It was raining heavily and i was going back home in an auto. It was around 10:30 pm.
The auto driver started up a conversation with me. He was kinda a enthusiastic charecter.I came to know that he was interested in collecting coins. Well,he was collecting it not as a hobby but for a different reason. His astrolager had told him that if he does poojey with 21 different 1 rupee coins for ganesha habbha he would be blessed by getting lots of money and health and life.
I kept on probing into his coin collection details...he started saying different coins that he has and so on.
He would do strange things while driving. like stopping suddenly by a kalleybeeja gaadi and get change from him for 10 bucks and see what new coins were there and all. After sometime i asked him whether he has his coin collection with him....he replies by stopping his auto in middle of road on top of flyover and sits in passenger seatu and shows me the coins. He had very good collection of old/new ones.Well his collection was international ....he even had a few sri lankan coins!!!!!!!!!.
After reaching destination,i got out and gave him 1 and half meter charge as agreed,but was 2 rupees less. i had no rupees left with me. Then suddenly i realized i could help his collection by giving some kronas(in coins) i had with me,i said "thogoLi,switzerland dhu ondh rupaaygalu".....
He was astonished,he never expected such a thing to happen,he was very happy ofcourse.....
I am not getting words to describe his hapiness.
Then he asks"edhu yenikke saar .....thooth maadidhaare avaru".....i say "naavu vade alli maadidheevalla.....hangene avaru chelre alli maadidhaare!! ashtey"....and then i walked away.
Well i dont know why there is a hole in the vada or coin....but i was just happy to have completed his coins tally 21 so that he would he get what ever he was promised by his astrolager.....
Thursday, September 11, 2008
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