Return of the Trivial Thievery...

Thievery seems to have reached a new low this season. While I have had an ancient hole ridden umbrella and brass/iron taps (called faucets in certain English speaking countries that I don’t wish to name :-)) stolen from me, this time it was the handle grip from my bike that was stolen. This grip was 7 years old, made of rubber and cost roughly 27 Rs. What’s worse is that the thief stole only one of the grips. What kind of a thief is this? Mostly a sadistic one I would like to guess. Because, when he stole the grip he exposed the glue coated handle (which I didn’t know until much later). I happily set off on my bike only to notice that I couldn’t take my left hand off the handle and that it was stuck to it. Some force later, I did manage to free myself leaving behind some glue imprints on the exposed handle. Needless to say that the glue also left a black imprint on my hand and this did take some effort removing off.

This thief will definitely not be going to heaven for this.

These days it’s dangerous for 2 wheelers to ride in the night near my place of stay. And not because of muggers or any anti social elements. There is a huge black street dog stalking the area which chooses to chase every unsuspecting rider. Recently, I was this unsuspecting rider. The dog when it saw me had only one aim and that was to bite my leg off. The dog was running by my side ready to chew me off and I had also my leg ready to kick in case it lunged at me. But suddenly it stopped dead in its tracks and then I realized that I had moved out of its territory when I saw another dog in the distance. This one seemed to be a more peaceful one and let me pass through harmlessly. And this is how the intrepid explorer survived another adventure and continues to live to tell his tales. :-)