One thing that mumbai is famous for is its TRAIN ..... bt being brought up in mumbai ...."train" doesnt give a pleasant tone ....      i always used to wonder how can people get on that thing...always packed with people

bt since being in mumbai one has to come in contact with this lifeline of MUMBAI ....

5 years before it was my first time to travel alone in the cruel machine....
With a loud horn the train  entered the station  ... i stood near the door  waiting to get inside  quickly .....few people were alighting from the boogie .....before i knew  i was dragged  by a fat man's belly away from the train :(

 Lesson1 : Dont stand in fornt of the door....be in either left or right side of the door

Lesson2:  Let people alight then make your way in ..... 

Finally when i got inside i was like a football .....being stamped ....and pushed any where ...since my height was little less @ time i couldnt reach the handle bars .....so  i was on the mercy of the god.

Lesson 3 : Dont wear Chappals .....hard military boots would b preferable :D

Lesson 4 : Please put a deo....if nt for u bt for others
Lesson 5 : Please drink complan / horlicks/boost whatever  GROW TALLER !!!

So When i finally got alighted  ..  i was breathing for fresh air.....just when i thought it was all over i found a new hurdle ......"crossing the bridge" ....While  climbing the steps  i stepped on a aunties foot ... expecting a heavy shouting i was peading sorry ....before i could see her she was gone .... i was like dont people feel any pain in mumbai  ??

 Well this was my condition way back ...me  now ..with a  four year  exp in train traveling ...

standing near te door of train yelling " OYE JALDI CHADD RE" ....catching the tip of the door handle ...pushing the guy in front of me ... standing in the door  ....feeling the breeze ...giving a big smile to people  stuck inside  :D

While getting off giving a big elbow to the guy who was constantly spitting and whistling at girls ...before he could find out who it was the  crowd would shove him off... then immediately rushing to the bridge like a lion set loose .....Dashing off and  becoming a Part of  LIFE IN MUMBAI !!!

AruN