Wednesday, July 8, 2009

A cabbie changes my view

I always believed the media when it came to Salman Khan. The bad boy, the guy who killed the black buck, the one who beat up Aishwarya etc. But never have I come across anyone in my friend or family circle who has been a Salman fan so there was never an opportunity to see his positive side. But recently, I was going to the MTV office at Lower Parel when I came across an extremely interesting Cabbie. He was a talker, lived on my road and yes, you guessed right, an ardent fan of Salman Khan. We got talking and he recounted an incident about Salman. He told me how he stood outside Khan's house for hours just to meet him. And unlike other starry airs we hear about, Salman instantly befriended our patient cabbie. He spoke to him, asked him if he needed money for his daughter/sister's wedding. Apparently, Salman donates money to all needy people who don't have enough to pay for their old parents' medical bills, weddings etc. And this database of such people is created by his trusted bodyguards, Shera (that's what the cabbie says). Now that's something I did not know. Maybe my biases weren't justified after all. A short ride from Worli Seaface to Lower Parel (near ITC) changed Salman's image (even marginally so is good enough) in my eyes. Cabbies (the chatty ones) can give you quite interesting stories!

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