Travels off the not-so-beaten path

Coming back to working in 'the' business has its share of unexpected things to look at and learn from.

The last month (its been a bloody month already!) has had me travelling across North India for a series of work-related meetings. While the meetings have been as they can go (me plying my wares to mostly baniya businessmen), the journey on the road has been fascinating on its own.

Sample this-

On a Haryana State Transport Bus, enroute to Kurukshetra, a passenger requesting a non-scheduled stoppage-
" रे भाई, ज़रा अगले चौराहे पे ब्रेक मार लियो"
The driver breaks suitably and the passenger in question says Thank You with a flourish, and trundles off into the afternoon.

When Summer Comes

You shall have more than your fill of ice-cold beverages, and be the only person in the Dilli city to have a running nose in the peak of summer.
You would as many momos as you can, and than top it up with some iced tea, to ensure said running nose happens.
You would move in and out of an airconditioned car through the day, to further aid the development of said, by-now-ace-sprinter-nose.
Since you do not do anything to alleviate said condition, as you do with all other things that need alleviation, you sneeze 459434 times through the day.

Welcome to Delhi. Welcome to Summer.

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Written after three days of sinus-infested living. I can be exempt from writer's sickness now.