We had entered the second decade of new millennium.India is shining everywhere and leading to a path of developed country.And Mumbai is one of the modern city of India , even though sometimes we encounter something which make us know we have still long way to go.
I was going to one of my friend's party who happens to live at a place which comes after going through a long and alone jungle area. Population is less and people are not seen after 7 PM. There are very less shops on road.He chose that place to live as even the posh and best 2 BHK apartments are very cheap over there but there is no such social area. These builders just for the sake of money create housings wherever they get the free land. Let it be inside a jungle. Anyways my friend after marriage chose that place to live so as to show her wife how grand he is. In a way he shown his cleverness as with the amount in which he could not afford even 1 BHK in Mumbai main areas he got two BHK that too furnished.
Anyways I along with my friend were going to his home first time as he invited us to meet his wife on dinner. For free dinner we are always ready that too if made by some lady(here it was our new bhabhiji who would surely had put all her effort to make the dinner as tasty as it could be , i thought). And as always i was late, and it was around 8 pm and we entered the jungle on my friends bike, it was really scary. Means nobody was on road and and there were one or two street lights at very long distance. Most of the parts were dim. We were unable to locate his house and after making many rounds and circles we find it best to call my friend and ask him only. My friend don't carry mobile, strange na!! Even i was aghast when i came to know this initially. But he himself is a strange person , couldn't help. I called from my phone and as the call received by my friend a low battery tune came to my ears.. my friend just said "Where are you people , we are waiting.." it get discharged :(
Now what to do? We again started making a ride on bike in the hope someone if found on the way will tell us the way.After much time we saw an old man going.. we just reach to him and asked if he could help us.. he just told there is shop after going inside a narrow road, rest he don't know anything. We reached to the shop as told by old man.We followed the narrow road and the end of road was his shop's address actually.It was small roadside panwala kind of wooden box shop having some cigarettes, biscuits, toffees and some other things. I wondered why he opened shop over there instead of roadside. I asked the address if he can tell,but again he was of no help. But luckily i saw a board over there on which it was written Mobile are
charged here. It was like a thirsty person just got well in a barren island. I just asked if he can charge my mobile. He smiled and pick out 10 wires and said insert whatever pin type of your mobile into your phone. While charging my mobile i asked him why the shop is so inside , he said because police don't allow us to sell addictive openly.. I was dumbfound. I thought of leaving that place as soon as possible. But needed to be there for at least 5 more minutes for getting my mobile get charged enough to talk. My friend asked what else social service he do apart from charging? He said he charge for charging mobiles. Its not social service. and people from nearby village come to him for getting their mobile charged. As the nearby region do not get proper electricity. I couldn't believe. Its just 20 min ride I came from light clad mumbai area to a place in mumbai only where there is no proper electricity. Anyways i thought for leaving that place and call my friend. It has been around seven minutes since i started charging my mobile. I asked man the charge for it and took out my wallet. He said 50 Rs!!
How come 50 ??? We started shouting on him. He just lit his torch and beside his banner of "Mobile are Charged here" shown the rates shown in small letters 25 rs per 5 min. I said i had done for 7 min only and I will pay 25 only. He said even a second after 5 min cost you 25 more. I wondered "What was this??". We argue with him for around 10 Min's and getting late as well. My friend suddenly out of frustration took out 50 rs and said "take it and be happy." I felt cheated. I said now i will charge for extra 3 Min's that too while talking and utilise the money. If we paid fully we will utilise it totally. The man said yes sure , go on who stopped you. Saying this he left the shop and gone for doing toilet and asked us to call him if somebody ask him. The shop was all open. I was feeling to steal something from his shop and equate the matter. But it was too risky , all local branded biscuits were there and he openly said it was the shop where even police come to have drugs.I better left this idea and place as well when he returns.. called my friend and asked the way to reach his home..
I was going to one of my friend's party who happens to live at a place which comes after going through a long and alone jungle area. Population is less and people are not seen after 7 PM. There are very less shops on road.He chose that place to live as even the posh and best 2 BHK apartments are very cheap over there but there is no such social area. These builders just for the sake of money create housings wherever they get the free land. Let it be inside a jungle. Anyways my friend after marriage chose that place to live so as to show her wife how grand he is. In a way he shown his cleverness as with the amount in which he could not afford even 1 BHK in Mumbai main areas he got two BHK that too furnished.
Anyways I along with my friend were going to his home first time as he invited us to meet his wife on dinner. For free dinner we are always ready that too if made by some lady(here it was our new bhabhiji who would surely had put all her effort to make the dinner as tasty as it could be , i thought). And as always i was late, and it was around 8 pm and we entered the jungle on my friends bike, it was really scary. Means nobody was on road and and there were one or two street lights at very long distance. Most of the parts were dim. We were unable to locate his house and after making many rounds and circles we find it best to call my friend and ask him only. My friend don't carry mobile, strange na!! Even i was aghast when i came to know this initially. But he himself is a strange person , couldn't help. I called from my phone and as the call received by my friend a low battery tune came to my ears.. my friend just said "Where are you people , we are waiting.." it get discharged :(
Now what to do? We again started making a ride on bike in the hope someone if found on the way will tell us the way.After much time we saw an old man going.. we just reach to him and asked if he could help us.. he just told there is shop after going inside a narrow road, rest he don't know anything. We reached to the shop as told by old man.We followed the narrow road and the end of road was his shop's address actually.It was small roadside panwala kind of wooden box shop having some cigarettes, biscuits, toffees and some other things. I wondered why he opened shop over there instead of roadside. I asked the address if he can tell,but again he was of no help. But luckily i saw a board over there on which it was written Mobile are
charged here. It was like a thirsty person just got well in a barren island. I just asked if he can charge my mobile. He smiled and pick out 10 wires and said insert whatever pin type of your mobile into your phone. While charging my mobile i asked him why the shop is so inside , he said because police don't allow us to sell addictive openly.. I was dumbfound. I thought of leaving that place as soon as possible. But needed to be there for at least 5 more minutes for getting my mobile get charged enough to talk. My friend asked what else social service he do apart from charging? He said he charge for charging mobiles. Its not social service. and people from nearby village come to him for getting their mobile charged. As the nearby region do not get proper electricity. I couldn't believe. Its just 20 min ride I came from light clad mumbai area to a place in mumbai only where there is no proper electricity. Anyways i thought for leaving that place and call my friend. It has been around seven minutes since i started charging my mobile. I asked man the charge for it and took out my wallet. He said 50 Rs!!
How come 50 ??? We started shouting on him. He just lit his torch and beside his banner of "Mobile are Charged here" shown the rates shown in small letters 25 rs per 5 min. I said i had done for 7 min only and I will pay 25 only. He said even a second after 5 min cost you 25 more. I wondered "What was this??". We argue with him for around 10 Min's and getting late as well. My friend suddenly out of frustration took out 50 rs and said "take it and be happy." I felt cheated. I said now i will charge for extra 3 Min's that too while talking and utilise the money. If we paid fully we will utilise it totally. The man said yes sure , go on who stopped you. Saying this he left the shop and gone for doing toilet and asked us to call him if somebody ask him. The shop was all open. I was feeling to steal something from his shop and equate the matter. But it was too risky , all local branded biscuits were there and he openly said it was the shop where even police come to have drugs.I better left this idea and place as well when he returns.. called my friend and asked the way to reach his home..
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