Strange Encounter with Rickshaw Driver

Next morning Arjun wakes up he looks at his surrounding and ensure nothing has changed from yesterday "It seems i wasn't dreaming it was all real"

He wakes up from the bed rubbing his eyes and then stretching his hand and look outside the window and hears the chirping of the birds as they were telling him good morning, listening to this he smiled and look at the sky as he is thanking the God for giving him the new beginning.

Then after some time he went to the kitchen and had a glass of warm milk and started to make a noodles for his breakfast.

After 10 minutes he sit on the dining table and started eating and then after eating he went to the bathroom to freshen up. He had a shower and came out and looking himself into the big mirror he have a narcissistic smile " If i am not so thin then i am perfect handsome guy this stupid destroyed his body completely in last 3 to 4 months, but don't worry makeup for it then see how countless women will be running behind me" thinking his smile got wider

He then started to wear his Black shirt and blue jeans with casual branded shoes and decided to go outside.

He went outside and saw that there is a car which his father used to drive to office and murmured "Should i go by a car? Hmmm let's go via Taxi i don't have a License, incase traffic police will caught then there will be trouble instead let's go via taxi to be on safer side"

He started to go outside the villa area, this villa area consist of 20 villas of similar kind, but didn't know much people except for his neighbour whom as per his memory has met 6 months ago. She also live alone in her house. she is of 24 years old, she was an orphan she work in government bank and now she earn good salary. She came here after marrying, they had love marriage but after only 6 months in the marriage her husband died, he was on a office tour to mumbai, he was going through local train and he was standing at the edge of the train but there is lots of crowd and on the way to his next station because of crowd, chaos occured he fell of the train and died. After that 2 years is over i have never seen her with any other men. 

Only if she need to purchase from the market she asked for help from me and occasionally i help her, in response she makes a dinner sometime and invite me over to her house, that's all contact we have.

Thinking this he reach outside of the gate of Villa area and he hired an auto and ask him to go to the Sabarmati Ashram. Then he told him to sit and he started the rickshaw with full accelerator i was shock suddenly the driver was driving like he owns the road. 

I swear he was driving like he had personal deal with the God. He cut across the red traffic light and overtook the bus while scratching his ear from his one hand and i was literally screaming "Hey man i am not in a hurry you can take more time drive slowly". Then he cut one more red signal "Man atleast follow the traffic signal". 

He looked at him as i am the alien and looking at his expression as if i haved asked his Kidney, he ignored me and started talking on a phone at a same time staring at the couple on a bike for no reason. 

After cutting the phone he stopped the rickshaw due to traffic , he started playing kumar Sanu heartbreak song " Tujhe dekha toh ye jaana sanam" while we were stuck behind the garbage truck and my mouth was twitching and murmured "very romantic moment".

Then the traffic started moving after going certain distance he overtook the car and rickshaw driver started scolding the car " Hey man don't you how to drive?". And i was like at that time in my heart "Bro atleast you don't deserved to say you are literally driving at the Footpath"

After long time i finally reached my destination and i took a long breath and a proud smile came to my mouth as i have just won the war.

I asked the driver fare "How much bro?"

500 Rs Rickshaw driver replied to me and i stared and him and replied with sarcasm "Bro i am asking you the Fare of the trip not a honeymoon stay price"

He looked me at a grin and replied " I am also asking for the Fare don't you know sir, how costly is petrol now a days"

"But your rickshaw runs on a CNG what it had to do with Petrol, Anyway i will give you 150 Rs" He replied and took out his wallet and started giving money

But the driver was not ready after long time they decided the fare of 200Rs and he came out of the rickshaw.

He entered the Sabarmati Ashram and started waking barefoot along the gravel paths of Sabarmati Ashram, he felt morning breeze which are stirring the trees overhead. The Quiet atmosphere giving his mind and body a strange peace which giving him a relaxing feeling as he forget everything the outside world and just want to stay here.

After he starred at the spinning Wheel Gandhi Ji had once used and reading the plague beneath it

"Non-Violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will"

Arjun Smiled " What about survival? You can't spin a Wheel and survive and fight for your dream against the corrupt world with Non-Violence"

Thinking his memory of last life he answered to himself looking at the plague but he still couldn't deny the strange calm feeling washing over him. The Ashram didn't Feel like a tourist trap - it felt like a memory preserved. He sat by the Sabarmati River and enjoying the calm morning breeze and took out his notebook and stated drawing a cricket Field.

After staying there for some time he decided to leave for his next destination.