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 Part 2 Of Saturday Blog  When Life Refuses to Average Out Statistics, Probability & Humanity Opening Reflection Not all data lies in textbooks. Some data sits quietly beside us - in auto-rickshaws, cabs, signals, and silences. After that incident, more stories unfolded - each an outlier, yet part of a larger pattern. More Realities from the Road The same driver shared a contrasting memory. Once, during heavy rain, a lady with her school-going child waited for a cab. Though the distance was short - often refused by drivers - he agreed. She offered a ₹500 note. The driver advised her to keep change, especially while travelling with a child. He returned the exact amount without cutting even a rupee. Touched, she said, “You speak like my father. I see him in you.” She didn’t take the money back. That was the day when probability of goodness defeated certainty of expectation. My Own Failure I remembered my own incident. Sharing an auto-rickshaw, two of us paid ₹10 each. A thir...

When the Fare Meter Stops  A Silent Study of Human Behaviour Opening Life doesn’t always move by formulae. Sometimes, it moves like traffic - unpredictable, impatient, and revealing. That morning, our cab stopped at a busy signal. I was travelling with a Karate teacher. We were heading towards our Sports Day heat events - semi-finals of discipline, effort, and preparation. I didn’t know then that before reaching the playground, life itself would conduct a live experiment on human behaviour. The Incident At the signal, a well-educated lady insisted on entering our cab. Fluent English. Confident presence. Early fifties. From a VIP locality. She addressed the driver politely - “ Papaji ”, not “ uncle ji ”. Politeness sounded refined, intention felt unclear. I intervened gently, “Madam, we are going to Priyadarshini Park, Nepean Sea Road.” For a moment, I forgot my past experiences. I forgot all my lessons. I forgot probability. I became a layman. She opened the front door. The driver ...