Watch: American professor sings hindi songs to persuade auto driver to use meter

In India, it’s not uncommon to live at the mercy of auto-rickshaw drivers. We get rejected by drivers who refuse to go to any location and end up making us beg them to. And, if that’s not bad enough, there’s the whole tussle about getting them to agree to go by the meter and not loot us off all our money by charging triple the amount.

An American professor, Christine Fair however, refused to let an auto-driver get the better of her in Hyderabad and instead made him dance to her tunes.

Christine, an assistant professor  of Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University, wanted to go to Charminar, but the driver refused to charge by the meter. Not one to let him have his way, Christine started singing songs and taking a video of him until he agreed to.

“Aap ko pasaand nahi ji, ye gaana? Shayad ek aur?”

(Did you not like this song? Maybe one more?)

And, then she sang another song until the driver said, “Kahaan jaane hai aapko?" (Where do you want to go?)

She uploaded the video on Youtube on Wednesday night, and it already has close to 60,000 views.

In it she is heard telling the driver that she is recording the fact that he refused to take her to Charminar, by meter. She tells the driver that she is jobless that day and has all the time in the world to sit in his auto, before going on to sing ‘Mujhe Neend Naa Aaye’ (Dil) and ‘Yeh Zindagi Usi Ki Hai’ (Anarkali).

By then, the driver not only decided to take her to Charminar, but agreed to go by meter as well.

Interestingly, Christine’s bio states that she can cause trouble in multiple languages. Well, the auto-rickshaw drivers of Hyderabad have been warned!

Watch the video here: