Ajay screeched to a halt at
the traffic signal. Manoj, who was riding pillion on his bike, started looking
around to while his time. This signal was at a major junction of cross-roads
and it would be 3 minutes before they could proceed again. He surveyed the
neighboring vehicles while Ajay checked the messages on his mobile.
Manoj saw an overweight person
riding a Scooty and almost laughed out aloud, as the sight was very
incongruous. Then he saw a family of 4 seated on a bike, with the youngest
rider, a small boy of around 5, seated on the petrol tank, clutching a balloon,
just bought from a vendor at the signal.
He vaguely recollected an
article that he had read long ago, which stated that it was risky to sit on the
petrol tank as it could result in loss of fertility, due to the heat of the
petrol tank! He involuntarily shuddered as he thought about all those boys whom
he had seen over the years, seated similarly; for want of space on the
two-seater bikes. Would all of them be impotent later in life?
Then his attention turned ......
To be continued....
The copyright of this story is with Mrs. Priya Ramesh Swaminathan.
