An Abstract : - Bahon ke darmiyan...The polyphonic singtone cried out of the cell phone from within the purse while i was getting down the auto-rickshaw near the Master canteen railway station.I answered the restless phone: Hello,where are you now,your phone was unreachable,i tried calling like a thousand times? The train just left Berhampur station,and the phone was unreachable as there was no network coverage till now,it seems it will take three more hours to reach Bhubaneswar,said the voice on the other side of the connection. By that time the auto-rickshaw driver was agitatedly howling Madam money ,madam money.The temper rose from my feet to the head with a lightning speed and i snapped back at the auto-rickshaw driverWhat is so hurry,am i going away without paying you,cant you see i am on a urgent call.Here the human is in such a tension and the impatient driver cant even wait a minute for his money,behaving as if his wife is running away with his neighbor;I said to myself while pulling out a ten rupee note from my purse.Here it is...your money.Take and bugger off.The auto-rickshaw driver went away mumbling something i could not hear.He sure was saying something vulgar i thought.Hello are you there? i said on the phone after the quarell with the auto-rickshaw driver.There was no response from the other side.The call had ended.I cursed the vodafone service provider with all the curses i knew.He said he just passed Berhampur which means it will take three more hours.I cursed the gods for the situation of waiting they had created.I went towards the station as i decided to wait at the platform without going somewhere else. I bought a platform ticket and went inside the station.It was 5.30 in the morning so there was not much rush at that time of the day.people who had slept on the platform the previous night were getting up one after the other.i went to a coffee shop and asked for a coffee.The announcement shouted Your attention please.Train no 12345 Mumbai-Bhubaneswar-Konark Express which was scheduled to arrive at 5 am is running late by three hours.The inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.I just hoped the number 3 not to change to 4 or 5 by the time the next announcement came.I bought a newspaper and found a secluded place to sit and pass the time.i plugged my ears with the headphones and turned the playlist on the music player of the phone to random mode.After reading for 10 minutes the song on the phone changed to the song Pardesiya ye sach hai piya....Images from the past started appearing on the page.The letters on the newspaper were no more visible.The movie on my mind had started.I sat motionless while a smile came to my face and went away with the same speed it had come and tears rolled down my face................
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:34:37 +0000
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