i took train today. it was nice. i really enjoyed it. it has no correlation with the topic, but then there are times when you want to use certain words, and then you use them. Travails 🙂 word for today.
today was one of those days when you realise, that small things in life make you happy. I went to drop off my car for service, which is quite far from home. so then I decided to take a autorikshaw back, but my friend and adviser (and also the worlds greatest car tuner for me) suggested i take the train. well, this was the first time i was taking the metropolis’s extravagant Mass Rapid Transit System – which was Mass (it was a garguantian splurge of money), hardly rapid, but it was a system (well, a single drain pipe is also a system)- but this offered a very unique blend of sights, somehting which i have never seen in my life.
the first thing that struck me was the sheer size of these stations, huge- and DAMN lonely- i really wonder how on earth women go thru that place. I was spooked, and I am 6′ 3″, weigh close to 120Kgs, and have a few color belts in Tae Kwondo, Judo, and karate, so i say hats off to folks to like using it. There were no shady folks hanging around there, but the sheer size of the place- huge, no lights, and just outside there was so much traffic – it was the blatant imbalance of chaos between the outside and inside that throws one off.
the first few kilometers was over a highly developed and hyped peice of real-estate called the “IT Corridor” it was elevated, and it was those feelings that you get from seeing everything from above. beyond that, it was the most eclectic mix of poverty, modernity, nature and dirt all mixed into a heady concoction in order to make the 20 minute ride a very memorable one.
The journey took me through the city. I saw so much greenery. I saw many sights that I have never seen before. I guess this route gives you a different perspective on things. a view from the neighbours window. Thats what I call it. You always wonder- what does your neighbour see from their window – will it be different? what will it be? and thats what I saw today. The buildings were absymal – in a state of such shamble- but right next to these buildings were large pre-indipendece structures ,that blew ones breath away.
I think i iwll take this trip once more. Just to try and capture the sights again. Just for that reason. Once more.
hoping not to look too touristy but professional (1stop short of a tie and blazer) i took all these pictures from the car.