It is a cold Monday morning. I sat down to write the column on Palakkad railway station. Announcements, sounds of vendors, train horns, which geared me to pen this.
I am never drenched in the bare beauty of sunrise on Mondays as I always rush to get ready, pack my bag, to catch a train and the sense of being in a hurry. Railway station is a place where people don’t have time to greet familiar faces, as all are in A hurry to run towards their respective seats when the train arrives.
The train is my new dining hall on wheels. I finish breakfast well ahead of everyone else and eat in bigger bits without savoring the taste of food in just not to stand in queue in front of a wash basin. Another war between passengers is how to arrange baggage and luggage on top. Even stuff in all these stuff, views of roadways from railways are always mesmerizing. Beautiful landscapes which look like a captivating green carpet. At times, I feel the fresh breeze of rain romance; a sensuous touch of Mother Nature. But certainly this is not my journey to relish. Yet I start loving it as the day’s passes. Sweaty summer, cool autumn and chill rainy days change the mood of travel. One thing that never changed in the station, I heard,
Train Number 22610 Coimbatore – Mangalore Intercity Express is expected to arrive at platform number 2.
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