Journey of life ... or ... life is journey - train to...

और लाएगी चमन में बागेबुलबुल बागेबहार,
गिर पड़ा जो साख से उसकी तरफ देखा न कर.

(reminds me of tree - leaf and wind story in my earlier bog!!)

It has been long time since I travelled in Indian railways and its always rejuvenating experiece.. specially when I travel in general class...

I tried to experiment it after long time since I had long weekend and wanted to have feeling again... not really general class I tried booking in reservation quota but it turn out to be same...

Full of people... doing up-down daily from morning to eve... from diversified group of people..trying everything under the sun in single compartment someone is reading others playing cards.. performing pooja and selling collectibles, trying to impressess others and what not??

Well the learning started from a girl... sitting alone and wondering why thre are other peoples without reservation while she has already made a booking... and the problem with somewhat pretty looking indian girl is they think everyone will get influenced by them... and to my surprise the guy sitting next to her was very much impressed!!! he and his friend on opposite side of compartment were trying to make poor joke of a poor child just to impress that girl... I wonder why??? its good to run after something... but bad to follow something blindly... and thts what these guys were after... poor guys they didnt notice signs of girl is already married and not interested at all... and I was more worried for child they were teasing

As it goes on we can feel the bond between two companions, fading away with the other leaving for his home, station goes the person forgets him/ her ... and train starts again...

It is always touchy to see relatives coming to drop other and then crying for them... but this time it was something different.. a sweet young couplle... they guy who was boarding the train and his gf was there to say him good bye... The moment was touchy as both were crying out loud... specially the girl...the guy kept promising... the guys came out of running train two times to hug her again...but she didn't stopped cying... I was wondering why he was leaving his dear one... why he can't stay after so much of the girl's indication to stay back... but who knows!!! the train started again.. I don't know it was an end or a begining... But while I am writing this I wonder either of the couple would have stopped crying and started "living life fully / enjoying life fully" without other... saying life has to go on... it is PAST!!

May be now they will forget each other like they would have met strage passenger in train of life.. but what matters is they cried sometimes together... and its upto them how they value it!!

A nice gjarati quote came to my mind with this.. "માછલી સમુદ્ર માં પોતાના વહેતા અનસુ ને ખોલી નથી સકતી !! " (means fish can not find its tears in the sea)

and that may be true for the relationships also... the couple may not even find their tears after couple of years

Any ways it was not an end for anyone... the one with daily routine will come back again tomorrow, hawkers has to be there to feed themselves.. .occassional passenger like me has to reach their destination... and train has to keep moving to make profit !! ultimately bottomline matters

sun will shine again tomorrow... with all new hope and opportunities... may be it will take some time... may be the eclipse last longer than expected ... but never loose hope...

People may come in life for a reason, a season, a purpose or anything else... at the end everybody's have their own tickets to travel!! Promises are no more important as they are not printed tickets... what matters is how we travel

A journey has to come to an end... to start new one!!