A thought struck my mind while i was getting freaked up in the EDC kahalgaon :) the same routine everyday almost made me sick …the same old s#%& of boilers,turbines,condensor,FD,ID,CWP and stack....for the ones which are new to thermal power plants let me be very precise about thermal power plants.
These people really do burn things and generate electricity from furnace thats it …. and for this they need some 1400 hectors of land WTF …. to cut the story short I was freakout learning this setup.
Had my br'fast ,booked the tickets and boarded the train to Jamalpur express the same day this train has a history of being on time like almost every time i.e. 5.15 am or 5.30 a.m , I checked almost a months back history of this train and every time train reached kolkata on time ….. So I always preferred this train … I booked the flight tickets leaving kolkata at 8.05 a.m which was sufficient window to reach airport ......planning was perfect till now on paper. but destiny had something else written for me the train which never got late in last 3 months got late by whopping 1 hour or so …. I reached howrah station at 6.42 a.m
the whole planning was into pieces as soon as trin reached i and dash got down and started running like a mad cow …. dash's friend had already arranged for the taxi ..took the slip from him and told driver to hurry up …. I had the speed of a formula one car but the driver was typically in his late 30's not bothered about anything he said " try siting first ….should I fly or what ?" I was completely pissed off but could not say anything just because he was the god for me at this time if I shout on him …he would take me to every corner of kolkata but not to airport ….. I was at my peak of my anger but got down to normal like a person falls free from a building to come to ground level instantly and requested him "bhayya plzzz help me out its really important for me to make it up to airport" …. now the driver was some what feeling important as my tone was of requesting nature ….but he was still not bothered, he very leisurely parked the taxi to a pan shop and took 2 packets and started opening it very slowly I was watching him and the clock may be i was looking more faster than the clock was ticking …
But he was completely not bothered …he very slowly finished the packet of the masala he eat and started driving very slowly like he still is in sleep....I was on peak of my anger but could not express it…If I would shout at him he would get angry and on another side if I keep him nagging he would not go anyway …I felt if I don't drive this driver very skillfully my flight is gone ….it was a tough situation ….I was praying to god that I should make it to the airport even with this slowest driver I got …but it would be a complete miracle because clock already showed 7 o'clock on my watch and we barely started some distance from howrah. I was still intense if I would make it ….now something was going to blow my head off …my taxiwala stood at a market it was basically a sabji mandi ….i was like WTF infinite times....however he said just give me 2 minutes …. i was like no man I can not spare a fraction of second now…. he got down I would have sat for just 1 minute after which I entered the market behind him it was complete mess I was not able to trace him ..and all of a sudden I spotted my driver he was byeing cabbage may be for his wife I ran towards him and said bhaya this is not a time to bye a cabbage man ? I have a freakking 13K ticket sitting on my ass …if i wont get my flight this cabbage would cost me freaking 13K so please run fast …
I think when I said about money he got to his senses …I said plz try to make by 7.30 at least so that I could barely enter the boarding gates….. I also said "if you are unable to drive I can drive this cab more faster than you do" …. I made two comments which shook him from his seances one the 13K amount and the question mark about his professional capabilities …he took the bet as I wanted him to react he said "sir you just sit now and see we will make it "
It was god bramhas akashwani for me …but I really doubted weather he will be able to meet his set target goal .. personally I made up my mind already I will not reach the flight timings…..but after I sat in the taxi ….it was like matrix's neo already took the red pill he knew how to drive fast ….WTF AGAIN he was driving like a need for speed cars escaping every corner and every risk a taxi cabwala can take and barely crossing the signals with yellow lights on waiting to go red …but every time I was lucky to cross the signals in time however the kolkata traffic was very khataranak being a communist state everyone had the equal share it meant the same for the roads also ….anyone can stop anywhere they want however taxi wala knew this very well and he made me realize that I was wrong about his driving capabilities the clock showed 7.15 and we were still driving towards airport ….however I was having a curvy drive tossing from left to right I was cruising towards the airport ….he took a left and I could see the glimpse of the netaji subhash chandra bose airport …I was relived clock showed 7.35 and boarding gates would get closed by 7.15 I dint knew how to thank him when he was about to stop I already opened the left side door of the taxi ….and said THANK YOU VERY MUCH BHAIYA …and he was like I told you I can take you in time ….I dint wanted to spend anytime I just got of the taxi and started running Jumped of the railing to get to the entry almost sliding by shoes in front of the entry police I already said "I am late ..flight at 8" the police took their time to verify however I was left early ….kept running towards the check in counter …no one at the counter I thought the boarding calls have already been made …I was running with only one bag in that fraction got the same feeling as if sharhukh is running to get his girl of dreams and it was almost the same ….went to counter and was almost panting like a dog ….I could barely breath and all sweat up ….could only say "bombay….. 8 …." she understood she said" sir we are having the last boarding calls for the same flight" plz hurry up on the 1st floor left side gate number 3B ….she was quick enough to produce the boarding pass for me …I went in for checking my luggage …just crossed the line without coming in row by saying boarding at 8 plz….I made it thorough and already my name was being announced when I was on escalators…"This is the last & final call for mr KushalKumar Bhosikar for flight leaving mumbai"…Again went in like a bizarre …. and barely made it to the gates of the jet….
A big sigh of relief ….I was sitting on the 33rd row of the flight I mean just 3 rows behind me …but I was feeling on top of the world …just like I own this jet … of the people who made this journey possible Nitish who dropped me at Kahalgaon railway station , Dash for rushing me to a taxi with his friend nagine ….and the last but not the least my miraculous driver …
Just finished the blog and already over the mumbai airspace :) take care.
