KADAMPUZHA
I had gone there to attend a marriage. As I didn’t know any one there, I decided to go to a Higher Secondary School, some five miles away, along the route to Kottakal, through hilly area.
The school has an array of buses to transport the students and teachers from the temple township Kadampuzha.
I was unlucky, because all the teachers were taken to the marriage hall in the town, at lunch time and could sell only two shares that day.
When I was about to return, it started raining very heavily. I waited till about 1 P.M. and decided to go out in the rain (I did not have an umbrella), which slackened a little.
I had to walk for a few minutes to reach the road, where I had noticed a tea shop etc. The shop owner excused, saying he was busy making chapatis for the students who had thronged the place.
I was hungry too but waited patiently for the bus. As the bus stop was at a spot, some 200 yards away, I was forced to stand in the rain. Some student held an umbrella over my head.
There were many students waiting in the open, almost drenched in rain. It was a bright sun lit morning and they did not care to carry an umrella. Occasionally, an autorickshaw will appear and immediately it will be filled with students, and grind its way back.
At last, the bus came and I managed to get in. I took out a five rupee note and held it in my hand to give to the conductor, till we reached Kadampuzha, still the conductor did not appear. Soon the bus became empty. The driver and conductor too went away. Apparently no one paid any fare.
When I reached the hall where dinner was served after marriage, it was 2.30 P.M. My wife was very much annoyed. She had dined and was waiting for me for four hours!
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