Thursday, April 12, 2007

Million Pound Hair cut!

It was last Sunday that I went to cut my hair. First time ever went in a train to just to cut those bits of hair. I heard that there was a Pakistani saloon, which cuts for 5 Pounds where as others cut for 12-15 Pounds. Oh no! So much money just for a hair cut. I remember I was once annoyed with a barber at Jayanagar who took 30 Rs instead of 25 Rs.
My mind was going 50:50; that the barber was a Pakistani. A Nepali taxi driver had told me about the shop. Will he cut my head instead of my hair? was my first thought.
The place Cholmely road,Cemetry junction,Reading, was pretty far from the town center .The shop was good and the boy who cut my hair was around 20-22.Nice guy. Before taking each step further he asked me whether he was moving in the right direction, which I wanted. I have never experienced such a good ambiance and culture in a Barber shop ever in India. Many people have experimented on my head since childhood. Some (most) have behaved like experts and have never asked me whether he was cutting according to my interest, or rather in the interest people who are going to see my head.
But this boy was different and truly nice. His Hindi had an Urdu touch. He looked like anybody in India...I was thinking while he was cutting.
Finally he took 5 Pounds and told me 'Thank you for visiting, Sir!' ,which I loved hearing.
Summary: A Pak youth put knife on my neck, I was not crying nor was he screaming at me...He was just doing his job and I was so happy as a customer. At that point of time we are just two human beings. Nothing else.

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