Saturday, March 28, 2009

A nice journey





Blame it on the recession or the hefty and unethical fuel surcharges, I decided to take the train for a couple of long journeys. It turned out to be great fun, for one Indian railways has improved incredibly. The stations are clean, the cleaning staff are smart, trains on time...more needs to be done, but the pace and direction is good. I hope they keep up the momentum. This was Yash's first long trip. he had good fun, he would have preferred second class to the First AC. He is now trying to make long conversations with full sentences. I hope to understand these in the way he meant, soon.

It's his first, attending a big wedding. Refused to get off the stage. He was literally in every photograph of the bride and the groom. It was good exercise, chasing him. The journey also threw up some harsh realities, some parts of Rayalaseema are resembling a desert already. Hardly any water bodies in these places.

I would recommend a first AC journey to anyone, it's absolutely fantastic. hard to believe that it took a Lalu to make all this happen. I bet for many it's unreal. Guess thats what we need, some unreasonable mavericks.