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first time.

‘A taxi driver on an isolated island by choice, as there would be no one
from his family to judge him,’ Romeo had suggested.
Now, Romeo runs his own taxi agency. He earns a commission for all the
ad-hoc tourists he gets for us. He also helps us with the airport/railway
station pick-ups/drops for our guests. Romeo worked as a chartered account

in Mumbai before he took an early retirement.
That’s the thing about Goa. It does not let you stay away for long. Sooner
or later, it calls you back. Romeo is one of the very first guys I helped

realize their dreams.
Let me ask you this, what would you be if you were stranded on an
island?

At least pick a Saturday now and then and make it your private island. Be
whoever you want to be, do whatever the day wants you to do. Aarav, I am
excited to watch you perform tonight.

A lot of people have gathered tonight to watch Aarav perform and I am
sure that he will rock the audience for sure. Sheen and I gesture at him with
our thumbs up.
He moves to the stage, clears his throat, and greets everyone with a wide

smile. He exudes the exact amount of confidence that I have been hoping
from him since the first time we met. He pulls in a huge amount of air as he
shoots:

Okay, is it misogynistic if I have a hotness scale? This is in my mind. It is
constantly rating people around me.
Is it wrong? Hmm ...

The audience, mostly the women in it, go ‘booo’. Some of the men start
hooting.
Okay okay, I see what’s happening here. I know men are assholes, but we

came calibrated with this shit.
All of you women, look around you. It’s not just me, all the guys have it
and do it all the time.

So let me raise an olive branch here. I don’t have it only for women. I do
it to guys too.
I have a hotness scale for guys too.