It was New year eve, and I wanted to get back home, but the problem was that, the gal is not that stubborn as she seems to be and she was not so used with travelling in train, and travell'n alone was something scary. I at least wanted someone to accompany me to the station – wasn’t familiar with the place, had no idea where the railway station is and didn’t know how much time it would take to reach the station from my office.
There are two railway stations in the city – North n South – and I had to catch the train from South, n that South station was pretty close to my office...My colleagues asked me to leave office by 5 pm, get a rickshaw so that I could reach the station before 5:25 pm, which was supposed to be the trains’s schedule. Errr.. Rickshaw ? Station? Train? I was all confused and tensed. 100-150, 100-150… heart was beat’n so fast n furious. ;)
I badly wanted a friend whom I trust, a person who KNOWS THE CITY, to drop me to the station.. And there comes the star, RAJ, my friend, who was liv’n in the city for the past few years. I asked him to drop me to the station. I had to set it all up the previous day coz u have no idea how busy that guy’s. x-(
And thus, I left office by 5. Some of my colleagues were also going to the same station.
Hey, com’n wid us?
Nope, my frnd will b com’n to pick me up, thank u :-)
Raj was late by 5 mins, but I was fine.. . A colleague told me that there was some shortcut and one could reach the station within 10 mins. Fair enough. He had a bike,will reach the station faster than a rickshaw can, he knows the place too, I thought. And thus we started our journey – MISSION RAILWAY STATION.
Saw my colleagues on the way, they were wait'n for a rickshaw. I waved at them.
Oh what a pity.! You didnt get a rickshaw? You guys might miss your train.. Saaaad ;)
We reached a junction from where we are supposed to turn to the left, accord’n to the route map by a colleague. But to my surprise, my dear friend turned to the right.
Raj, its south station!
Oh, is it? Don’t worry. I know the shortcuts.
Cool! He’s more familiar with the city, he might be know’n every nook n corner, I thought.
From main road to sub roads, and then through lanes, we were off to the station.
There, I saw a small bridge and Raj stopped his bike there.
There, I saw a small bridge and Raj stopped his bike there.
What happened?
Errr.. to my knowledge the railway station was somewhere here. Cant find it though!!
Raaaj, U kidd’n me? Its already 5:15!
Okay, we’ll ask someone.
Huh, wat? Hmm.. okay!
SOmeone passed by and the guy said something like go straight turn left and all.. We did, and he started ask’n each and everyone who came through the way. All of them gave their contribution, and we reached the same bridge from where we started!
Now, that’s it! I was like.. WTF! I’m gonna miss the train for sure! And there wasn’t any other train scheduled to TVm other than this!. Great! What am I gonna tell my parents? F**k!
Now, he didn’t stop and passed through some lanes and we finally reached a railway-crossing. We could see the station which was almost 500 meters away from where we stopped.
Okay, we will walk, come...run!
Are u crazy Raj? With this heavy bag, I’ve to walk all through these track? I have no grip and I’ll fall anytym.
He grabbed my bag and ran as fast as he could.
As we saw someone on the other side of the railway crossing, just to clarify, he asked that guy which station it was.
“North station”
**Statue**
Time -5:20 PM
Great! So we reached the other end!
We walked or rather ran towards the bike and when we almost reached there, a train passed by – the same train which I had to board.
Wow!
Wow!
Raj was in a dilemma. He didn’t know what to do. He suggested about going by bus. But I was almost panicking.
If u didn’t know the exact route, then y did you agree to come with me? Now, If I miss the train, u’ll have to drop me to my place, do u get that?
He started riding very fast and I could sense that he was shivering!
Oh man!What if we meet with an accident? I couldn’t imagine how my family would react. My relatives would be more keen about know’n who the guy i was with, what's my relation with him and all that than worrying about my death! 100-150, 100-150 – U know wat it’s!
Hey, Raj, Why are you shiver’n? Its ok re.. I’ll catch some bus. I’ll be fine.. Ride safe...
He still didnt slow down and some how, managed to reach the station.
Time- 5:25 PM
Eventhough we didn’t have hope that I’d get the train, I’d an intuition that everyth’n will be fine. Good that I already had ticket with me. He ran with my bag to the platform and fortunately the train was still there. My intuitions never cheated me ;) After all, Indian Railway - u can never rely on it ;) and this train was supposedly the one which doesnt wait for no one and reaches on time, and still its there, as if waiting for me! :D
Time- 5:25 PM
Eventhough we didn’t have hope that I’d get the train, I’d an intuition that everyth’n will be fine. Good that I already had ticket with me. He ran with my bag to the platform and fortunately the train was still there. My intuitions never cheated me ;) After all, Indian Railway - u can never rely on it ;) and this train was supposedly the one which doesnt wait for no one and reaches on time, and still its there, as if waiting for me! :D
The moment I got into the train, it started mov’n! Now that’s what u call luck!
Once I found my seat and got settled down, I called him up to thank him (Gentle woman..ahem). He didn’t pick the call. And then, once he picked the call, he started shout’n as if I did something wrong. :O
Stop calling me, am done with it now..
Arrey! :O maine kya kiya...
Sab tumhari galti hai !
Oh teri! He’s the culprit here and look, he's blam’n me! Wat the heck!
And guess what, He didn’t show up after that, LOL :P
And guess what, He didn’t show up after that, LOL :P
But now, when I think about all these, I feel like it was fun, real fun indeed. :) Guess it’s the same with you too, RAJ! :-)
