Railway Diaries
We Indians have an incessant inevitable relationship with Railways. Our happiness and sorrows both pass through the labyrinth of the railway tracks. I have faced my most emotional moments standing on the platform of railway stations across the length and breadth of our country. It was just day before yesterday when a friend of mine shared a picture on his facebook wall in which two Indian soldiers where travelling by sleeping next to the toilets in absence of reserved berths. The gentleman TTE of the coach obliged to people who paid him hot in return for the adjustment of available vacant berths and those two soldiers did not fit into his criteria of business. So they were destined to acquire the floor space with two attached toilets and two doors on either side. Yes ! I mean the place near the toilets. The post abused the Railways for not respecting and helping enough the men who not only sacrifice their lives on the borders but also surprise the people of ...