Statutory Information: Based on true story. The names and location are true and are not been changed. Any similarity with the story is quite possible. This can happene with anyone.
Uhaaaaan...... itching noise loud enough to tear my ear drums. I blinked with my drowsy eyes and saw a baby was irritated by something and the reflex action was his peculiar cry, which was making a chemical reaction in my brain’s ear cell. I was on my way to Hyderabad after a long vacation. It was quite hot and on top of that a last minute ticket seat (Tatkal) was adding fuel to the fire to the hot environment. And the worst of all was summer vacation of school.The train was full of all aged kids. I was cursing myself for scheduling my ticket on this day.
Anyways ‘jab okhali mein sar diya to musal se darna kya’. I was unable to sleep so decided to sit beside the window and enjoy the scene outside. As I was cursing the railway department for allotting me a passage seat and Mamata Banerjee for being our railway minister, when a kid who was swinging in to and fro motion hit me. Ouuuuuch my finger I cried and he giggled. I broaden my eyes least he should be frighten but he showed much bigger eyes then mine and swing his tongue in the same manner as he was swinging –to and fro motion, how could he apply motion theory to his tongue also? Suddenly his brother started crying for no reasons (children generally cry for no reasons) and one more kid accompanied him who was just sitting beside me. I felt like joining them so that the music could become somewhat melodious. crying is a type of communicable disease like yawing for children.
Whole day mothers were busy complaining either to their husband or to the fellow women about their mother in law, and all sorts of serial stuff, and daily soap of star plus. Leaving their kids for me, just to proof motion theory, noise theory, irritating theory and all the theories of Science. So i thought, let me apply maths theory, let us assume that there are no kids, which implies I am relaxed and sitting peacefully, which implies that summer vacation are going on and there are lots of kids in my cabin, hence proofed the assumption is wrong LJ.
One more clown was in front of my seat, “yo-yo” man with pierced ears and with ear phone embedded. He was only moving and shaking his body either according to the songs which was flowing from his embedded ear phone or accordingly to the train.
I thought it’s a matter of one night, let’s tolerate. Soon I was asleep and it was10.pm. At 10 pm when everyone was fast asleep yo-yo man suddenly started shouting. I jumped to my feet and though could not understand his Bengali language but was sure that he was scolding his girlfriend. I just peeped to the side berth to my friend and saw she was already awake and with very pathetic eyes saw towards me. I asked what happened....... she exclaimed I don’t know but people are conspiring me. I gave a amazed look to her and said what? Is he shouting at you? No, but neither the girls in hostel allow me to sleep by their unending noise nor the people are allowing me sleep in train. I really have a very bad luck in sleep. I was in dilemma whether o consol her or to laugh at her. An old man even advised the guy that beta u should sleep at night, but he was busy cursing his girlfriend.
After half an hour when the yo-yo man was silent and I was heading towards my dream.. Another cry.... oh god where are you please!!! utta le mujhe.... a man with his wife and two children was fighting for a seat. And his baby boy was giving a very peculiar cry. Low pitch accompanied by sudden high pitch. Again I saw with my dozy eyes to the kids and said chup ho jaye mere bhai. But I guess he didn’t like the relationship and amplified his voice. At last I thought to drag my eyes out of my face and put them in my bag so that they can take some rest.
Somehow with regular interval of breaking sleep it was morning 7am. I was heading near to Hyderabad. I happened to see that the fighting guy’s wife was sitting, so thought to climb down and sit. I asked her to move aside. She gave me a fiery look and I said madam this is my seat please give me some place to sit. The whole seat was coved by her two children and herself. But she was kind enough to give some place just to sit in my own tatkal seat. After few minutes she explained her husband about me who was sleeping in the side berth. The fellow also gave me a fiery look. I was struggling to sit in my own seat and at last told the lady to transfer her one or both the kids to her husband so that I can sit properly and so can she. She was unable to understand hindi and i was telugu. Again she told something to her husband and at last he came to resolve the problem. Though he was speaking Tinglish, I was able to understand. Young lady, are u studying? he asked. Yeps I said as I was not in mood to explain him that I am working also. De da do de do blab blab ticket? I understood that he was asking my ticket. Ridiculous question... and I showed him the ticket for which he was not the right person to enquire. Now satisfied with the legal procedure he said it’s ok but you woke up my wife and smiled complaining. Is it! ‘and at night when u were fighting at your top of voice and awaked the whole population of the boggy’ I thought. I replied but sir she was already awake I didn’t dare to do that. And more over I have seat here so have the legal authority to sit here. These were not my words but his, when he was having fight with a guy at night. Fine he said but you have an upper berth ticket. Strange! I exclaimed at day time this seat would be mine not the upper berth. Yes he said agreeing me but only after 10am. But before that my stations would come sir. Of course but u woke my wife.i didn’t i said firmly. Ok Ok no issues he said and raised his hands. Now he himself sat in between the two ladies. What man! now this was more than enough and started doing his daily stuff (eg taking out brush, and other stuff) of course my station was nearby so it was not wise to have any further discussion with the clumsy man.
Soon I reached my destiny and said please sir now the whole seat is your, be comfortable and sit peacefully And i didn’t woke up your wife. He again gave me a fiery look.
Morel of the story : never ever go for vacation when school are having their vacation, never go for tatkal ticket though u pay more your seat is worst.
