Inside the train...
If you have ever taken a train to travel between mysore and blore,you will sympathize with me!I commute between Mysore and Bangalore every weekend . Most of the time,the trains are horribly crowded..and very uncomfortable but I love those times...because I honestly believe that I would never get to meet such variety of weirdos anywhere else!one gets to watch shoddily dressed middle aged men.. with their pot bellies making the way for them...women dressed in dresses most uncomfortable for traveling,young cocky men..with their"look-at-how cool-i-am" attitude,giggly girls....unpleasant men desperately trying to pick a fight,pesky kids..running over everyone's toes, gossiping women ,people trying tosell eatables..beggars singing off-key,old college friends having sentimental reunions and software engineers cribbing about everything under the sun!!!
Every Indian train is a big pot-pourri of people culture...and when people so different are put together in small compartments...one can guarantee that there will be a lot of entertainment.Let me give you a picture of the prototypes you will surely find in any train:)
1.The road side romeo...usually dark..at least 3 top buttons of his shirt open... with rajnikant's hairstyle...a gaudy colored comb peeping out of his back-pocket.You will usually see him in groups standing near the door...talking loudly about his escapades and combing his hair near the sink when the station is about 15 minutes away;).With that cow boy walk(bcoz of very tight low quality jeans) and cocky smile..and unimaginably bad hairstyle..one must be blind to miss him
2.This one is the irritatingly friendly co-passenger(they come in all shapes and sizes).they look at you curiously and want to know every detail about you.They will also gallantly share their packet of groundnuts,chips...buy you tea...embarrass you with incessant questions...and if all these virtues were not enough to goad you to murder;)they will also...tell you their views on everything under the sun addressing u as"saaaaaaaaaaar!" or"maaaaaaaaadam!".They will borrow your book,newspaper…peek over your laptop!At the end of their long monologues..they fish for compliments and look at you like puppies..who want to be patted and told "good doggie"!
3.The third one has to be the snobbish guy/lady..who think u r there to dirty their luggage...and look at u as though u were a moron of the first order;).They cringe when u move as though u have some deadly infectious disease..and purse their lips and frown at everything!
4.This is an elderly kind of person who is waiting for some chap to listen to his take on how corrupt the youth are...how western influence is destroying our culture...and...misguided today's youth is!
5.This is the fighter cock.unless you happen to be his unlucky victim...he is lots of fun.Though very unpleasant..he carries a lot of entertainment value.Think of a train journey without at least one brawl..it’s a blasphemy!!!He feels all people are out to get him...or he doesn’t have sufficient leg space..or there is no place for his luggage.He usually has a booming voice..and many times can be found tipsy;)but the funny thing is...you'll always find guys around this guy who enjoy this guy making a fool of himself...and then in loud voices pacify him.
6.He is the glutton..who has taken oath to eat anything and everything which looks edible.He buys everything...and for the entire journey..munches,sips...throws the wrappers out of the windows and scans for the next person selling something to eat.Unless you hate his munching..and the sound of plastic wrappers ..he is really harmless.
7.This is not a single person...but an entire group...the software engineer group.They are very amusing or very annoying.Nowadays..they dominate the whole scene...most of the trains heading to bangalore are filled with these chaps.They love cribbing about their PMs...and usually read self help books...and talk in jargon...which normal beings find difficult to pronounce!
8.They sing old hindi songs off key and seek ransom just to shut up!they usually hold two pieces of stone..and make a "tap-tap" sound with it...i find them fun though...try singing along...you may unnerve them;)
9.These are the far relatives of the sleeping beauty...the only sad thing is that they are not as pretty as her!they jump into the upper berth and go into coma-like sleep!They are some who manage to sit and sleep as well..usually with their mouth open!
10.The most irritating of all co-passengers...are by no doubt the pesky kids.They jump up and down...seek attention non-stop...wail...fight with other pesky kids..throw plastic wrappers and groundnut-peel all over your head..stamp on ur feet...and the one thing u find most difficult to forgive is....address you as aunty[only when you thought that the pink top you were wearing makes you look really young:( !!!!!]
Who said train-traveling was not fun?;)
Every Indian train is a big pot-pourri of people culture...and when people so different are put together in small compartments...one can guarantee that there will be a lot of entertainment.Let me give you a picture of the prototypes you will surely find in any train:)
1.The road side romeo...usually dark..at least 3 top buttons of his shirt open... with rajnikant's hairstyle...a gaudy colored comb peeping out of his back-pocket.You will usually see him in groups standing near the door...talking loudly about his escapades and combing his hair near the sink when the station is about 15 minutes away;).With that cow boy walk(bcoz of very tight low quality jeans) and cocky smile..and unimaginably bad hairstyle..one must be blind to miss him
2.This one is the irritatingly friendly co-passenger(they come in all shapes and sizes).they look at you curiously and want to know every detail about you.They will also gallantly share their packet of groundnuts,chips...buy you tea...embarrass you with incessant questions...and if all these virtues were not enough to goad you to murder;)they will also...tell you their views on everything under the sun addressing u as"saaaaaaaaaaar!" or"maaaaaaaaadam!".They will borrow your book,newspaper…peek over your laptop!At the end of their long monologues..they fish for compliments and look at you like puppies..who want to be patted and told "good doggie"!
3.The third one has to be the snobbish guy/lady..who think u r there to dirty their luggage...and look at u as though u were a moron of the first order;).They cringe when u move as though u have some deadly infectious disease..and purse their lips and frown at everything!
4.This is an elderly kind of person who is waiting for some chap to listen to his take on how corrupt the youth are...how western influence is destroying our culture...and...misguided today's youth is!
5.This is the fighter cock.unless you happen to be his unlucky victim...he is lots of fun.Though very unpleasant..he carries a lot of entertainment value.Think of a train journey without at least one brawl..it’s a blasphemy!!!He feels all people are out to get him...or he doesn’t have sufficient leg space..or there is no place for his luggage.He usually has a booming voice..and many times can be found tipsy;)but the funny thing is...you'll always find guys around this guy who enjoy this guy making a fool of himself...and then in loud voices pacify him.
6.He is the glutton..who has taken oath to eat anything and everything which looks edible.He buys everything...and for the entire journey..munches,sips...throws the wrappers out of the windows and scans for the next person selling something to eat.Unless you hate his munching..and the sound of plastic wrappers ..he is really harmless.
7.This is not a single person...but an entire group...the software engineer group.They are very amusing or very annoying.Nowadays..they dominate the whole scene...most of the trains heading to bangalore are filled with these chaps.They love cribbing about their PMs...and usually read self help books...and talk in jargon...which normal beings find difficult to pronounce!
8.They sing old hindi songs off key and seek ransom just to shut up!they usually hold two pieces of stone..and make a "tap-tap" sound with it...i find them fun though...try singing along...you may unnerve them;)
9.These are the far relatives of the sleeping beauty...the only sad thing is that they are not as pretty as her!they jump into the upper berth and go into coma-like sleep!They are some who manage to sit and sleep as well..usually with their mouth open!
10.The most irritating of all co-passengers...are by no doubt the pesky kids.They jump up and down...seek attention non-stop...wail...fight with other pesky kids..throw plastic wrappers and groundnut-peel all over your head..stamp on ur feet...and the one thing u find most difficult to forgive is....address you as aunty[only when you thought that the pink top you were wearing makes you look really young:( !!!!!]
Who said train-traveling was not fun?;)
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