The educated pauper!

Posted on October 3, 2013 Updated on October 4, 2013

“Sir, can you please lend me some money so that I could take the bus to koramangala? I don’t have any money on me.”

Imagine the shock as you listen to those words coming out of a mendicant ( for the want of a better word ), verbatim! That was a true incident that happened to me while I was waiting for my cab a few months ago.

This ragamuffin looking guy was inching closer towards me, and I obviously knew he was gonna ask me for money, but what happened next was something I didn’t foresee. He came over to me and said those words in impeccable and fluent English! I swear I know quite a few educated people(count me one among them) who still have trouble with their grammar, but to hear such flawless english from someone like him was just un-freakin-believable! To paint you a picture, Imagine the surprise on Ron and Hermoine’s face when they first learn Harry can speak parseltongue? Yeah, you could imagine my reaction somewhere along those lines. I ended up giving him some money, but guess what? The ragged rascal ran(Triple alliteration!!) away with the money in the exact opposite direction of his destination. But listening to that guy just made my day! I wish I could’ve got a picture taken with him, but since it’s not an everyday occurrence, I was just too dumbstruck to think on my feet and ask him to pose for a snap.!!!!!!