ritershivaram's blog

Once, I had to travel to Bangalore with my 3rd son (studying pu II) by train. I bought tickets,the train was about to departure. We both got up a bhogi, but didn’t get seats comfortably (as it was lavatory side). I told my son:  to take care of luggage, I will search out seats in another bhogi. When I went and found a bhogi, wherin a couple sitting comfortablly and talking together. I asked can I come there and accompany them with my s on. They agreed.  Immediately, I rushed with my son to that bhogi and occupy seat by their side.

By the time my son laughed at that woman (38-40) calling anty… because he knows her as the mother of his class mate. So I became really happy with the company we had to travel allalong. I introduced myself with her husband also and had some talks.  In the next five minutes train started to leave the station. Her husband got down as he just came to drop his wife. Acutally he was satisfied as his wife got a good company in travelling.

I started conversation with that fair lady who is a post graduate(M.A)having two kids, but still she likes to reamin as house wife only.  My son was sitting in the opposite seat gazing us. Keeping distance not only in talks also, leaving a seat’s distance between us, talks were going on by pause breakes.Suddenly a young man seems to be aged 30 came with his small boy (5yrs) tried to occupy the seat vacant between us. His small boy rushed and got sit by the side of the woman,but this fellow the father of that smally boy, draged his son’s  hand and dumped him towards my right side and sit close to the woman with whom I just acquainted. I don’t know how,I raised to the situation and told him politely “I know that lady, you come on man to my right side seat with your son” His face termed redish, and he simply obyed.  As a aged person (having 3 sons), even then , I was still  hesitating to sit in my left side close to that  woman just I knew her,  but an young stranger similarly not at all,what was his intention…?  Any how, he sat with all shyness, difficulty. In the next station he went away to to the birth which is just behind us. Now,the woman sitting close to me and a another women sitting quite opposite to her, both  are laughed at me. Then, I accompanied throught the journey with that woman very freely as if I know her since long time.