T Nagar = Terror Nagar

Saravana Stores = How going to moon looked simpler than reaching there!

 

Auto Anna: 1 (He kind of looked like our Illaya Thalapathi, It was quite heartbreaking to call him Anna, but that’s what I’ve sworn to do. CALL ALL AUTO GUYS ANNA”)

Me … “Anna, Auto Varuma”

Him … “Enga Ma?”

Me … New Sarav…. [Yes, I dint even complete]

Him… “Aiyooooo Enna Enga ma Kupidarey” … “Aalavidu thaye” – Puff He vanished.

Me… [It took me couple of minutes to realize that he laughed at me, YES laughed at me for calling him to come till Saravana Stores]

 

Auto Anna: 2 (He reminded me of my Sanskrit teacher, 5th STD, I never looked back at that language again)

Me … “Anna…Auto?”

Him … “Solluma… Enga?”

Me…. “Pudu Saravana Stores’s munadi”

Him … (he tilts his neck side ways… like he was thinking)… “Ok…150/- Polama??”

Me …. “ahahahahahha…..” – Puff I vanished.

 

Auto Thambi: 3 (Too small to drive that BIG Auto, but I dint care much)

Me .. “Auto… Hello Auto”… [Am shouting at the top of my voice, where everyone else in the road, except, for that lilttle bastard heard me]

Him … “Engey Madam”

Me… (Tried being smart by not saying the horrendous stores name) .. “Usman Road, Near RKM School”

Him … “Just a look” [The look, plain, unexplainable, Shock mixed with a little sarcasm and a little more of shock, in short very UGLY] 

Me… [At this exact point, I wish the earth under my feet would just split open and take me inside...]

I stand there with a “thiruvizha la kanama ponna” look.

Auto Anna: 4 (very elderly, could have called him Uncle or Thatha, but you will never know.. people get offended very easily” [am dead sure he saw the look on my face and really wanted to help me]

Him … “Enna ma Autova?”

Me … (with absolutely no expression on the face and a very very rude look)… UsmanRoad, Saravana, Vareengala??
Him …. “Inna ma antha pakkama,…. Antha areala enna thani nikithu theriyuma??? Auto Ota Mudiyathu ma.. boatu than venum.. enna ma nee… blah blah blah…”

Me … [Poor him, dint notice that I was not there]

 

I gave up, really! Almost after standing in the road for about 70 mins plus!! You think why only 4 Auto Anna’s ? There were number of Auto Annas who looked at me…. and gave me a confused + silly look like as if I was shouting for some help in something that sounded very foreign and also not able to get the hand movements I made ! Sigh !!