Bank Colony 'Paala Abbayi'

In our day to day life we come across many people..We often tend to ignore many of them but few just cant escape without us noticing them..one such person is Ramesh aka Bank colony 'Paala Abbayi'(literal traslation would mean 'milk boy':P)...This guy delivers milk in our colony..when i say that,i mean he delivers milk to all the 350 houses in the colony..what is more fascinating is that Ramesh does not deliver milk cos he needs money or something..in fact he owns a 2 storied building in one of the costliest areas of city and has a government job!!He delivers milk cos he believes that its their family 'profession' and he ought to do it!

He's been in this 'profession' for quiet long time now..My dad remembers him as this 8 year old kid who came to my grand dad and said that he would be delivering milk from the next day when they moved into this house some 27 years ago.He is now married and has 2 kids..Since then he's been delivering milk to every house present in this colony..Though people get milk from parlour,they still take his milk..there were many instances when people complained about amount of water mix being unusually high in the milk, but they still continue to take milk from him.."After knowing him for so many years,its more of an obligation or habit than necessity...back then when we moved here,he was the only guy who used to deliver milk..so,its become a part of routine to get up and wait for him to get us milk" says dad.

He starts around 5 in the morning going around the colony and by the time he reaches my place it is around 7..My mom always asks him(forever now!) to come before 7 as both mom and dad need to go to office and that things wont start without cup of coffee in the morning..i don't remember even one day when he came before 7..but yeah mom wont stop telling!..He finishes his work by 9 something and goes to his office probably at 10..

He's even the daily dose of tonic for gossip ears..As we live in a colony which is exclusively for people who work in SBH,we know almost everyone and Ramesh helps in keeping track of all people..He carries every information possible with him..right from who's birthday it is in who's house to what rank Geeta aunty's son got to with whom Kishore uncle's daughter's going out with!!...Though its kinda annoying when he carries such information,its always fun to listen to his point of view..he's this one guy who has an opinion about everything possible..He finishes his share of reading paper by the time he covers all the houses..he reads little bit in every house.

He even has political background and hopes to join politics very soon..reason?he says its easy money!!..Apparently his wife's uncle is famous politician in AP( famous cos he was involved in some 2 Cr worth scam)..Every morning,my dad sits to discuss politics with him and sometimes i join them too!..As i said,its interesting to take his view on things..

Its just little too interesting to see how a person became an integral part in over 300 houses and how they just cant get away with this 'habit' called Ramesh Yadav....:)