A 2-day pinch of Pench
7 th May, 2010 - 9:37 PM… “Auto! Zara jaldi chalo miyaan!!!” Darn it! Zindagi mein aaj ich milna tha ye taambail ki speed ka auto ?! Driving on the Hyderabad-Secunderabad Highway @ 30 kmph! Gosh! On the 1.62 km stretch of the Tankbund road, I could have almost ran at that speed (never been in a marathon though and hardly know the world record) ! However, come 9:45, I am dot at SriKaleshwari Travels… finding about 6 of the 22 already there! So much for my punctuality. I am greeted by the lively and enthusiastic Dr. Vibha Naik who happens to be an anestheologist (pardon if any typo errors). Looking at the stringent and full-length instructions drawn up so meticulously by the GHAC, I was sure that if I am delayed for even a minute, she would give me multiple measures of anesthesia. But she was an absolute lady, congratulating a Hyderabadi for reaching on time! It was interesting to meet people of different professions and from different walks of life. Mostly they were th