KNIGHT IN SHINING KHAKI
nsung heroes - I find this
U
phrase paradoxical, because these are the
people whose stories and contributions
are so loud, but all of them are lost in
the noise that engulfing the humdrum
of life. Without them, we would be
stumbling every day. Getting through
the day will be a nightmare, but being
able to live without them infinitely will
be a whole other story called “My guide
to Survive Hell”! From the sweet “Tea
Kadai” Anna to that newspaper boy
whose face we never see, from that
sanitation worker who works ardently
and unknowingly campaigns for the
“Swachh Bharat”, to that soldier at the
border, these people are the true heroes,
whose life documentaries are truly
inspiring to watch and listen to. So, this
unsung, unacknowledged superhero is
someone, whom every Engineering
day-scholar would be ever grateful for;
our college Bus Drivers! These people
work for more than 12 hours a day, (so
do we, but that is a different story!) and
do what they are best at: driving us
safely to and from college. Let me start
with my first day of college.
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Having heard all the conspiracy theories
about how bus drivers never stop for
you, and that some of them are rude, I
was anticipating my first college bus
ride with all those preconceived
notions, and after a point, they started
eating my head up. But the first
impression of my route driver was
completely different from what I’d had
in mind. From bus driver, he became
“Bus anna”!
For those of you who don’t know what
the word “Anna” signifies in Chennai,
here it is; Anna is a word emoted with
utmost security and brotherhood!
These people are the actual lifesavers!
Tackling the bumpy and rough
Chennai roads, dealing with heavy
traffic
with
the
“pleasant”
accompaniment of blaring horns and
making sure that we get down from the
bus safely, our bus Anna takes us
through an adventure every day!
It was our first-semester examination. It
doesn't matter whether you are prepared
for the exam or not; what really matters
is that you have your Identity (ID) card
and hall ticket.