A day in the life of LIFE

Plot of the play: Power cut near Airport road Bangalore, Anand R, and a 'bike'(read TVS XL super)

In the picture above: My best pal Anand without his TVS.

most important: Anand is not the drunkard mentioned in the title of this post.

Imagine this : There is a tall dark and handsome guy driving a TVS moped near airport road. ( well, that's where the LG office is). Our Street Hawk has just finished battling the bugs in the latest communication software that could change the way you and me communicate. and he is about to change to his normal avtaar of Mark (a.k.a the everyday cop in Steet hawk), and lo behold ; there is pitch darkness. A power cut - something that Bangalore is famous for, in addition to IT, pot holes, Deve Gowda, among many others.

Our hero manages to use his infra red vision to steer past the potholes and suddenly drives over a fly over ( oops! it was actually a drunkard who intercepted his evolved mean machine).

And Mr. Street hawk (alias anand) is on the ground and the drunkard is floored too.

Soon the cops arrive and so do a couple of his colleagues and now you are all welcome into the C.S.I (Crime Scene Investigation)in full desi Ishtyle.

name: anand r.
age: 23 (what? you look like the father of two kids)
height: 6 feet two inches
vehicle owned : Street Hawk (TVS XL Sooper)
purpose of riding: Going home (Isn't that obvious?)
how long have you been riding? 8 years (is this a job interview?)
are you drunk?: Anand is furious akin to the scene where Utpal Dutt is offended at the police station in the epic commedy:Golmal)

The inputs are taken and the police ask both Anand and the drunkard to get their first aid done. Aney being a good Samaritan takes the (victim?) to the hospital too and the doctor confirms that he (the drunkard) is drunk [i called the drunkard a drunkard since i did not know his name: thank goodness my assumption that the drunkard was drunk had been validated ].

Aney steps out of the nursing home only to find his precious possession (his street hawk) missing. On inquiring with the police officer on duty, he was told that the 'bike' has been taken to Trinity Circle police station, and the bike would be released subject to the following:

a)Certificate from the doctor that the drunkard was drunk
b)Certificate from the doctor that Anand was not drunk
c)Necessary documents that Anand was a qualified driver ( My God this guy has to prove he can drive a TVS?)
d)Fine of 200 for crashing into a drunkard on a new moon night (courtesy: KPTCL)
e)Bribe or Gift or what ever which is not explicitly mentioned


Aney is on the mission of getting all the stuff mentioned above.

Hurdle 1: The duty doctor does not have the hospital 'template' to give in writing that the drunkard is drunk though everyone agreed openly that the victim was overly under the influence of alcohol. Also, the doctor who did the examination would only be back on duty two days later, and Aney needs to wait till then.

Hurdle 2: All of Anand's documents are in the bike whiskied away . (sorry whisked away)alas Even i am getting into the alcohol mode with so many things happening.

Hurdle 3: Aney finds a long lost classmate(from MES college doing her internship there) in Bowring hospital whose name he cannot recollect....(aney was a celebrity in college)(she was a girl too, to add to his woes)

Our protagonist eventually decided to leave the scene at 10:30 p.m.vowing to come back the next day.

SCENE shifts: Indiranagar police station, DAY 2

the man: Senior Police Inspector
the machine: how could you forget? still the TVS XL super.

the inspector tells a couple of fundae on Indian Constitution. it's hilarious ( with due respect to the Constitution of India)

1) The Constitution of India does not impose a ban on people drinking and walking on the road.
2) There is only a ban on drinking and driving on the road.
This implies that you ( read Anand) are at fault for reckless driving and hitting the 'poor' drunkard in the middle of the road. Dont you have eyes to see where you are driving? (Can't you use your infra red glasses while driving)

Considering all this your bike is in trinity circle police station. do what you want.

Aney reaches Trinity police station and explains the situation to the SI out there, who surprisingly understands the gravity of the situation and allows aney to take his bike on payment of the Rs 200 fine ( i still dont know why) with receipt and no bribe at all. ( claps claps...) and aney shows the documents that he is fit enough to drive the Bike and out he comes from the police station just as Amitabh from a seven year sentence in many bollywood flicks.

Finally, all's well that ends well and Aney is busy riding his street hawk on the smooth roads of Bangalore looking out for more mysteries in life.

And how did I get to know all this being in chennai? ( the courtesy goes to BSNL and Airtel which enabled the 45 minute masala laden knowledge sharing. Aney paid the phone bill of course) :).

P.S. i forgot to mention Anand has a minor swelling in the right hand, but Street Hawk doesn't care for all this.......