An Indian Train Odessey

On sunday I had to pay an unplanned visit to my home city. I didn't even had time to arrange a waiting ticket. So i just bought a general ticket and took the seat no 7 in a sleeper coach which belongs to tc. I was feelin smart. The phenomenon being natural as i saved 400 rs. Till the time my train departed the sleeper coach had been transformed to a full packed general coach. My motive of writing this blog being describing the scene of my compartment. The compartment was so full, everysoul must have been praying that they dont have to visit the washroom in the whole journey. If one, in case left his place whether the sitting one or standing one he would not land on his place back safely. Besides me was sitting a mother with her small girl child. The girl was very cute and smart. Her whole journey passed just in one thing. Watching outside the window and more than that describing every little damn thing that her retina scanned. Her favourate two pet words being "jungli janwar". After every description and little fairy tale stories she would say "haina mumma". Her mother would just smile and nod her head. After every fixed interval of few minutes she would turn her head just to analyze if any food vendor was nearby. And after a satisfactory scan she would get back to her duty.her mother was so down to earth to offer me food as i was making these observations. I smiled and waved my head to symbolize a no. In that very moment the following things were happening- a man mixing his tobacco and his eyes fixed upon a beautiful girl sitting on the upper birth. A labourer sitting still without any movements and his face bearing no emotions. He was niether sad nor happy.he seemed not to have been waiting for his station also. A teen child listening to music. He was behaving like a cool dude. A vendor selling tea. A man lookng at the vendor. He might have been thinking whether he should buy the tea or not.and yes the small child with her raised eye brows asking for the tea in mute voice. Her mother said a big no and the child became gloomy but after short span she was back on her normal stories. A guy talking to his girl friend. I say gf because of his 4*6 smile ,his glowing eyes and a blushing face. A patient of elephantiasis sitting on the upper birth ( wuchereria bancrofti the microbe causing the disease. Being a student of pharmacology the whole pathophysiology was circling around in my mind. And i thought of explaining him too ). I had to stop the scan as the ticket checker asked for my ticket. I payed the fine. A nap was very necessary before my destination comes. Asta lavista baby (marc)