Generosity on the way

So at Kullu bus stand I met Mr. Katoch who was sitting inside the booking office. He has given 26 years to driving buses and has 15 more until his retirement. He told me he was driving the first bus to Palampur and would drop me at Bir road and would even help me in boarding another bus to Bir. His generosity had me conversing with him on the way. He was quite excited for being clicked by my camera. And ofcourse, the poor rooster who is being held in the second photograph. On the highway towards Mandi near Pandoh, there were around three roosters who had somehow landed up on the road. Two of them were taken away by some locals while Mr. Katoch couldn't resist having the third for himself. A rooster that big would cost around 500 rupees in the market. Katoch uncle had seen me clicking pictures of the bird and sat beside me at Mandi bus stand. He then said, "Main nhi khata hun non-veg, ye to bechara aise bhi kisi billi ka shikar ban jata. Isse achha hai kisika fayda ho jaye. De dunga kisiko." Well I don't know whether he kept the rooster, sold it out or gifted it to someone. But Mr. Katoch is just a kind man who even asked a few other bus drivers about my bus to Bir. People like him make travelling experiences pleasing as well as entertaining.