One Strange Year:

Last year i.e. February 2020, I went to Kasganj to attend Sonam's marriage. For that we landed in Lucknow and from there we first attended the Sagai in Kanpur and then traveled to Kasganj for the marriage.

I drove Shanu's Etios to Kasganj from Lucknow. The drive was amazing and the roads were fun to drive except a small stretch towards the end. 

I kept my Driving Licence and Aadhar Card with the RC and Insurance documents of the car.  While coming back the situation was such that I could not just remember to take them back and we flew back to Bangalore.

Then the Corona havoc started. The nation went into lockdown. Everything just stopped. We hardly used the car except for few hospital trips.

In January 2021 when the things got a little bit relaxed. I realized that my DL was missing. I started searching. All the drawers, almirah, bags got the privilege of getting cleaned by myself.

Few places I searched two three times. I got tensed and started getting desperate. 

One day I replayed myself to recall the last instance when I used the DL. 

Somehow I started believing that it was left in Lucknow but then I felt if it was left there Shanu would have seen it and asked me.

Finally one day after cleaning my office bag the fourth time I decided to call Shanu and asked him to check his Car documents pouch.

He said I will check. :)

Then i messaged him on Whatsapp for follow-up, he didnt respond.

I was getting nervous. That was my last hope.

Then I called him and he was laughing and saying "Nahi Mila". Somewhere inside I was scared. 

But finally he said he got it. What a relief it was. One of the things I would never want to forget. 

I asked him to send it to me immediately. He said Ok bhaiya.

And then didn't send it for the whole week.

I called him again and he gave me all his experienced 'Goli' of Managership. But finally he sent through DTDC.(Last time during Corona time he sent through a courier which was the worst ever, it took 7 days and at least 50 calls to track the courier) 

 Thanks to DTDC it reached me the next day within 26 hours of booking. 

But last three months.. They were so tough..

I didn't have DL with me for the last one year but for 9 months, I didn't know that and there was no tension. I didn't bother the Traffic Police at all.

Once I got to know that there is no DL in the car, I was always tensed. I started avoiding the routes where traffic police generally stand for checking. Luckily I was never stopped. Thank God!

Finally, this story ended on a sweet note.

I said to myself Happy Motoring buddy, No Tensions any more!!!!!!!!