Camel on Wheels
To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached not an hour (moment) can they cause delay, nor (a moment) can they advance it! - Surah Aaraf verse 34 ------------------------------ “The number you’re trying to reach is either switched off or unavailable. Please try again later” . We had been waiting for him for the past half an hour. We wanted to get worried but were restraining ourselves. Surely he would catch up soon. Three days earlier, on Saturday, Bhan, Masab and I had set out for a week long road trip to Rajasthan under the guidance of Sir Araib. At 12 o’clock in the afternoon, we took a right turn from MG Road onto NH8 and headed out west on the highway. The weather was hot and dry and the sky was bright azure. We had almost 7 hrs of sunshine left to travel to Sambhar Lake. Initially, the heat and the traffic made the going tough. But once we crossed Daruheda, it was the broad expressway and us. Although the day was hot, the roads were clean