Victoria 203!
Our RTC buses are moving marvels. It is a wonder that they move at all packed to the brim as they are, to mention the `203' specifically. Groaning, grunting, wheezing and hissing, they nevertheless liven up our roads with their garish colours and fancy ads.
The thick moustached driver usually presents a macho image to impress the bunch of girls clutching the handrail behind him, for dear life.
Driver delight
He, of course, enjoys unnerving the passengers occasionally with his daredevil driving and sudden braking - the latter devilishly designed to send the unwary women lurching forward, much to his amusement.
Air-horn crazy, the driver delights in frequent honking, or rather trumpeting, much like a mad elephant - which incidentally is what the bus resembles at times.
Leather bag sandwiched under his perspiring armpit, the conductor would put to shame a professional circus man, as he literally snakes his way through the mass of humanity clogging the seats.
The bus may be packed tight, but nobody is turned away for lack of space. It is like the mythical `Pushpaka Vimana' and there is always room for another.
Three cheers
In its gravity-defying run, it could well rewrite the laws of nature. Three cheers to the student carrier!
Mayuravalli Mukunthan
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