A trip that changed my life
A trip that changed my life During my stint with IBM in 2012, I got an opportunity to visit Lima for a business meeting with Peru’s leading Bank. It was so ironical that I started my journey on my birthday and ended when my birthday was still on, despite a long 30 hours journey changing 2 flights with 2 stopovers covering about 12,000 miles. This trip was destined to change my life from the time I boarded a cab from my home to the Bengaluru Airport. While conversing with the cabbie, I was surprised to learn, that he joined an airport taxi company after he struggled to make a mark in his chosen profession. Shastri was a Hindu Priest offering ritual services but could not earn enough money to feed his extended family thanks to declining patronage and his inability to gain a strong foothold in a profession that is already controlled by few senior Priests. Being a junior in the fold, he had to depend on his seniors to earn his income and perform odd jobs to keep his home fir