Beyond the Scene

IT STINGS…

I entered the compartment from Bhojo and sat down. I heard a horn and it was time for me to leave the place. Wandering here and there, looking out from my window saw a beautiful site. Something went wrong, I felt little awkward, it was a difficult situation for me. I went to the wash room. Shocked to see, no water, no mug and neatness can’t be explained. For a minute I was stuck. I returned back to my seat.

 I reached Guwahati the next morning.

I walked down the station and looked all around. Within few seconds my 100-watt smile turn into a fused bulb. I could see only the worst face of the station. The tracks were filled with human excreta instead of stones. Rats made their home and ate the waste. The pipe between the tracks were broken and water was flowing continuously. Beggars and handicapped children with their small plate.

I saw a TTE, came near and he gave me a paper.

At first my sight went to the name plate on his chest written Raghu Ram Rajput. The paper was to mark our opinion about the cleanliness of the station and compartments. I asked him why an opinion should be given as he can see the condition of the station. He only said two sentences to me in Hindi ‘hum iss railway meh kam karkke bees sal huve aur yaham ke halat kabhi badalne vala nahi’ ‘aadmi ko sudharna honga ya Sarkar ko’. [He has been working for 20 years and this situation is not going to change. Human or government has to change].

Anyway I marked it and he went for his duty.

I am still thinking that who have to change, the government policies or we humans……