I frequently went to Pune during my stay in Mumbai three years ago. The two cities are just 15 km away from each other, but traveling that 1 is a headache. My work required me to do it and I would 2 to travel at least twice a week.
This one time I was returning from Pune. Like other drivers, this taxi driver also struck up a general 3 about me and my city. He 4 by saying that kids are one's greatest happiness. As a confirmed bachelor (单身汉), I got slightly 5 when he started all about kids and family. Then he said something that really 6 me. He said he was a musician. I asked him which 7 he played, and he replied, "I have no electronic system." Thinking that taxi drivers can't afford an electronic system, I 8 listened to him continuing with his 9.
His name was Naveen. He was basically a musician who was 10 playing the guitar and the keyboards. Naveen had left his 11 after a quarrel with his father over taking music as a 12. Naveen had his instruments but didn't know how to make 13. The only other thing he could do was to 14. So he joined Mumbai-to-pune taxi services. That served him as the regular 15 in weekdays and in the weekends he'd perform in Pune, Nasik or Mumbai. By now he had 16 a slightly famous musician in Maharashtra. But he had a 17 wherever he played. He asked that the place couldn't be ticketed. They can 18 for food or drinks if it's a pub or a restaurant but no tickets.
I heard Naveen's songs. He was 19. He had a trick which made me call him a 20. Among all the faceless drivers, Naveen stood out. He inspired me to leave my job and start a theatre career in Delhi.
