Bangalore is an IT hub and a decent chunk of those employees are from North India. Many of these people board a train from Bangalore to Delhi. The train that departs from Bangalore to Delhi has following characters on board :
A family that does not talk to anybody : This gang has husband wife and young kids . More often than not the guy is from IT and had accumulated lot of money. Parents of this family speak to their kids in English. At times the wifey is little bad with English but still tries to speak in .They are happy among themselves and seldom speak to co passengers. Never to bachelors.
A family that does not talk to anybody : This gang has husband wife and young kids . More often than not the guy is from IT and had accumulated lot of money. Parents of this family speak to their kids in English. At times the wifey is little bad with English but still tries to speak in .They are happy among themselves and seldom speak to co passengers. Never to bachelors.
Young IT girls : IT girls from Bangalore to Delhi usually travel in huddle of two or more. They are happy among themselves and do a lot of infamous bragging and back-biting.They don't speak to co passengers unless they don't have ticket or they have a waiting list.Sometime even if they have confirmed ticket, they talk to above family.
Without ticket guy: This guy travelling in sleeper class either does not have ticket or has a general class ticket. This guy goes to the chart outside various compartments and finally short-lists one which either has probability of finding seats or finding young girls. He becomes a fugitive when TTE comes and is seen running here and there when TTE comes. toilets are his favourite locations, but boasts about travelling without ticket to co passengers later on. He is ready to spend first night on floor , hence carries newspaper and a sheet for sound sleep.
Waiting list man : This guy is always seen running here and there behind the TTE . He has ticket in waiting and tries to get it confirmed on board. He follows the TTE like his shade from one compartment to other back and forth to get the ticket confirmed. If the energy of this guy is channelized , India can get a medal in marathon .TTE finally charges 200 Rs of bribe and gives him confirmed ticket(s) from Bhopal for the coming night. Mind you from Bhopal train has dozens of vacant seats but this idiot bribes 200 Rs for that . The without ticket guy gets seat from Bhopal without bribing anybody. He laughs at the waiting list man!!
Sutta smoker This guy is a character. He is scared of smoking in train as it is prohibited but the urge always take over. He is in a gang . If not , by the end of the journey , he has a gang. if he forgets to buy a smoke, is seen talking to the biryani guy to arrange a sutta for him , every time he comes to sell the Biryani . He always get stares and is looked down by passer bys while he is smoking. At the max he gets a scold from aunty jee or elderly for smoking after which he and his smoke move little further. But actually he does not care . What he cares about is his lady in the hand.
I dont care guy : This guy pretends to be cool dude . Usually has lot of money. Carries Expensive phones,bracelets,shades and has spikes . He is like " YO BABY " . Fellow passengers laugh at him but he does not care . He listens songs , watches video on phone . He acts like travelling alone . shakes head with earphones on . Survives on lays, cold drink and plum cake.
I don't get enough air guy : This guy has a confirmed ticket to start with. But the without ticket guy generally has the privilege to use his seat all day long because this guy does seem to be getting enough air while sitting on his seat.He likes standing on door to get the air at 65 km per hour , He stands there and standss and standss and standss, comes back to his seat for 5 mins goes back and stands and standss and standss on the door fighting against the air every inch of his body.
The pattebaazzz : This is another crowd puller gang sometime known , while at times unknown to each other . These guys play cards for long hours and are very proud to kill time without bothering for it. The onlookers have their share of entertainment too. they shout , LOL and have a sheet to throw cards on. Their streak is generally halted by the lunch or if some station approaches. And halt is generally requested by the ones who are on loosing end. They stretch their body for 5 mins once they stop playing after long hours.
a guitarist : This guy is like an entertainer . He plays guitar and people appreciate . Kids from adjacent compartments come see him play , rush back , come again . This guy does not like stations. As station comes everybody is eager to have a tea on station and this guy loses focus . This guy tries to show off to girls passing by and in nearby compartments but always fails.
The other sex : These Eunuchs are another important part of this journey . They can board train from any station to any station. They are like policemen seeking hafta . They generally look for weak targets who are scared of their condemnation. Once they locate the target , they use various tactics to get the money from them like touching them here and there ;) , lifting their saarees , kissing apart from clapping .
Jameen Ka Aadmi : This buddy was never meant for train . Ye Jameen se juda aadmi h (he is connected to the soil) . He never misses any opportunity to get down from train on every station. Apart from stations he can be seen on the track , nearby the track whenever train stops for a technical halt, technical fault , a red signal , for train crossing, somebody pulls a chain. As soon as train speed goes below the speed of 10 km per hour , he is near the orgasm and attains when he gets down on train halt. He can be seen boarding the train in last. he likes running a bit with train before boarding it.
a gizmo kid : This kid generally belongs to the family discussed above. He is a GIZMO . has a specs on the nose and plays games throughout the journey. Parents struggle to feed him . He does not like interruption . He rarely looks at co passengers . He is low on confidence and as soon as he makes an eye contact with co passenger , shies away behind her mother.
Laptop guy: Last but not the least , this guy has a laptop and battery connector near his seat. Generally carries ANDAAZ APNA APNA , BORDER , LAGAAN and RAM LAKHAN in his armour. He is crowd puller . He keeps the laptop on the food serving stand on side of compartment and starts the movie. People start gathering and have paisa vasool entertainment .
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