A few days back I read an article by a fellow colleague on the do's and don't s of mumbai local traveling... This got me more vigilant in observing my own emotions each time I took the journey!
A few really funny observations that I encountered hv made my everyday journey so much more eventful...
Each time I target to make it for a ladies special local, somewhere a calculation mistake happens... as u can't ever predict by how many mins will d train be delayed today.... n after it being late by more than a couple of mins, u would still miss it by on an average of 10secs... N mind u, d fault is not entirely urs.. Its equally if not more of d 100 people in front of u who walk as if walking in a garden.... they don't decipher a sweet excuse me... But a pointed umbrella does d trick in making way through these weirdo's...
U find all kinds of people in this 1 compartment of a local train... From a fisher woman who travels with utmost comfort as all people prefer keeping atleast 5 feet distance from getting d stench....
There is this group of maharashtrian working women who would buy gajra ( fragrant flowers put together in a stream like thing to pin up in d hair) and bargain even when it costs only rs 2 per string.....
Another mix set of women / girls sing the hindi version of happy bday for a fellow regular traveler and the bday girl distributes jalebi, samosa etc...
Now pls try and imagine.... in a train full of people where 4 ppl sit on a seat meant for 3 on each side... N Between 2 rows facing each other 3 to 4 people are standing in such a way that there is practically no leg space.... However what is inevitable is in d midst of all this thyere is a feast taking place.... :D
It is like an amusement park where from one end u hear old bollywood songs... D other u hear a hawker using his marketing skills to sell clips n bands.... N Another corner aunties quarreling purely as they had a bad start at home n wat better place than this to remove d frustration.....n d clatter goes on...
You decide to take ur place at d door enjoying ur preferred music with your ear phones and feeling the breeze.... N suddenly u take notice that another train that is moving parallel to u just got left behind... coz ur train happen to catch speed... there is this sudden proud feeling inside u that can't be described..... Hmm....
Noooo....It wasn't a race.... D train coincidentally came parallel to mine n my train again just happen to gather speed and move ahead of d other.. but guess its human nature u c....
... we mortals could get proud of anything....
Guess even at just d drop of a hat.... :p
A few really funny observations that I encountered hv made my everyday journey so much more eventful...
Each time I target to make it for a ladies special local, somewhere a calculation mistake happens... as u can't ever predict by how many mins will d train be delayed today.... n after it being late by more than a couple of mins, u would still miss it by on an average of 10secs... N mind u, d fault is not entirely urs.. Its equally if not more of d 100 people in front of u who walk as if walking in a garden.... they don't decipher a sweet excuse me... But a pointed umbrella does d trick in making way through these weirdo's...
U find all kinds of people in this 1 compartment of a local train... From a fisher woman who travels with utmost comfort as all people prefer keeping atleast 5 feet distance from getting d stench....
There is this group of maharashtrian working women who would buy gajra ( fragrant flowers put together in a stream like thing to pin up in d hair) and bargain even when it costs only rs 2 per string.....
Another mix set of women / girls sing the hindi version of happy bday for a fellow regular traveler and the bday girl distributes jalebi, samosa etc...
Now pls try and imagine.... in a train full of people where 4 ppl sit on a seat meant for 3 on each side... N Between 2 rows facing each other 3 to 4 people are standing in such a way that there is practically no leg space.... However what is inevitable is in d midst of all this thyere is a feast taking place.... :D
It is like an amusement park where from one end u hear old bollywood songs... D other u hear a hawker using his marketing skills to sell clips n bands.... N Another corner aunties quarreling purely as they had a bad start at home n wat better place than this to remove d frustration.....n d clatter goes on...
You decide to take ur place at d door enjoying ur preferred music with your ear phones and feeling the breeze.... N suddenly u take notice that another train that is moving parallel to u just got left behind... coz ur train happen to catch speed... there is this sudden proud feeling inside u that can't be described..... Hmm....
Noooo....It wasn't a race.... D train coincidentally came parallel to mine n my train again just happen to gather speed and move ahead of d other.. but guess its human nature u c....
... we mortals could get proud of anything....
Guess even at just d drop of a hat.... :p
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