet...and my PUC has expired 3 yrs back, n i stil carry d same chit around...and d idiots NeVeR notice. (touchwood)

so, here's how it goes.. >>



Me : बोला साहेब...किती देऊ?

collection Gunda : licence आणि PUC दाखवा ..



i give him reqd. docu's..



CG : अरे, "ला यसन" originial नाहीये...

me: original हां आहे मी इथेच राहतो...घेउन येतो...

CG: नको नको...२५० काढ...

me : कशाला साहेब...घेउन येतो मी...

CG : कशाला time खोटी करतोस साला...२५० दे आणि निघ...no parking च fine घेतोए में फक्त...





and dis is how i run away, when d actual fine to be levied on me should ahve bin anything in d vicinity of Rs.800 - 1200...

not dat m complainin...but m jus amused at how d police station has started its own "collection centre"...



i mean, u shud see these guys....now they are all hi-tech....got digi cams 2 prove they hav lifted d bike from a no parkin area only....and de dont fall short of shifting d bike a bit before takin d pic,,,,jus dat little bit beyond d "line" on d road... :P



and u shud jus see d way they start running when de see a wrongly parked bike...tom runnin behind jerry? naah.... coyote behind road runner? nopes...

a tiger / lioness runnin behind its prey....yeah...da's more like it....or maybe like an eagle swooping down on its unsuspecting prey...



i mean, i am nt holdin a grudge against them personally...tiz deir job...and de wanna do it wit full "faith and integrity" both things being directed towards d "बिना receipt k receipts.." ;)

and the shop opens at 6 a.m....yes. 6 a.m...i walk down dat very street to my gym....believ me..
and tiz open till 11 p.m.

this is one "shop" dat none likes 2 go for any reason, m sure..... :P