Only if its a marathi speaking passenger

This is in continuation to my previous post on left luggage in autos. A significant point that came up during discussions with auto-men was that they would only take the trouble to "return" documents and other unimportant (to them) things , only of they figured out that the passenger was a Maharashtrian (assuming a son-of-the-soil was at the wheel). In case its some Southie, or UP-Bhaiyya, or Bonglo, or Far-East 'Chinese' type, or Gujju - then forget even that consolation. But its certain that if money is found then even their own brethen dont get the 'benefit' of their benevolence. I dont know if the natural corollary to all of this - i.e. , for e.g. if its a Gujju driver then he would consider returning things to his Gujju passengers.

Next time you sit in an auto and plan to leave your bags behind, start blabbering in the lingo of the driver. It might just help.

It helps to be a linguist.

(I dont know of any female auto drivers in Bombay. Perhaps their outlook towards left luggage might be a bit more lenient. I guess we should have some female auto drivers in the city. It would perhaps give some female passengers a sense of safety.)