Bargaining - An interesting Insight
This is an incident which happened about 25 years back. My wife was studying for her MD from a small town in Madhya Pradesh. The roads in that town are very narrow. Most people go from one place to another by walking or using their own transport - like a motorcycle or a scooter. If you did not have the luxury of owning either one of them and were not prepared to walk, then you had no option but to hire a cycle-rickshaw. Cycle-rickshaw is nothing but a cycle with a carriage attached to it. So it’s a three-wheeler. Two persons can comfortably sit in the carriage while the cycle rickshaw driver (Called Rikshawala) pedals or pulls the rickshaw with all his might. Though a bit primitive, it is quite fun to ride in one of these rickshaws (provided that the roads are in good condition). Bargaining was the order of the day – a ritual which had to be completed. I was working in the Merchant Navy as an engineer on board. So it was six months ON and three months OFF for me. During my leave, I