I'm back with one of my auto related experiences :)
This was in the aftermath of the change in auto fares, all the meters have to be re-calibrated.One morning in an auto having an electronic meter with old calibration

Me:Innu haLe meter ide. Yaavaga change maadthira?
      [The meter is of old calibration. When are you going to get it modified?]

Auto driver: Ondu RTO alli dinakke 6 auto-meter maatra change madodu. Adakke tumba nidhana aagtide. Adhbere yeradu saavira rupaayi kottu change madasbeku madam!
      [6 autos are calibrated in each RTO per day. Hence the process of re-calibration is taking up lot of time. Also, it costs around 2k to get it re-calibrated! ]

Me: Ashtondu duddu yaake?
     [ Why does it have to cost that much?]

Auto driver: Maamuli meter na entu nooru rupaayalle madkodthare. Aadre electronic meter alli IC ella change madbekalla, adakke yeradu saavira rupaayi!!
    [ The older meters can get re-calibrated at only a hundred bucks. Since the electronics meters have IC's in them, it costs more!! ]

Yesterday i had a rare experience.... It was raining heavily and the roads were completely jammed. I

took an auto to get back home.Something caught my eye suddenly........ There was a nice clean holder and a huge label on it saying "Newspaper Only for You....... English... Kannada....."
What!! Newspaper in an auto??!! I thought let me have a look inside and took out a paper ....It indeed held that day's newspaper..Wow!!Even though it was dark and i was hardly able to read a sentence, i still went through pages just in the excitement...
I wondered what made this auto driver to do this..In a signal i asked him and he said proudly that it was his own concept....He said,"Many people travel during the day .It takes up a lot of time to travel to their destinations because of huge traffic. So that the commuters can utilise time,i have introduced this concept".In the city where auto drivers are dreaded for their uncooperative attitude and fighting for even a single penny, this auto driver showed up with an example of change....

Bangalore is indeed changing!!