The early morning
I found my maternal uncle with whom I headed towards the station. When we
arrived and started climbing the bridge, he suddenly saw a local standing on 2nd
platform. He said,” Hahaha! Chintan your train has arrived so early.”
I said, “Don’t worry. It’ll be empty enough.”
When I started
moving towards the local, I found it wasn’t mine. It was actually an extra Churchgate bound fast local that was allotted for today! It was empty!
When I saw it, the motorman whistled and started it. I ran towards it and
caught the last coach of the local. Found a peaceful window seat and kept
reading the Mumbai Mirror. There were
few people in local and I was wondering whether it would go to Yards. Soon it
reached Mira Road. Mira Road is another place of human fair where the biggest job is to catch a train and to alight
from train. When they saw this local, they went mad seeing it empty. They were
laughing, they went crazy. One of them said,” Oh yes! Come and have seat. It’s
totally empty! Hey you, come down. Even window seats are empty!”
Surprised
commuters were happy to travel by sitting after a long time. Meanwhile the
commuter sat in front of me said, “It is from Bhayander, isn’t it?” I replied,”
Yes.”
He said, “It’s a
first occasion in the last 10 years when I have got seat here.”
So sad! The
people are used to the condition they’re living with. No worry, no complains
and no excuses. The people of Mumbai are known to get themselves adjusted in
any situation. Why not? Mumbai local is the example of it. The comments
continued after Mira Road, Dahisar, Borivli & Andheri.
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Is it Sunday?
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No, Even Sundays have more commuters than today.
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Is it a National Holiday?
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Is there a curfew?
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Was there any Blast?
I got a surprise on a comment when someone said, “Has the world ended
already? This local is empty!”
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