Some interactions with the cops..
Some time back I had written about my brush with the cops after the motorbike accident. The following are a few interesting interactions with cops I have had in the past few years. One day whilst returning from my uncle’s farm, I had just crossed Sion railway station and I was in two minds whether to go straight and take the highway to office or take a right turn at the signal and go via Kurla. I was in the lane for turning right, I saw a couple of traffic cops and instinctively took the right instead of going straight. The traffic cop nevertheless flagged me down and asked for my license. I asked him in Marathi what offence I had committed as the signal for going right was on. He told me that I planned to go straight but turned right (the guy was smart – he probably read my thoughts!) that’s why he wanted my license. I asked him, was I wrong in turning right, he replied no – I asked did I jump the signal, he replied no, I asked him did I commit any other offence – he replied no but I ...