Aye! auto . . .

I have been fighting for a new sweater for more than a week now. The one I have is old fashioned. Still mom has not bought it. Leaving for the class I slam the door behind me.
" Satyam Complex " he nods his head indicating to get in. Its cold February month around 7pm, the coldest in years. I tuck my hands into the thick sweater, " it's so so cold, poof! " saying that I cover my head with the hood. " In my 40yrs of driving rickshaw in Mumbai this is the coldest. ", he confirms. He is around 60, wearing his uniform and probably a sleeveless sweater beneath, a scarf tied on his head covering his ears. That is all !!??. The rickshaw turns right to get on the highway. I try to stick close to the sides of the rick to avoid the cold winds hitting me. I ask him doesn't he feel the cold driving in speed on the open highways. Thinking of which a chill runs through my body. " I drive till around 12 in the nite. It is much colder then. Yesterday I went to Bandra for a trip. It was freezing. They recorded the lowest temperature there, 9.4*C. But what to do I have no options. This is my bread and butter. If I sit home saying I feel cold, my wife, kids and grandchildren will starve. I have to be out, for them to be warm. " Listening to this I look at my sweater and the picture of my warm, cozzy room comes to my mind. " We have to do this, I do feel the cold, on some days I have fever too but . . . " And he coughs heavily. Suddenly I start feeling warm, dont know why? The rest of the way we both keep mum except for him coughing occasionally. A right turn and its my destination. The meter shows 17:00. I give him 20 Rs, seeing him struggling for getting the balance coins, "Uncle keep the change. " He has a smile on his face still searching for the coins. "Thank you, Uncle " He raises his hand and starts the engine.
I read somewhere, Mahatma Gandhi said if you are unsatisfied for where you are and what you are getting, think of the people who are below you and who don't even have what you have.
If you are unhappy for not being able to go up. Just look down.