A Journey in General

After 2 days of stay at Asansol and a couple of trips across the Durgapur-Raniganj-Asansol belt, it was time to go back.

With no confirmed tickets, I decided to board a train with a general ticket.

After all failed attempts of getting into an AC Coach, I got up on the general coach of the train I almost missed.

Nope. No place to sit. Neither did I expect any.

But then I was lucky enough to get sufficient room to stand - it was not as crowded as one would expect.

So I stood there near the door with nothing much to hold onto except for the handle bar of the door. With a poker face, I was mentally preparing myself for a 3.5 hrs journey while standing - worst case scenario.

45 minutes into the journey and a man sitting at a window seat turned around.

"Kothaye namben apni?", he asked in an authoritative tone.

(Where will you get down?)

"Howrah."

"Daariye aachen keno? Ekhane boshe porun", he said as he looked at one of his folks who hurriedly got up and sat on the other side which was already cramped up. (Why are you standing? Come sit here.)

"Thank you dada", I sat down. The poker face now was history.

Sometimes it helps if you look upset, helpless and lost! Or like a foreigner who just lost his tourist guides and maps on an ordinary Indian road.

He got down 2 hours later and the journey started to seem boring. It was the right time for music and the "berth" of this post.

The journey was comfortable. Thanks to the weather and thanks to music. But 'general' has to live up to its name. I guess this is what made the guy, sitting next to me, stink like something I still am looking a name for...

Until I find a name for it..

Kill the silent mode.. Talk for Inner Peace!

Silence is Golden. Silence is also a silent killer.

The recent spur of 'sensible' people committing suicide (some with their children), a recent article in ET and my own present 'silent' state prompted me to think over it.

People commit suicide mostly because they can't cope with a situation at hand. I would agree with the newspaper article that what kills them is not the issue they face, but the way they choose to deal with it - SILENCE.
  
When something bothers you and you don't share the issue with anyone, it starts taking toll on you.  You lose your cool, sleep and calm - Silence is killing you from within.

Anger and Serious problems - both need to be let out in some way or the other. Venting out the anger helps, cribbing about the problems helps. But being silent doesn't. And what works wonders is discussing it!

& here's something to remember:

DO NOT BORE THE SAME PERSON WITH ALL YOUR PROBLEMS. MAINTAIN A PORTFOLIO - DIFFERENT ISSUES FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE. :p

NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS (SOME ARE SO GLAD YOU HAVE THEM). BUT YOU MUST STILL LET IT OUT FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!

One must learn to share. Even if not one's happiness, one's sorrows must be shared.

As our beloved Kungfu Panda would put it.. the mission is INNER PEACE! :) 

When Saturdays are crazy, Sundays are bound to be lazy!

"A crazy Saturday leads to a lazy Sunday." - as Firdaus put forward one of his best one-liners, I was wondering was it necessary to watch 2 movies back to back with a Hookah session in between (Yes! I finally broke my Hookah 'vrat'), specially when we knew it would lead to a Sunday so boring?

Anyway, I should rather thank the heavy showers that didnt allow us to return home after the hookah session. Stuck in the rain outside Shimmers, we had to take a call..kya karein?

We decided to cross the lane and have some snacks/tea at Tea Junction.. the snacks were done, but the rain still had a lot to do. Delhi Belly came to the rescue!

Back to back movies. Getting wet in the rain. So much of fun. It was all worth it.

We did feel exhausted & fell asleep the moment we hit the sack back home.

The next day was spent mostly sleeping(Me), on phone(Rohit), relaxing in a productive way(Pankaj) and watching movies(Firdaus) or reading books(me) - both out of compulsion.

Sunday had to be like that!
Destiny? Karma? I would say both.

Till next time..