Monday, January 14, 2008

A series of unfortunate events

It was morning 7...Sunday 13th jan...and i realized 13th is always an unlucky number

" maaeri galaaN o kardi maaeri akhaaN naal laDadi
maaeri yaad vo yaad vo aaeri
bhul gayee meraa pyaar, maaein bas lage mahine chaar
maaeri yaad vo yaad vo aaeri"

was the background music going inside my head...me ,tiwari and ravi at Kazipet station..i came even with out brushing my teeth..trembling in cold and holding each a coffee cup we fellas were waiting fr the train to hyd.

the last 24 hrs i had no food , no sleep and a lot of "blah" in my life b4 it..was feeling very hungry..thought we cud make it to hyd by 10 and will have a good lunch and then ll go fr FMS entrance.

So the mishaps started..

The lady with the charming voice announced " the train is running 1 hr late"..we looked at each other..tiwari from the very beginning was insisting ki "by bus" would be a better option..but i told to go by train ...now still we thought we cud make it..

8.30...train arrived..and till 9 20 no problem...but at some odd place near some deserted field the train stopped and dint move..we got know coz of some derailment in the track it will take the train 2 3 hrs to leave from there..

It was just the first shock..we had to reach hyd anyhow by 1 .So the "amazing race " started.
3 guys ..no food , no water , enough money and the spirit ki " we will do it". walked fr a mile through a country road till we we saw the main road. took some arbit bus and went to the nearest bus stand "jangaon" by 10 15. Anxiety was on top..if we cud make it..we looked at each others face and smiled...

caught a bus to "uppal" from there .And by God's grace we cud reach there by 1 .hastily we headed fr the exam venue by an auto and rest 3 hrs went well.

So we thought its over now..went to "haveli" ..had our first food of the day..it was the first chunk of food that went in to my mouth in last 36 hrs..i was madly hungry and finished a big bowl of biriyani.

Now we called it a day and started to head back to our beloved college. the last super fast to kazipet was still there..we 3 young guys cud manage to secure at least space fr our feet to stand.
but rush began to grow more and more..some 400 odd public in a single compartment..we felt like suffocated .as number of ppl began to rise..we decided to get off the train and wait fr the next.
i was near the door..i alighted..and just then train started..
tiwari and ravi still inside and my all belongings with him ..if i were lost then i dint hav a single rupee to even call somebody ( as my cell balance was zero)..but tiwari and ravi were trying hard to get out of the train.train was taking pace and ppl were chocked in like hell..
and final the both gave a try and jumped from the running train..oohh god..the most terrifying moment i was watching..by all good luck they landed (crash landed ) on ground..and we again looked at each other and grinned..

This was not the end though..the next train we thought of catching had even more rush..so finally left the hope of returning by train..it was not our day..So went to MG bus stand ..got a bus to warangal and finally at midnight 12 arrived at the college..

hufffff...it was a day ..but an adventurous one...

and still the song rings

" ab kyaa karooN kaase kahooN, ey maaeri "...







1 comment:

Venkat S Murthy said...

Oh my!,
u guys walked a mile!?
ate after 36hrs?
all that for appearing for the exam!
Alas tht shows ur dedication! :-)
so how many food-less weeks u guys spent for preparing?!..
jus kiddin man,

Nice post and a nice blog too..,