Indians and Indian Railways are having one thing in common- their size..Both are so populised..Indian railways being 4th largest rail network of world and 2nd largest public sector employer in whole world...and about Indian population...has a world rank of 2nd in terms of numbers(will be 1st in 2035)...
Indians have a distinct behaviour when they have anything to do at railway station- take travelling in train, dropping their relatives, their eating n toilet habits..everything...
Taking a dig on travelling...Indians or say....we are always particular about one thing..that our luggage should always be placed in the space over our head...Counting through my travel experiences, i have always seen people arguing, fighting for some 0.5 by 0.5 ft luggage space..adjusting or throwing away other passenger's luggage..and adjust their luggage like putting their baby comfortably in a pram....if the space over-head falls short, they will keep the luggage near their seat in between the passage...giving trammelled ways to move...and more the size of person, more will be his luggage...Railways should introduce separate luggage coaches in the passenger trains...to promote peace and luggage-passenger integrity in the trains...
Relatives who come at railway-stations to drop their near-dear ones form another exciting class of travellers...As soon as the train comes...the relatives along with passenger who is the real one to travel..get ready to do a high jump towards the train...After making the passsenger comfortable and exchanging a final warmth feeling with him, they try to move towards the exit door of the wagon..pushing n pulling other passengers out of their way...though, most of the times they will deboard somehow..but in many chaotic cases, relatives also become part of the journey...an extra luggage of the passenger...and giving some extra revenue to the railways in terms of fine...You can't take this risk in newly introduced trains-Durronto express...because it has no other stoppages in between and you will straight reach your destination..along with the extra set of your relatives...
Eating and Toilet habbits are other prominent look-at points at railway stations and trains...Railways lines not only serve as the lifelines of the country but also the toilet-lines..As 40% of population of India still does n't has access to toilets...they consider to put everything out of them on railway lines....one mug of water along will be handy for cleaning...all done under open skies..even the birds flying above feel embarrased and consider themselves more civilised then Indian humans...Eating habits of travellers also depends on their origin...Southies will feed on Idli,vada, sambhar...Northies will feed heavily on paranthas and tea...and all waste then thrown on railway lines....and no one bothers as it all has to be taken out on raliway tracks only..either by puking or shiting...
Railway stations too form a mini-India in itself...especially the New Delhi Railway Station(NDLS) n Mumbai's station...People from all origins..all 28 states n 7 UTs can be found moving here...doctors, beggars, teachers, students, engineers, govt. babus, peasents, workers..all professions.......hindus, christians, sikhs, parsis, muslims..all religions n castes..evryone can be found on NDLS...anyone can hardly disagree...its an example in itself of the place of national harmony n peace.....
Railways are having a whole ecosystem in itself..n we need to improve our travelling n living habits to make this ecosystem more livable and adaptable...Long live Indian railways!
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