Every single time I embark on a train journey, I step on to the platform with an eternal optimism.
An optimism that has kept alive one of my deepest desires…. That a hot beautiful young single mallu gal would occupy the seat next to me, she would initiate a conversation with me and one things leading to other would mould our relation into something meaningful!!.
"Ding Dong!! Daivittu gamanisi…. Gaadi sankye ondhu muru…. " That’s how I usually come back from my fantasy and realize that it is still a desire. It was no different the last time I travelled on train.
So wasting no time I scan around my platform prying for that “fantasy-girl”….after completing 270 degree scan my optimism meter was down at a hopeless 10 from a cheerful 100. But as I entered the last 90 degree of the scan I find a perfect match!!! Voila the optimism meter shoots up beyond 100.
Loose fitting white top and casual blue jeans…. Lovely smooth hairs…. A pretty face….Just one bag ….heelless sandals…and more importantly no one with a big sticker screaming BOYFRIEND on his forehead around her…!!!
She looked slightly tensed and was constantly looking at her watch!!! "what to do babe…. Indian Railways…can’t help it " I empathize with her inside my mind. Just one bag was a disappointment as that ruled out me offering a helping hand.
A little later, I hear the hoot of the train…. I now had just one and only one thing on mind, on my lips…. It was a prayer….. "Let her be in my compartment…let her be in my compartment!!"
Train halts…I wait for her to board the train…but she seemed to be glued to the ground and really tensed and worried. I just couldn’t wait any longer and was about to board the train.. that I see her finally moving slowly towards the train. I follow her…my seat was 35, 4th compartment. She passes the 1st, 2nd and 3rd compartment…..now was the final test….!!!
She moves inside the 4th compartment and places her bag under the seat. By that time "mann mein mere 2-3 laddooo toh phut hi gaye they".
Now was the time to swagger and act cool. I strode in and placed my bag on the side rack and sat opposite to her and immediately started acting busy on my phone.
The train was still at the station, suddenly a sweat voice breaks the silence "Excuse me, do you know when will we reach the next station?" it was her, asking me…. Everything was working like charm…!! It was as if all the 33 crore God’s listened to my desire all at a time!!!
"In another 30 minutes or so… why what happened?" purposefully I add a question to keep the conversation going. "My husband is yet to reach the station, he has my mobile phone; so can I use your phone to just ask him where he is? Please?"
after the word “husband” I really didn’t hear what she said… I just nodded my head and went with it…!!!
The shock was too heavy for me to even wonder "How come all the gals you would be interested in are either married or in a relationship?? How??"
So, for sure I don’t think my next train travel would begin any differently!!!
:- The above is just an expression of the writer’s imagination and nothing more !
An optimism that has kept alive one of my deepest desires…. That a hot beautiful young single mallu gal would occupy the seat next to me, she would initiate a conversation with me and one things leading to other would mould our relation into something meaningful!!.
"Ding Dong!! Daivittu gamanisi…. Gaadi sankye ondhu muru…. " That’s how I usually come back from my fantasy and realize that it is still a desire. It was no different the last time I travelled on train.
So wasting no time I scan around my platform prying for that “fantasy-girl”….after completing 270 degree scan my optimism meter was down at a hopeless 10 from a cheerful 100. But as I entered the last 90 degree of the scan I find a perfect match!!! Voila the optimism meter shoots up beyond 100.
Loose fitting white top and casual blue jeans…. Lovely smooth hairs…. A pretty face….Just one bag ….heelless sandals…and more importantly no one with a big sticker screaming BOYFRIEND on his forehead around her…!!!
She looked slightly tensed and was constantly looking at her watch!!! "what to do babe…. Indian Railways…can’t help it " I empathize with her inside my mind. Just one bag was a disappointment as that ruled out me offering a helping hand.
A little later, I hear the hoot of the train…. I now had just one and only one thing on mind, on my lips…. It was a prayer….. "Let her be in my compartment…let her be in my compartment!!"
Train halts…I wait for her to board the train…but she seemed to be glued to the ground and really tensed and worried. I just couldn’t wait any longer and was about to board the train.. that I see her finally moving slowly towards the train. I follow her…my seat was 35, 4th compartment. She passes the 1st, 2nd and 3rd compartment…..now was the final test….!!!
She moves inside the 4th compartment and places her bag under the seat. By that time "mann mein mere 2-3 laddooo toh phut hi gaye they".
Now was the time to swagger and act cool. I strode in and placed my bag on the side rack and sat opposite to her and immediately started acting busy on my phone.
The train was still at the station, suddenly a sweat voice breaks the silence "Excuse me, do you know when will we reach the next station?" it was her, asking me…. Everything was working like charm…!! It was as if all the 33 crore God’s listened to my desire all at a time!!!
"In another 30 minutes or so… why what happened?" purposefully I add a question to keep the conversation going. "My husband is yet to reach the station, he has my mobile phone; so can I use your phone to just ask him where he is? Please?"
after the word “husband” I really didn’t hear what she said… I just nodded my head and went with it…!!!
The shock was too heavy for me to even wonder "How come all the gals you would be interested in are either married or in a relationship?? How??"
So, for sure I don’t think my next train travel would begin any differently!!!
:- The above is just an expression of the writer’s imagination and nothing more !
