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An Eventful Train Journey
Shantanu reached the railway station at night and immediately sensed that there was something wrong. He could not see his train anywhere. As it was midnight, the station was almost deserted. The few passengers that were present were not very receptive. On asking the station master, Shantanu discovered that he had come to the wrong station. The special train he had to board was to leave from the Old Delhi station. He was waiting at the New Delhi station.
The only consolation for Shantanu was that there were at least seven to eight passengers like him who had committed the same mistake. One such passenger suggested that they could wait at the station the whole night and catch a Varanasibound train in the morning. Everybody liked the idea as no one, including Shantanu, was keen to return. So the whole night, all the passengers slept in the open. It was a new experience for Shantanu but he did not sulk as he was desperate to reach home.
The train that arrived next morning was already jam-packed. Shantanu and his companions somehow managed to enter a general compartment. Shantanu could not remember the last time he had travelled in such a crammed train. Anyway, the journey commenced and Shantanu was hopeful that he would reach home by night. He had found some space to sit on an upper birth which was shared by six other passengers. Shantanu did not really care about his meals. He knew that once he reached home, he could eat to his heart's content. He chatted his way through the journey. The topic of discussion was cricket. The passengers were ruing India's first round exit from the recently concluded world cup. That day Shantanu realised that no journey was arduous as long as there was enough human company.
When the train finally reached Varanasi in the evening, Shantanu heaved a huge high of relief and alighted to go home.