Delhi_to_howrah

I was bound to cal from delhi. Was travelling in 2nd class AC for the first
time, in the rajdhani for the first time.(opch thats lots of first times).Little excited about the travel. So i was in good mood when the train came and ran out to check if my name was really there. I was the last guy in the train.And and and and and and there was a 23 year old girl, dimple second last. (for those of you who didnot travel rajdhani, the last and second last guys have one compartment all to themselves).

dimple was slowly but surely emerging out of the bright reds of the setting sun in her "beautiful" dress all for me.

Very excited i go and sit in the train half an hour before the travel. one minute, two minutes....these days people dont have any time sense.....ten minutes....i see the door opening.....a gorgeous girl enters with a small bag. Uuper se aishwarya. Saamne se tho "nagma". I patted on my back.

surjith thu bahuth kismath wala hai. Train mein kuch bhajhan chal raha tha.
eeswar ko mano tho sab dhuk duur.
dukhon mein bhi suk ko dhoondo.....vague timing.

The girl is vey near to me. Searching for something. The seat numbers arenot
quite visible.
"what is the number of this seat"
"44-45"
"good god, ours(!!!) is the first seat"
"aunty aajao, hamara first seat hai"

abhi tak mein satva aamsman se jamein tak tho aa chuka huon. Then a pumpkin enters with two little kids. They too are like inflated balloons. I can never understand why people get kids for send off's. The little one started staring at me. I was kooing and he was giggling. par mera dyan tho kisi aur mein tha. So i could not continue for long. suddenly a "bulb" glows. Aunty doesnot have a watch.

"Auntyji time kya hua"
mmmm, looks at her hand and turns back "sweety, time kya hai"
"5-40, 5 minute aur bakhi hai". She tells me. nice voice, i wanted to tell
her. "Aap movies mein kyon nahein gaathi"

kya kare mere kismat khulnein mein 5 minute aur baaki hein. Mean while jagjit's arth songs have started. And by the time i realized my compartment was full of luggage 7 bags in total and no place to keep my legs too. Good atleast i will have apologies and a few more good words. She could see my discomfort in my face. Probably to distract my attention she smiled at me. (hai mein mar jhawa, long since i have seen one).

"aap karthe kya hein" (fuck man this is he best beginning i culd eve get)
"mein IIMC mein pad raha huon"
Aankein dugnein ho gaye. Gaal lal ho gaye. I hear some other voice in some other direction
"sweety bhi MBA karna chahtein hein". She gives a strange look to her aunty
probably saying "dont disturb "us""
"I am in my grad now. Whats your 12th percentage"
thats the next best question. "95%".
"Uffff, hum tho uthne soch bhi nahein sak thein"
"haan mein state ranker thaa" (dont laugh, i was 16th or so only thing is she doesnot know there are dozens in each rank).
"train is about to leave." Turns to aunty an says "aunty i shall miss you a
lot". "mee too" "bye aunty".
yes now the moment has come
yes now the moment has come.

both of them get up, she turns to me and says

"hai, i am sanjana... would have liked to talk to you but........bye, take care of my aunt she is travelling alone."
i giggled "bye".

Some thing was going on in the background that escaped me till now

rekhaon se maar kha rahein ho
thum ithna jo muskurarahein ho
kya ghum hai jisko chupa rahein ho.

"sorry there is no place for u to sit"
"no problem "AUNTY" I will go up."

thus started my journey of tanhayi till howrah.