Nw this isnt about the emraan starrer movie....the idea of writing a blog hit me
seriously during a train journey....train journeys r usually very weird n gives u
time to think about issues u never thot of...u meet a lot of
interestin ppl(weird also),but being alone in a compartment
full of strangers has its own thrill!..n ofcourse t natural beauty outside..
esp the konkan stretch...but one issue i noted consistently durin my
train adventures(from kerala to newdelhi..) is that it reflects the
societal aspects of the destinations...i knw there is sm mistake in the
above sentence but
kindly ignore it!...when u board the train frm kerala ,ter r only
bonafide ticket
passengers in ur compartment..bt as t journey progress,
esp aftr mumbai,
u can see lots of passengers in ur compartment
who have never heard about platform tickets!..
they just board t train
n do sm'jugaad' with the TTR n get sm earlierly
nonexisting berth smwhr in t train!..
the situation gets worse
aftr enterin into M.P. esp gwalior n all...
the TTR is even afraid to ask for the tickets..
TTR picks only the seemingly decent passengers
for the ticket check...One
may argue that this is done by the illiterate poor
villagers,but this isnt true..
One can see people wearin sneakers n tees
plainly acknowledgin that
takin tickets is a waste of time n money...many of t guys
didnt evn know abt t
existence of platform tickets...compred to the situation
in kerala where sm
of my frens who came 2 see off me wer fined cos
they didn take t platform tickets!...
this clearly reflects the cultural difference
within the country...
the south is comparatively law abidin
while aftr mumbai u can get away with 'jugaad'!...
once i saw a poster in a train sayin
that railways reflects India...i fully agree wd that!...
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