Autorickshaw “Awaaz”

The strangest thing happened today and yesterday…  Last night, I was returning from a drink at the Taj Blue Diamond via auto (my only mode of transportation around here) and the rickshaw-walla, as we pulled up to my building, commented about how I had a nice “noise.”  “Noise?”  I asked, “Do you mean ‘voice’?”  He said, “No No, noise, you have a nice noise, you have very nice ‘awaaz’.”  [For those of you who don't know Hindi, "awaaz" means VOICE.]   ANYWAYS, whatever, I wondered for two seconds about what was so different about my voice and moved along.

TODAY, on my way back from work,  with a different auto guy, and he said the same thing.  No joke.  I’m getting a complex.  He said, ”you speak English very sharply.”  Whatever that means.  He also said, “You have good awaaz.”  WTF?!  He went as far as to ask if I sing.  [The answer to that would be a very big NO]

What is going on all of the sudden?!  Is this an auto pick up line?  I need to know these things!