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A journey in a taxi

Off-late when I arrive into Chicago I always am undecided if I have to take a taxi or an Uber ride back home. Today I was just so driven towards the taxi stand. There wasn't any one waiting for a taxi when I reached there so I jump into the first one that's available. On a normal day the airport guys would just direct me towards the taxi I need to get into but it was so unoccupied that one opened the trunk and the other was ready with the door open. Couldn't ask for more . So, the moment I get into this taxi, as usual I tell the address and pause for a moment. It was an old guy driving the taxi and he confirmed if the address was in downtown. We start our ride with the usual greetings and lead into a conversation about how his day was and then he reciprocates with how my flights was and the weather in the city I was flying in from. Then driver (Luis) begins to tell me about his family. I was abacked when he began talking about his family without notice but I  slowly sta...

The Transformation

November 4,2008 .A day that would be remarkable and historic for every young American citizen for the future they are going to expect.Many would have "dreamt" this day for years together .May be it was because of Racism or Financial Breakdown or some other cause that when initiated here(U.S) would have its deadly effect round the globe.Why so? what made this to happen.It may be time for celebration for those who always spent their life in the well or dark stitched suits that they don on their physical appearance.Its not the matter of colour with which a ruler is born of . May be history beckons that whites had the glorious of the days that had passed away and blacks ( people of Asia,Africa, Redindians of America) had sufferings & slavery as their part in their life. Transformation , days have passed , Now November 4 2008, also stands on calendar as a day in history.But what about a person lying on a street somewhere not may be in U.S.A (and who probably wouldn't have...