Monday, March 21, 2011

A place beside the heaven



The males who travel by local trains in Mumbai will surely know the heaven which I am talking about. Yes it’s the ladies first class and the place beside is the common/gents compartment which is separated by a netted partition. You can notice many occurrences which will make you smirk. If you have observed that just after the partition there is a 9 seater bench not facing the heaven and after that there are two 3 seater benches just opposite. Now no one wants to sit in the 9 seater but wants a seat in any of the 3 seaters. Getting a seat in the 3 seaters is like an athlete’s dream coming true of achieving a gold medal in Olympics. This portion becomes the hot portion of the journey and the two 3 seaters becomes the hot seats. And the portion other than this will not be so much crowded. All the eyes present in the compartment are pulled towards the heaven. The people there would not be aware about who is beside them, behind them or even close to them but will be attentive about the things happening in the heaven. People even wear sun glasses inside the compartment even on a rainy day. There are groups of people who sing songs only if they get a seat in this portion. I too am a regular nominee of the hot seat that’s the reason why I am very familiar with it (just an equivoque).
These small small instances, some smiling sequences and many different occasions makes Mumbai my favorite place to live. I love Mumbai.


Note: The above passage is just pun intended. It might not be about any realistic sequence.

No comments: