Train Train
“Thanks a lot to the increasing number of passengers, that the Trains between Mysore and Bangalore still are a first choice for most of the people, in spite of the single track. This is what precisely takes, the train 3 hrs or more to finish a journey of 139 kms, which is a devastating slow in today’s world. The journey can easily be taken up in 2 hrs. At least this is what I believe. Yes, there are trains like the Tipu Express and the JanShatabdi, but the timings of those trains are not in terms with the requirements of Office goers and the like who travel on Official Purpose.
I travel every weekend to Bangalore and feel, the journey from Mysore to Bangalore is always fresher than the one back.
But in spite of the time factor constraint, I prefer Trains for reasons more than one. First is there is lot of space to relax and move around, something, which road transport will never be able to provide, unless at a very luxurious price. Then there is this availability of light after dusk, so that people who prefer reading can at least keep doing so. Of course, there is the mighty Volvo for this need, but, then it seldom relates to the Common Man. Then of course, there is the washroom, for delight when nature gives it’s way . The Train journey is also cheaper than the bus journey at any time.
There is lot of hustling and bustling in the Station, once there is a Train ready for departure to Bangalore. I always, have something like the “Bisi Bisi Masale Dose” as a mandatory ritual, because, the catering service of the local vendors, has just two things to offer. The “Bisi Bisi Maddur Vade” or the famous “Churmure”. So, if you are unlucky to board the Train, while still hungry, it is going to be a terrible experience, with you, gazing at the “Maddur Vade” laughing away at you. Of course, it s a delicacy in this part of the country and true, people like it a lot.
Other than this, we can actually, see a lot of local passengers who are either coming back from work, usually in evenings, or they are going to nearby locations for some work. Life glues itself as a part of the whole scene. I believe, if you want to see all aspects, of life, travel in train and that too in the general compartments, where life is teeming with activity and shows all its colors of joy and sadness. There are a lot of small children to be seen, copying away the tea vendors with the rhythmic “Tea-Choi” stuff.
We can see an Old Executive, lost in “The Week”, Grandmas sleeping away, youngsters in groups buzzing away, Mothers wooing their small children and young males from all categories from Monsters to the Meek. And there are people like me, jumbled and puzzled in the Tug-Of-War, one half wanting to interact with life and the other half trying to pull away into it’s personal world because of “INHIBITIONS” laid forward by the reservations in our society. But I try and overcome the INHIBITIONS and interact with life and get the feel of the world around me, meet its different kinds in form of people and then network my way into the world of Busy schedules and self attributed people, just to find the right people sometimes and get the kind of satisfaction which brings in “Inner Light”.
The Stations on the way are usually dark with less activity and lesser people. The park just before the Mandya Station, the sight of the Bangalore-Mysore Expressway (so it is called), and the focus light and big tower of the “Wonder La”, are few things which we can see. From Kengeri onwards, from where the Bangalore Station is just 10 kms, the Trains really slogs and take about 30-45 mins to make it to the Station, with a speed that makes me feel that the Train is a refugee in the “Thar Desert” and out of Water and completely broken, in a state of complete exertion.
Anyways, with all this, the journey comes to an end by the approaching signal to Bangalore and I come down, forgetting the LIFE which I dealt with for the last 3 (sometimes 4) hours and mingle back into the busy routines which life has to offer. As a Software Engineer, the journey is a very look forward respite from the general hectic life which is a part of us.
I travel every weekend to Bangalore and feel, the journey from Mysore to Bangalore is always fresher than the one back.
But in spite of the time factor constraint, I prefer Trains for reasons more than one. First is there is lot of space to relax and move around, something, which road transport will never be able to provide, unless at a very luxurious price. Then there is this availability of light after dusk, so that people who prefer reading can at least keep doing so. Of course, there is the mighty Volvo for this need, but, then it seldom relates to the Common Man. Then of course, there is the washroom, for delight when nature gives it’s way . The Train journey is also cheaper than the bus journey at any time.
There is lot of hustling and bustling in the Station, once there is a Train ready for departure to Bangalore. I always, have something like the “Bisi Bisi Masale Dose” as a mandatory ritual, because, the catering service of the local vendors, has just two things to offer. The “Bisi Bisi Maddur Vade” or the famous “Churmure”. So, if you are unlucky to board the Train, while still hungry, it is going to be a terrible experience, with you, gazing at the “Maddur Vade” laughing away at you. Of course, it s a delicacy in this part of the country and true, people like it a lot.
Other than this, we can actually, see a lot of local passengers who are either coming back from work, usually in evenings, or they are going to nearby locations for some work. Life glues itself as a part of the whole scene. I believe, if you want to see all aspects, of life, travel in train and that too in the general compartments, where life is teeming with activity and shows all its colors of joy and sadness. There are a lot of small children to be seen, copying away the tea vendors with the rhythmic “Tea-Choi” stuff.
We can see an Old Executive, lost in “The Week”, Grandmas sleeping away, youngsters in groups buzzing away, Mothers wooing their small children and young males from all categories from Monsters to the Meek. And there are people like me, jumbled and puzzled in the Tug-Of-War, one half wanting to interact with life and the other half trying to pull away into it’s personal world because of “INHIBITIONS” laid forward by the reservations in our society. But I try and overcome the INHIBITIONS and interact with life and get the feel of the world around me, meet its different kinds in form of people and then network my way into the world of Busy schedules and self attributed people, just to find the right people sometimes and get the kind of satisfaction which brings in “Inner Light”.
The Stations on the way are usually dark with less activity and lesser people. The park just before the Mandya Station, the sight of the Bangalore-Mysore Expressway (so it is called), and the focus light and big tower of the “Wonder La”, are few things which we can see. From Kengeri onwards, from where the Bangalore Station is just 10 kms, the Trains really slogs and take about 30-45 mins to make it to the Station, with a speed that makes me feel that the Train is a refugee in the “Thar Desert” and out of Water and completely broken, in a state of complete exertion.
Anyways, with all this, the journey comes to an end by the approaching signal to Bangalore and I come down, forgetting the LIFE which I dealt with for the last 3 (sometimes 4) hours and mingle back into the busy routines which life has to offer. As a Software Engineer, the journey is a very look forward respite from the general hectic life which is a part of us.
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