Tamil Nadu Express - எங்கள் உயிர் துடிப்பு - Vijay Baradwaj

-INDIAN RAILWAY TRAVELER SPECIMENS-
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PROLOGUE
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One of the beautiful rewards offered while travelling in Indian trains is that of an opportunity to know people of different parts of the country, talk, share views...
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and probably remain connected as friends for many days to come or in some slightly lesser occasions, for life. It so happens that these travels are where you have the highest probability of crossing paths with few of the most intriguing, interesting, amusing, weird characters who form the huge human treasure of our country.
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For me, travelling alone is never less interesting, although I would any day choose to prefer the company of shashank**, who incidentally happens to belong to the “amusing” category I mentioned above( but also note that he only amuses himself). This is when you have all the available time at your disposal for doing nothing, staring out or staring around and sleeping are the options mostly considered by fellow travelers, although there also exists our very own top 10 most followed options while travelling alone in a train of which we will talk later. There is rail fanning yes, but whatever am writing now is keeping in mind the average Indian, who in all possibility might not differentiate between a passenger and goods class locomotive and doesn't have to, of course.
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Evidently, I spend most of my solitary travelling time in watching around and observing what people do, entertaining myself oftentimes ridiculing few of them in my mind. Of all journeys I have made, most of them being in the southern side of India, few people exhibit character’s which gives you a feeling of déjà vu every single time. This narrative is based on few such unique characters which are right on the top of the endangered list of Indian railway traveler species.
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TO BE CONTINUED..