Monsoon has started early in Kathmandu. Folks are happy, more rain... less load shedding rey! But Terai is going to be flooded again and them bijuli ko tower will collapse and then it's back to square one!
Was walking around New York...sorry New Road and then paani purr-ing... no chaata! Didn't want to get wet and slippery so I decided to take a Rickshaw. The last time I was on a Rickshaw was when Kamal Thapa was a 'dada'! Well, he still is but then 100 Rupees would get you a round-trip taxi fare from Patan to Thamel and back!
My RickShaw-wallah was a funny bloke. I wanted to go to Thamel. He asked for 100 Rupees. Okay, ghaam ma badi hid-da kalo bhaye bhandai ma Indian tourist tuh hoina ni! It took me another 5 minutes to make both of us happy... 40 Rupees flat! No VAT or service charge!
Our Ricksy dai pays 10 rupees as 'union' money to our Maobaadis trade union. I think it's more like a 'protection' money! Yes, Mao Inc. is a one big Mafia Family! So, if you are not a part of the family or a friend of a friend then you are basically @#$!ed!
I guess when it comes to @#$!ing ... you have the 'basic' and 'premium' features as well! Don't know but Uncle Alberto once said, 'imagination is more important than Knowledge' ... I believe I can fly... not!
The Eagle finally landed. Still raining... the rickshaw pilot wanted to drink some local raksi... if he was a Bihari guy, he would probably settle for bhujia and tea but it's a Nepali thing. We spend more than we make and then we blame the dhotis for making all the moolah!
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