Lessons Learnt....

My much planned Goa trip came to a wholesome end yesterday. A perfect trip accompanied by some profound lessons. For instance i didn't fail to notice that Goan roads can be dangerously curvaceous and this can prove to be badly nauseatic for a person like me, i didn't fail to notice either that my meals dont seem to be complete without a bowlful of pure white curd (made out of skimmed milk of course !!!) or the fact that a Muslim taxi-driver knew the location of all our temples far better than we did !!! 

This particular guy has been accompanying my family on all our annual (or maybe once-in-two-years) temple visits which are carried out in order to appease all our dieties. The fact that my grand-mother insisted on his accompanying mum and me on this trip came as a surprise (to me) for i know my granny's unflinching hatred for anything non-Hindu. but then there were many factors which worked in his favour- gran's cousin knows him personallyso its safe with him around (whewww !!), his charges are reasonable (surprise.... there's global recession staring us in the face dude !!), he is the only guy who knows the perfect way to the Vijayadurga temple at Keri (are you kidding me ?? and we ain't talking of a masjid here !!). The last one struck me like a bolt of lightening. So where are the talks of hindu-muslim divide ?