Yes.I still will write in a supposedly wrong category which makes sense to me! Please feel free to judge the "fitness" of the review.and if it still doesn’t work…Keep trying!
"Delhi Metro still welcomes you".I remember not long ago, penning a review on how metro has changed a lot of our lives.it surely has.but then someone great somewhere said."change is the only constant in life".before Metro could change our lives.we changed.I mean, we changed the Metro itself!
Metro travel still is considered one of the easiest way of getting around in Delhi..you just need to reach the metro station, *15-20 min before the time of departure of the train which will enable you to reach on time.wondering on why the 15-20 min gap.well.you might just:
- Keep standing in the awfully long queues for tokens if you are not a “SMART CARD” owner…I can foresee RGV making a sequel film( he is the only one who keeps doing it…always!) in which the hero proudly can say…’mere paas smart card hain…tere pass kya hain’? For all those ignorant people, this is a pre paid card for metro travel…with each trip, money keeps deducting…and if you are smart…you can travel on a negative balance too…that is why the card is SMART!
Get a full body/bag/lunchbox/laptop etc checkup at the security counter…With the anti social elements( No, I wasn’t referring to third rate TV sting journalists, rich drunk brats or middle aged child abusers…those are society now!)…constantly referring to Metro as the next target before 15 Aug, 26 Jan, 2 Oct, Eid, Diwali, Christmas, Boxing Day, Granny Day, A Day, B Day etc…poor security guys have a tough time…and if you are getting late to office because of these checks. I am sure you may just turn out to be the next anti social element!
So now you have reached on time and have the card in hand…half the battle won! The next battle is to get in the train…You can “TRY” to get in the metro at peak hours and may be once a while, “DREAM” to get a seat as well…no, I am not exaggerating…this is a soul stirring revelation of a user who just cant dream it right!
With experience, I have realized that:
There aren’t peak and non peak hours at some stations…they are always teaming with people…a reflection of a city bustling with life…!
Users are “SMART”…and I don’t mean that in the card way only…*we know how to bend, twist and just asphyxiate the rules, if we do have to obey them!
Mobile phones are best left at home…or may at least some of their users at least! Some of the ignorant mortals refuse to realize that headphones have been invented…blaring music is the “IN” thing…and Himesh rocks…you just cant escape his nasal voice drumming away in one compartment or the other!.
Women are women’s best friend and worst enemy…if you survive the aunties and the kids of the world(wonder…sometimes Himesh sounds way better than that irritating kid who refuses to understand that daddy dear has said bye at the station and the poles in the train are not for belly dancing!), * you are confronted with girls…who have/don’t have/aspire to have/wish they didn’t have boyfriends who they have to shout( no one talks…)/cajole/caress/hug/fall/stumble/fight with…!
Men who refuse to grow up…they have to ogle, pass comments, pinch/fall/push(depending on the right opportunity) you…thankfully drunkard men are pretty safe…they *just pass out before trying out anything!
Does the category now make sense?
As someone who still stands by/in the metro…I feel it has made us change…even if there are 100 who refuse to obey the rules, misuse the facility…there are 5 who want to make an effort…the stations are not sparkling clean…but yes, users do drop that empty wafer pack in the dustbin…never mind the queue breakers, there are still gentlemen, who make way for women and children and don’t push and shove…so in a way, the city which promised to make a difference…have tried!
As a regular metro user, I am satisfied…this one was just an outburst of a woman who:
Did not manage to get a seat both ways and stood standing for close to 2 hours…! Where have all the gentlemen gone?
Heard(Remember this being the “IN” thing…) **India’s batting order crumble like a pack of towed away scooters…how I wished…longed…for the nasal Himesh…!
Got almost killed by an almost drowsy soul who had may be had one or two drinks over his capacity!
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