tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567368472934030352.post2772296674590995562..comments2024-03-06T00:38:02.377-08:00Comments on ``Mysurean Musings: Train journey travailsDinakar KRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10148152470155668711noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567368472934030352.post-8985868888188927242013-10-10T02:54:20.364-07:002013-10-10T02:54:20.364-07:00Lovely narration of the happenings over a decade b...Lovely narration of the happenings over a decade back. True, they get etched in the mind!<br /> <br />I travelled with you to Jhansi through your narration.<br /> <br />It is a coincidence that in April 2002,<br />I too passed through Jhansi and Lucknow and further went to Gorakhpur with my colleague Murali <br />on an official trip. <br />Though eligible for flight, I opted to go with Murali by train and our Unit Head agreed, albeit with a 'why?'. Fact is, I have loved long train journeys. This one turned out to be my last long-distance travel [bed-ridden thereafter, in Nov'02 due to a neuro-surgery - & then recovery]. Back to the subject:<br />We too got off at Jhansi, stayed in the waiting room - had done the same at the same place thrice in <br />'77,'79 & 80. Then in the morning <br />boarded the train to alight at Kanpur - a few miles before Lucknow. Not much drama in my case. A ate tasty & hygienic breakfast at Pamam, a village station - Kachoris + Pedas.<br />Took a cycle rickshaw at Kanpur, stayed in a so-so Hotel. <br />Later got a ticket booked for the night journey to G'pur<br />- 'Amrapali Express' - <br />I love the name! At the station, I recall listening to melodious old Hindi songs on the radio at some Tea-stall. <br />Reached Gorakhpur in the morning to a good reception by the other <br />Bearings-vendor who later took us to Lumbini (Buddha's place) too. After a few days' Hotel stay at G'pur, returned to Mysore <br />from Lucknow to Bangaore via Mumbai by air and later to Mysore. <br />I had just managed to carry my <br />luggage which was "feeling heavier" to carry alone as there were already signs of my then unknown tumour near the spinal cord. <br />Life, for me and the family, took a different course thereafter<br />[Oct.2002].<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16824343747779049525noreply@blogger.com