Tigress...

To give a head start this post is not about a Tigress in the wild, but the one I witnessed on the roads of my city.

I have always trusted in the theory that a person's attitude reflects in the way he/she drives his/her vehicle, be it aggression, confidence, patience, courage, etc...

This incident happened five or six months back, I was driving back home and was unusually slow because of some preoccupied thoughts. The traffic was pretty heavy and that aided to my careless and slow driving, it was then a flashy thing grabbed my attention; it was a grand silk saree worn by a girl of almost my age(or even younger). 

She was driving a scooty (the mercedes of every city girl) and to describe her, she was averagely built and was graciously wearing the saree. She had her face covered with a pink scarf and that makes me unlucky for not seeing her face. The traffic started moving and one more factor about this girl caught my attention, it was the way she was steering through the traffic. I have always liked girls who are aggressive since I see them as a confident person, and this girl did not fail to impress me. I started following her pulled by some unknown force and was driving right behind her vehicle, her driving skills sure did not disappoint me and I started to like her even more for her aggression/confidence. At that moment she reminded me of a tigress, but one on the roads.

This going behind the vehicle continued for another 15 mins and soon came a junction with every possibility of the tigress to go on the direction to that of mine and unfortunately I took a lead and crossed a messy signal. I lost her and was very disappointed, I was quick in taking a decision to follow her vehicle in whichever direction she goes and have a pleasure of watching her drive. Luck was in my favour and she continued driving in my direction, all this while I stopped my vehicle and was impatiently looking at my mirror to find her out. I started my vehicle once the tigress crossed me and I continued on my pursuit of following her, well then something unexpected happened for which I adore the tigress.

May be at that point she felt someone following her (good she was very attentive about her surroundings) and slowed down her vehicle probably to doubly ensure her theory. I overtook her to avoid suspicion but slowed down without having the heart to miss the fun of watching her driving. It was at this moment she did something which I have never experienced, this tigress came driving near my bike and started driving at the same speed of mine. I was thrilled and surprised at her courage for this is happening for the first time for me and maybe she is pretty used to this stuff of getting followed. Guess she expected me to make a move which would have given her the opportunity to scream at me but my intentions were otherwise, I was following her to have the simple pleasure of enjoying her driving rather than striking a conversation. 

After driving alongside for few more seconds, she zipped past me and I continued on my pursuit until I was close to my home and the tigress took a different route.

Though the incident is six months old, the experience stays afresh in mind and even today I keep expecting to see the tigress again to experience the pleasure of watching her drive.

The search is on...

-Prasaanth