Railways

One night @ Indian railways :

I always feel that Indian railways is a place to get social with thousands of thousands of strangers.No matter you want to be part of conversation or not this is the place where directly or indirectly you will be a part of the conversation when your journey starts.

The time when one enters station of Indian railways,its like a "Chaos" and if you have surfaced economics in your mind you might feel that this is the place where "Demand-Supply" law fails.Its that there are more number of passengers that the number/capacity of trains.Then comes railway staff which is so busy without work like for example you go to the enquiry counter and you find no one to answer your queries no matter your train might leave station in another 5 minutes.You name the place and it is full without any exception be it railway staff office,dormitories,retiring room,platforms,ticket counter,enquiry office etc.

And finally you board your train after so much of hardships for searching the relevant platform for your train.Now once when you move inside your coach getting accustomed to the environment depends on your personality,whether you are introvert or extrovert.If you are introvert then the compartment will be hell for you else if you are an extrovert the comaprtment will be heaven.

Another agenda is who all are your companions.These species vary in may types from region to region and from different age groups.If a marwari family is sitting besides you then consider your comparmtment to be a dinning table with lots of delicacies,you need not carry food for your journey,and they will ruin your diet chart.

Whole night there is incoming and outgoing of passengers.And be prepare to get awake atleast 3-4 times in night to answer queries of other incoming passengers.You might sleep comfortably @ 4:00 morning but then vendors will come and start shouting "chaya " "chaya".You struggle to be @ ur berth and sleep till 7:00 but it all becomes a dream without a dream.

Struggle never ends in when you need to go to wash room for freshening up and you find full train toilets occupied.The golden rule says whenever you enter a toilet in Indian Railways you need to have a glance at it by slightly opening the door then you need to go inside.I will cite a personal experience where I violated the golden rule,I was in hurry rushed to the toilet ,looked at the hot seat and that was clean but suddenly I sensed a foul smell of "Sambhar" yes the sambhar the south Indian dish and bingo the wash basin was full of vommit.So whats the conclusion ,never violate the rule else you will land up like me.


Rules for journey:

Take sleeper class for sleeping purpose only not for toileteries.
If you take sleeper class take upper berth so that you have ownership for 24*7 full journey.
Avoid using toilet if possible else follow the golden rule.