04-04-2020, 04:29 PM
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Most of the slum dwellers were consisted of Poor people, Beggars, low salaried employees, prostitutes, and even petty criminals. The most important factor prevailed in this slum area was code of conduct, no slum dwellers intervened in each other's matter nor they were bothered to know the business of others.
Patna Bus terminal was a big terminal. Everyday numbers of Buses were plying from Patna to distant places covering overnight journey. Each long routed bus had a team, consisted of Conductor, Driver, and Cleaner. Each team after completion of their back journey to Patna would get a one day off for their rest, and again in the next day morning, they will be on duty to take off the bus to its destination. Among these teams of bus staff, two teams had a close friendly relationship. The one team combined of Ranjit Sinha (Conductor), Vikram singh (Driver), and Haria (Cleaner). The another team was Gopal Krishna(Conductor) aged 26 years, Pradeep singh(Driver) aged 50 years,and Govinda(Cleaner) aged 22 years.
Since they all were low salaried employees, and from outside, they could not afford to take rented houses in the city. So the two teams decided to build a shelter in the slum area. They built a big hall type mud structure shelter, and all of them were living together there.
Leela, a rich house wife having a lot of wealth, a big Building, two cars, 4 numbers of domestic servants/maids, and a reputed socialite was destined to serve these low class bus people.
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They moved out from the Bus terminal area. After going 5 km in the main city road, the Rickshaws trundled in to a narrow road, way towards the slum area. Vikram singh was smoking a Biri, (Indianthin cigarette or mini-cigar filled with tobacco flake and commonly wrapped in a Tendu leaf tied with a string or adhesive at one end) and the hard nicotine smoke of Biri was coming out from his mouth like smoke from chimney, and was directly hitting the face of Leela. Leela felt suffocated, and wanted to cough, but somehow she controlled herself, and remained silent.
Now the Rickshaws were moving through a narrow muddy unleveled Road, strewn with uneven pebbles and fragments of rough stones. Both the sides of the Road were covered with thick bushes and tall grasses. Leela was sitting on the back of the rickety vehicle. The Rickshaw was running on narrow dirty road , which was strewn with up to one feet ditches, bed of pebbles, a gravel road, metal road consisting large stones, and sometimes fragments of stones were skipping up, hitting under the Rickshaw, and dust thrown up which caused severe vibration.
The Rickshaw got so jolted that Leela clung forcefully to Vikram singh with her two hands fearing she would fell down, and in the process her two boobs were pressed against the chest of old man.
The old man barked to the Rickshaw puller, "Hey! Be careful...be slow.'' Suddenly, he asked, "Did you enjoy last night?" By saying this, he cupped her two boobs.
Most of the slum dwellers were consisted of Poor people, Beggars, low salaried employees, prostitutes, and even petty criminals. The most important factor prevailed in this slum area was code of conduct, no slum dwellers intervened in each other's matter nor they were bothered to know the business of others.
Patna Bus terminal was a big terminal. Everyday numbers of Buses were plying from Patna to distant places covering overnight journey. Each long routed bus had a team, consisted of Conductor, Driver, and Cleaner. Each team after completion of their back journey to Patna would get a one day off for their rest, and again in the next day morning, they will be on duty to take off the bus to its destination. Among these teams of bus staff, two teams had a close friendly relationship. The one team combined of Ranjit Sinha (Conductor), Vikram singh (Driver), and Haria (Cleaner). The another team was Gopal Krishna(Conductor) aged 26 years, Pradeep singh(Driver) aged 50 years,and Govinda(Cleaner) aged 22 years.
Since they all were low salaried employees, and from outside, they could not afford to take rented houses in the city. So the two teams decided to build a shelter in the slum area. They built a big hall type mud structure shelter, and all of them were living together there.
Leela, a rich house wife having a lot of wealth, a big Building, two cars, 4 numbers of domestic servants/maids, and a reputed socialite was destined to serve these low class bus people.
----- ---- ---- --
They moved out from the Bus terminal area. After going 5 km in the main city road, the Rickshaws trundled in to a narrow road, way towards the slum area. Vikram singh was smoking a Biri, (Indianthin cigarette or mini-cigar filled with tobacco flake and commonly wrapped in a Tendu leaf tied with a string or adhesive at one end) and the hard nicotine smoke of Biri was coming out from his mouth like smoke from chimney, and was directly hitting the face of Leela. Leela felt suffocated, and wanted to cough, but somehow she controlled herself, and remained silent.
Now the Rickshaws were moving through a narrow muddy unleveled Road, strewn with uneven pebbles and fragments of rough stones. Both the sides of the Road were covered with thick bushes and tall grasses. Leela was sitting on the back of the rickety vehicle. The Rickshaw was running on narrow dirty road , which was strewn with up to one feet ditches, bed of pebbles, a gravel road, metal road consisting large stones, and sometimes fragments of stones were skipping up, hitting under the Rickshaw, and dust thrown up which caused severe vibration.
The Rickshaw got so jolted that Leela clung forcefully to Vikram singh with her two hands fearing she would fell down, and in the process her two boobs were pressed against the chest of old man.
The old man barked to the Rickshaw puller, "Hey! Be careful...be slow.'' Suddenly, he asked, "Did you enjoy last night?" By saying this, he cupped her two boobs.