Don’t try to reach any consequences by reading the headline because this time it has nothing to do with the content that lies below. Yeh heading toh aise hi likh di kyonki kuch aur samajh nahi aa raha tha.
Chai garam chai----what can be better than having tea (chai) when you are traveling in a train and it is raining outside. I have always been very fond of tea. I also remember a poem that goes like…..
Chitrakut ke ghaat par bhai santan ki bhid
Chai piyan ko jut gaye raja, rank, fakir!!!!
Yesterday, I was traveling from Moradabad to Delhi by the train ‘Guwahati Express’ and apart from this tea not even a single favorable thing happened. In fact it was one of the worst journeys of my life. After facing a lot of difficulties like
a) not being able to catch the train ‘Sampark kranti’ at Rudrapur and ending up in a bus to Moradabad which was willing to compete with a bullock cart
b) managing to catch the ‘Guwahati Express’ at the last moment
c) then unnecessarily reaching late as the train stood for 45 minutes to be modest enough to let other trains go first, when only a few kilometers were left for the destination
d) all this along with a lot of sweet fellow passengers who were willing to create as many problems as they could
when I finally reached Delhi and looked back at the whole day the thought that came to my mind was that it was fine as it gave some pretty good material to add to my blog.
‘Railway Station’ this place has always fascinated me a lot. Life in its various shades can be seen here.
Life in its various shades can be seen here. Everyday hundreds of people come here to do their journeys. The guys who were no less than strangers just a few moments back do find so much to talk and share that anyone would mistook them for childhood friends. In a single train are discussed, all the topics ranging from ‘hot bollywood gossip’ to ‘the sensitive political issues’. The description would be incomplete if I forget to mention the hawkers who sell various delicious food items.
If someone enjoys watching people endlessly, as do I then a train is the best place to be at. Masses from different part of country, having different background be it the lifestyle or the mother tongue are all at same place at the same moment. I can bet that a long route Indian Railways train can give complex to a museum in terms of cultural diversity it holds within itself. Yet another example of ‘Unity in diversity’ that lies in the soul of our country.
Now, let me come to the point why I did choose the tagline “ “. Well today while roaming in the Connaught Place I happened to come across a cultural program being organized over there. It was a showcase of paintings made by small kids during their summer camps. Along with this were some dance presentations of ‘Kathak’ and ‘Kuchipudi’. The lady who was guiding the kids started like ‘Tat taam tam te hit tat taam tehi’ again ‘Tat taam tam te hit tat taam tehi’ and then ended up it as ‘ One two three four, five six seven eight’ next time it was ‘One two three four to thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen’. And I found it humorous strangely. Thank god! She didn’t count it further. One of the student performers was giving weird expressions so this time that lady recited ‘Tat taam tam SMILE BETA te hit tat taam tehi’. However, as it was a marvelous performance as they were small kids after all.
Ok ‘goodbye’ and ‘Tat taam tam te hit tat taam tehi’ for now!
