Kids are the Future, they know it !!!
Date 13th May’2002
Train Bangalore-Delhi Rajdhani Express AC III Tier
Passengers Pattu (that is me, school nickname), Addu and Niddu
Travel Purpose Journey from Bangalore to Nagpur. Me going back home after more than a month. The time which was spent in Delhi, Nagpur, Chennai and Bangalore giving IITJEE, KCET and DA-IICT entrance, coaching and waiting for trains.
The Incident Now something about the incident, we had a family sitting with us in Train, uncle-aunty and two kids, elder son gave KCET like us and the younger one a school kid, maybe about 10-11 years old.
The Father-Son duo (the younger son) was sitting facing each other with the train moving in the direction where the Father’s back was, Kid says
“Dad, you are looking at the past, me at the future”That time I could just manage to smile at this, today I think I couldn’t have managed more.
P.S. - Thought of blogging this after I read about Sur’s incident on the same Railway route.
P.P.S- Although it’s out of context I would like to mention that this was the first time I was traveling by Rajdhani and the food was awesome.
Comments
10 comments from the original post:
Naresh — May 24, 2007 at 12:15 PM
Ishmart boy!bhai, smone mail me whr u guys live, how to reach thr 4m marathalli n other details at naresh.kodithala@wipro.comi ll come on saturday!
Smartalec — May 24, 2007 at 03:13 PM
yep! read this in ur comment at sur’s blog! some kids r way too smart! yeah! rajdhani’s food is awesome! but i guess airfare is cheaper as compared to travelling in the deluxe train…
A Little Light — May 24, 2007 at 05:51 PM
i ve gotta travel by rajdhani..never got the tickets so far!
desh — May 25, 2007 at 08:18 AM
its good try it once i wud say th AC Ist class is too good, they have separate food for them…:)
desh — May 25, 2007 at 08:19 AM
@nareshladka heera tha (as kikad says)@steveyep, air deccan is kicking th AC class of railways bigtime
Shelia — May 29, 2007 at 04:07 AM
Pretty profound.
Sur — June 05, 2007 at 02:29 PM
reminded me of those days when AIEEE, IIT etc. meant so much.as i said the kid was a real fundoo. apne dad ka bhi da tha voh! :P
desh — June 06, 2007 at 06:15 AM
u meant dad ka dad shayadanyway those days wr surely good
Cuckoo — June 18, 2007 at 02:59 AM
Do you like train journeys?I love them..love to be grounded.. If not flying then I almost always travel by Rajdhani [of coz Delhi should be one of the pts ;)].Food is not so good compared to what it was say 3-4 years back. Only once I shrieked when I found a dead rat when I unfolded the blanket provided. ;)My travel experiences are recorded here. Just started recording them. If you have time, go thru from the very 1st post. You’ll find the rhythm I think you’ll enjoy them as well. :)
desh — June 18, 2007 at 08:33 AM
even i have had my tryst with rats in rajadhani and other good trains, its annoyingi love traveling on train, i even plan to make a movie and write a book on train travelsok tht was too much but i love every bit of itsurely will hop thru ur travel exps.