The article is interesting. As a diplomat the author provides his take on how people enter the land of opportunity. Cabbies and Barbers are great at story telling. They love to talk with their fares as long as they can prevent them from seeing the fare meter. They love mostly long rides and can slip in a long detour while they keep their customer enthralled with their tales. They are quick to zero in on their targets. They can spot an outsider in a jiffy and ply a story of how the Local Authority is senseless and targets the cab drivers or how they(the authorities) do not even spare the visitors or about useless one- ways, exhorbitant parking charges and police harassment of the poor cabby thrown for good measure. Cabbies love to tell tall stories to pull some fast ones on the unsuspecting traveller. I think their stories make good fictional accounts, most of the times. The author seems to enjoy his experience of cabbie stories
