AH Another Train Journey I will be on a train for 30 hours and will be traversing 5 states,
What else but my camera for company as I go about making some interesting images
Folks from different walks of life cross my path, I document them to show what the world is like today, apologies to the subject m if they are shown in a light they do not want to be see themselves in, but then that’s the truth, The camera never lies remember
The journey started at 0600
hours and was a sleepy day as we head out towards Igatpuri , n the early birds
of Mumba are already on the way to work
or meet lovers or make there Moolah
The greenery and the fog are
so swell to look at , and it keeps us ungagged to look out of the window and
not let up, no mater how heavy the eyes felt for lack of sleep from the
previous night, Had hit the bed at 2300 hours and was up at 0400 to get to the station
and board the train,
The ticket collectors too
cant keep there gastro juices quiet and gave in to there appetites, as they catch a few bites in between doing
there work and chitchatting amongst themselves There is loads of paper work they have to
fill, n just looking at it all just almost made me go to sleep, and I was not the only one sleepy.
And then there were the
lovers who travelled to work, and caught a little time together before they hit
there offices or where have you
Did I mention I love her
chappals and her body language and dress, she was a women of today , “ who can “
The day rolled on, I meditated
on my berth ( seat ) and then came across this gentleman, addressing his faith,
n belief, to each there own in what makes India such a lovely place to
traverse.
This particular journey has
28 stops and the passengers changed every few stations as the day turned to
dusk, n various stories were exchanged , n some more conversations I spied as
folks spoke loudly into there cell phones,
Transporters speaking ti drivers
Business owners asking for
payment
Contractors getting updates
of Project, It was all in a days work seemed like for most.
Then at a train station I got
off to stretch and came across the couple oblivious to the world in each others
arm, totally immersed, sleeping deep, after a tough day or now, How capital
A few hours later once more I
was up n the train was traversing the 1800 km at a faster clip then usual maybe,
as it was halted being before time, Not too often such happens with Indian
Railways, but today it had happened, and give compliments to the Railways for
doing its job efficiently
We were traversing Orissa
early in the morning the rivers along the track looked ready to overflow the
color of the river was muddy and lively, yes it has been a god monsoon this
year and there had been more floods then ever, Maybe it is natures way to curtail the population, to claim the
land back that was being encroached by the man and his tribe,
IS it not amazing the first
thing we do on most morning is to reach for the mobile and bury our nose into
it, see who remembered me, who has liked out pictures, and so on.
Reached and deboarded, 0830 hours , Only 30 minutes late.
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