Truck driving is a different country, and highway dhabas are the capital of that country.
When Ajay, about 27 years old, says that dhabas are our second home, there is a playfulness of age in his voice. He himself admits that this road journey is full of dangers.
He recalls- Every day people rob us on the pretext of taking lift. For example, recently a friend of mine was passing through Rajasthan. A boy asked for lift on the way. A scared boy of the new age. My friend gave him a lift. After sitting down, he started chatting on his mobile. After a while some more boys were met on the way. He was the companion of the same poor looking boy. After the robbery, he was badly injured by hitting him on the head with a bottle.
The danger of robbery on the roads is so high that we often sleep on the driving seat at night.
Looting also takes place in highway hotels. In such a situation, no matter how much sleep we get, no matter how much we feel like sleeping with our arms and legs spread, we cur