and they say there is no goodness in this world!
i want to share some personal examples which i have had with some indeed not so ordinary people.
i was coming from dhanbad to Kolkata via Black Diamond train.the departure time was 11.30 pm but that day the train was late by 3 hours. my tour wasn't planned and i had a waiting category ticket in the sleeper class. normally there is not much rush and i expected to get a seat. that day was different.
every compartment was filled with people and there were people sleeping on the floor in between the seats. Dhn to Kol is a 5hours journey and i reconciled myself to not getting a seat.i finally managed to cajole a person give some space to sit at the edge of a seat though it was very uncomfortable. Initially people were jostling for space and it was humid.however as the train started , things settled down. my bag was lying underneath the seat i was sitting.there was a aged bengali person sitting in front of me in similar circumstances who too was going to kolkata. we hardly exchanged glances and said few words. i was too tired and weary to strike up a conversation. for the next 3 hours i was awake. however with the onset of 4th hour i started drooping. suddenly at one station around one hour before arribal of howrah one side upper seat in the next cubicle got vacant and my sleepy mind just rushed to grab it.i thought i would straighten my back which was paining by now. but as was to be expected i felt asleep.
Next morning when i woke up the compartment was empty. the train was in the yard and it was around 8 o cloak. i looked for my bag but it wass not to be found. i cursed myself for the fiasco and cant really explain how bad a feeling it was. I filed an FIR for the bag at a police station though inwardly i knew it was hopeless. i somehow managed to get back home.
suddenly at 9 o cloak a friend called up my landlord to inform him that my bag was in safe custody of a person in howrah. i rushed to the address there. the same aged person who was sitting opposite to me on not finding me in the morning had waited for me but since i was sleeping he could not locate me in the compartment. he therefore thoght it wise to carry the bag alongside him. I was really impresssed with his wife as well who thought it his duty to inform me at the earliest. i did not have words to thank them.
well life shows the good as well as evil..but its the good that makes it worth living and forgiving the evil.
i was coming from dhanbad to Kolkata via Black Diamond train.the departure time was 11.30 pm but that day the train was late by 3 hours. my tour wasn't planned and i had a waiting category ticket in the sleeper class. normally there is not much rush and i expected to get a seat. that day was different.
every compartment was filled with people and there were people sleeping on the floor in between the seats. Dhn to Kol is a 5hours journey and i reconciled myself to not getting a seat.i finally managed to cajole a person give some space to sit at the edge of a seat though it was very uncomfortable. Initially people were jostling for space and it was humid.however as the train started , things settled down. my bag was lying underneath the seat i was sitting.there was a aged bengali person sitting in front of me in similar circumstances who too was going to kolkata. we hardly exchanged glances and said few words. i was too tired and weary to strike up a conversation. for the next 3 hours i was awake. however with the onset of 4th hour i started drooping. suddenly at one station around one hour before arribal of howrah one side upper seat in the next cubicle got vacant and my sleepy mind just rushed to grab it.i thought i would straighten my back which was paining by now. but as was to be expected i felt asleep.
Next morning when i woke up the compartment was empty. the train was in the yard and it was around 8 o cloak. i looked for my bag but it wass not to be found. i cursed myself for the fiasco and cant really explain how bad a feeling it was. I filed an FIR for the bag at a police station though inwardly i knew it was hopeless. i somehow managed to get back home.
suddenly at 9 o cloak a friend called up my landlord to inform him that my bag was in safe custody of a person in howrah. i rushed to the address there. the same aged person who was sitting opposite to me on not finding me in the morning had waited for me but since i was sleeping he could not locate me in the compartment. he therefore thoght it wise to carry the bag alongside him. I was really impresssed with his wife as well who thought it his duty to inform me at the earliest. i did not have words to thank them.
well life shows the good as well as evil..but its the good that makes it worth living and forgiving the evil.
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