Freinds of a smoker!

Ajay unfortunately has friends who are smokers. This story is about one such smoker friend and ordeals of Ajay. Ajay is my colleague at CMF and we met recently in the ernakulam (read Cochin). Well Ajay and I became really good friends and he paid the price fairly soon. Today as we returned from Cochin, I was caught by a police dressed in plain colthes. Offence?? - read the heading!

I did not feel the intensity of the situation untill I knew that these guys are not going to leave me soon. They wanted me to stay there for some hours so that they could produce me before the court. This was unncessary as you can always pay the fine for the offence and get going. Anyways, Ajay, Sachin and Awdhoot (other freinds) were there and we tried talking to them. We gave many options and giving some money (you can call it bribe) was also not untouched. However, this guy would not listen to me and friends.

I actually had to wait for hours to get back and the real pain was that you did not have anything to do. I did not want to sit and I kept on trying my luck. Anyways, the fun was people who keep on coming including some white collar and blue collar employees. Ajay, also kept talking to the acquaintances who kept waiting for friends to come out as he was waiting for me. I liked the story of the guy who visited the old chennai central jail in the morning and now was on verge of going to jail if he could not provide money for the fine. Then there were other guys including autowalas and some who could not find a safe place to urinate.

Well, it was tough for me and even tougher for Ajay to be in the situation. I just had no words to thank him. And as for smoking is concerned I had one as soon as I came out!