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Story of a Truck Driver

Winter nights are painful. Specially when you have to wake up at 4 o'clock, get ready & drive for 25 km in one go. But over all these years it doesn't seem that difficult nowadays. I pick my BOXER at 5 am & press the accelerator at 40. Wait,  before I tell this story any further, I would like to introduce myself.  I, Mr. Raghuveer Prasad, am a truck driver & the narrator of this story. I have been working for 20 years as a full time driver under "Pandit Ji Truck Service". This place is 60 km away from my home. Everyday my work starts at 7am. And my job is to pick up the call & reach the doorstep of anyone who needs a truck.  So after driving 25km i would stop near a tea stall that also sells Idli & curry. I would leave my BOXER near that stall, take a tea & start walking to a nearby cricket field just behind the stall. There I would meet Biju Sir, a 40 year old truck driver & the main character of this story. He has never been a teacher. He