TIME AND TRAIN WAIT FOR NONE

 This is about an interesting event happened when I was an undergrad -

We were at the most anticipated part of our visit to Bangalore. The very thought of roaming around the lively roads of Brigade and other thronged shopping areas of Bangalore made us jaunty and buoyant. We as students, took lot of efforts to make this industrial visit really possible. A trip for two days from Trichy to Bangalore and that too with a tag of industrial visit doesn't seem to be an easy joke. We devoted nearly a month for all the arrangements including our boarding and lodging, train tickets, a hired vehicle to travel within Bangalore and other co-ordinating works to put everything in order.

        The first day of our trip was more serious as we devoted it entirely to serve the real purpose of our trip and visited companies and organizations related to our field. In the next day forenoon also we made a visit to a company. After a brief rest we were taken to famous 'baghs' of Bangalore. Being college goers, we find nothing impressive in parks. At that moment, our jubilant mentality and the nature's beautiful calmness

doesn't cohere. So we found it dull to just  roam around the park. Somehow we managed to get

permission from the staff who have been escorting us, for letting out to shop in the most famous bazaars of Bangalore. At about 5.00 pm we dispersed in the shopping area. We were instructed to return back to lodge at about 6.30 pm so that we would be able to catch our train departing at 7.10 pm. At first we determined to stick onto the time and started moving. But as we progress through the dazzling roads of the garden city we forgot the time. It was already 6.30 pm when we realised that we were late. Myself and three of my friends took an auto for our lodge. We calculated a time of 15 minutes to reach the lodge by auto, but alas, forget to include the hectic traffic in calculation. After a dozen signals, we managed to reach lodge only at 7.00 pm. Railway station was about a kilometer from the lodge. So in extreme edginess everyone started running towards the station with their baggages. Since my friend was ailing, we were happened to set back. Though i was nervous, I had a little hope on the procrastination of Indian railway. Unfortunately the train was too perfect on that day. Myself and my friend were able to see only the already departed train when we reached the platform. Suddenly to our astonishment the train slowed down and stopped. Few of our classmates standing near the door sighed us to get in. Then only realized that we were not the only two to be late, nearly half of our class were at the platform staring at the moving train. So some of us who have managed to get into the train have stopped by pulling the emergency chain. On one side I felt happy for getting into the train and on the other side, it was bitter to face its post reactions from both TTR and college authorities. But I never regret for this incident because it mended me to be punctual thereafter at any circumstances.