Auto Ride

This conversation happened during one of my trips from Connaught place to my room at Gautam Nagar.

 After we bargained for 50 Rs and the auto started...

 Driver: So what r u guys doing?

Me: We are MBA students doing training here in Delhi

Driver: MBA is what people do after getting nothing after their graduation

Me and Murali in discussion: This guy won’t understand the value of our education. No use explaining about IIMs to him.

Murali: We were good jobs for 3 years before we took up MBA.

Driver: It is just a way of wasting time.

Driver: Y did u have to quit your jobs.

Murali: We are studying in one of the best colleges in the country

Driver: Is it IIM

Murali: Oh! So u know about IIMs.

Driver: Yes. They are the best in the country like IITs.

Me and Murali in discussion: So he knows it. So won’t bother us anymore.

Driver: Ur life is settled. U will earn at least 80L after u finish

Me: WHAT? We might get 10-12L that’s all

Driver: U r joking.

Me and Murali together: we are not. If we get 15L that would be the best

Driver: I can recruit 2-3 people from IIM and give u an auto. U can earn 10L with it

Me and Murali in discussion: Is he telling the truth. This seems to be a good option for us. Is the cost of living so high in India that auto walas make as much as we do after 20 years of education?

Driver: I have 2 sons who r doing engineering in DU

Me: Ok

Driver: I take IIT-JEE tuitions in the evening. I take Maths and my sons take Physics and Chemistry. We have 30 students of which 10 usually make it.

 Murali to me: No one knows whether he is telling the truth. Leave it. Let him say what he wants. I am tired. Ask him to stop talking.

We reach our room and get down and walk towards our room laughing in our minds.

 Its recession and we have one more option. Let’s see what happens.

Rafting on the Ganges

We arrived at the camp on the banks of Ganges at around 8 AM. The first sight of the place captivated us and cast a spell on all of us. It was a boat ride across the river to the camp. This ride by itself was scary and we were already frightened about the white water rafting. The water was chilly and nerve gripping. After all the camp was a mere few kilometers away from the glaciers and the icy regions of the Himalayas. 

 

After a light breakfast we were all ready for a game of volleyball with the captain of the IIMK team among us. It was fun winning against his team. After doing enough insult to the game we ran towards the water. A touch of the water sent a chill down our spines, and a few seconds in the water and we couldn’t feel our legs. Remembering the movie Titanic, I thought to myself how cold it would have been in the Atlantic. Then I came upon that a quick jump into the water is not that bad i.e. when your complete body is in the water the same time. It is chilly only when a part of your body is wet.

 

After enjoying the Ganges we were back on the shore for more volley ball and some lunch.

 

After some tiresome games we were on the bed for some rest and woke up in the evening for more games, volley ball and foot ball.

 

A camp fire was waiting for us in the evening with some hot kebabs and pakodas. After some hot discussions in the pleasant evening we were in bed after dinner.

 

The next day morning was what we were all waiting for. After a light breakfast, all of got ready in our life jackets and our oars for the rafting. Our guide gave us some basic instructions which would save our lives if anything happened.

 

We went through Black Money, Three Blind Mice, Cash flow, Golf Course, Roller Coaster, Club House (Names of rapids in the Ganges.)

 

The rafting was amazing and every one of us was enjoying ourselves. It was a 3 hour/26 km rafting trip down the Ganges and once it was done we still wanted more and really did not know how the time flew away.