Nostalgia: Part 1
In my life, i have experienced many coincidences and my meeting with puspendra was also one of those.
That was the day when Roorkee's Mains was over. My examination center was in varanasi.Just after taking the exam, i set out towards station.At station, I asked a guy whether the ??? (I dont remember the name) train has left. He asked me, "Where am i destined to ?" I replied,"Patna". He told, "wow !! we (he was with couple of guys who also were stranger to him but on that station, became his "hamsafar" ) are also going to the same and btw train is on the station and it will leave in a couple of minutes. So we have to run." I told," Gimme one second, I will get a ticket for myself ." I was to rush towards the ticket counter to get one, but that guy told me that if i wanted to go for tickets it would be too late as the queue is longer, i saw the queue, it was not that long. Before I could make any decision, i found myself being literally dragged by that guy with him, towards the train. I dont know why but i couldnot oppose him. Probably i wanted to go home as early as possible so i didnt want to miss the earliest train, so i didnt oppose him. That was the first time in my life when I was travelling without ticket or WT. But I had a fear that what would happen if TTE comes to check our tickets. My heart beat was really pumping with the speed of a bullet train. But that chap, was as relaxed as if this entire train is his property. I asked him," dont you fear from TTE ? ." He replied," There is so much in life to fear from so why to get afraid from a TTE who is a gentle human being ?". After that i was also getting relaxed, and since that compartment of train had many clusters of examinees and that too mostly from places near to patna or patna itself, so everyone was doing fun. In the course of time, that chap started telling some non veg jokes. I was not used to such jokes but those jokes were funnier enough to make me and other co-passengers laugh. A station came and to my worst luck and greatest fear, I found a couple TTE's coming inside our compartment,I couldnot understand what to do ? I was shivering with the fear but that guy, still relaxed, told me,"Why are you afraid ? Nothing will happen. Just follow me." He boarded off from the train from the other gate and told me to roam about the station as if you are waiting for some train to arrive. I tried to do the same way but my eyes were fixed on the gates thinking what would happen if TTE wont come out of the gates. But to my luck, TTE came out of the other gate and went to the adjacent compartment. Seeing TTE coming out of the compartment we again came inside the train. After that, the entire journey till patna was great as no TTE came to interrupt our fun fare and also everyone was in a mood to do his share of fullest masti.It was around 2'o clock when we reached patna. By then we had already formed a group of 6-7 fun loving persons. When we were coming out of the platform, we were trailing behind some guardians who came with their wards till the examination center. We heard some noises from the downstairs and as we came closer we saw TTE was in grip of those guys behind whose parents we were coming. I was shocked and I told that guy ,"Ab to gaye kaam se. TTE ke haathon hum saheed ho gaye ab". That guy told, "dont worry". Before we could sense more and he could do anything, those guardians were shouting on the TTE's for their misbehavious/misconduct with their wards(TTE thought those were the guys who traveled WT and they were lying when they told that the tickets were with their parents who were coming behind. In the course of all this, TTE also used some abuses.). TTE was so much shocked after the verbal onslaught of those parents that he didnt even ask us of our tickets. Huh !! we in our hearts said thank to those parents and now we were out of the station. Now it was late night. Some of us had to catch bus which would leave in the morning and some had no means to go their place at that time. So everyone of us agreed to do bc(BC..I came to know of this word only in IIIT ) till the morning outside the station itself. Everyone of us shared our telephone numbers and addresses. This was my first meeting with that chap whom we now call popy or pushpam or puspendra.
Then I again came to find him on my examination center of IIIT's exam.After that day we didnt meet. And when the IIIT's results were published, he called me. And to our surprise our ranks were also closer to each other.(His was 278 and mine was 285).
Well !! The first impression which I got on the train itself, of him was that he was a very tough and also rough guy. But later on after being with him for the past 4 years, i can say it for certainty that i was wrong. He is definitely one of the most sensitive and the purest soul i know of. He rather doesnt show his feelings to other and always tries to show how rough and tough he is. But he always try to cheer up others. And that's the reason why he can make friends very easily. This is the reason i tell it to everyone that you can find many "pankaj" everywhere but it is always rarest to find even a single "puspendra" out of the oceans of humans residing in this world.
One thing i feel really bad about him is his habit of hiding his pains. He can share his happiness with you but he always tries his best to hide his griefs with even his friends.
That was the day when Roorkee's Mains was over. My examination center was in varanasi.Just after taking the exam, i set out towards station.At station, I asked a guy whether the ??? (I dont remember the name) train has left. He asked me, "Where am i destined to ?" I replied,"Patna". He told, "wow !! we (he was with couple of guys who also were stranger to him but on that station, became his "hamsafar" ) are also going to the same and btw train is on the station and it will leave in a couple of minutes. So we have to run." I told," Gimme one second, I will get a ticket for myself ." I was to rush towards the ticket counter to get one, but that guy told me that if i wanted to go for tickets it would be too late as the queue is longer, i saw the queue, it was not that long. Before I could make any decision, i found myself being literally dragged by that guy with him, towards the train. I dont know why but i couldnot oppose him. Probably i wanted to go home as early as possible so i didnt want to miss the earliest train, so i didnt oppose him. That was the first time in my life when I was travelling without ticket or WT. But I had a fear that what would happen if TTE comes to check our tickets. My heart beat was really pumping with the speed of a bullet train. But that chap, was as relaxed as if this entire train is his property. I asked him," dont you fear from TTE ? ." He replied," There is so much in life to fear from so why to get afraid from a TTE who is a gentle human being ?". After that i was also getting relaxed, and since that compartment of train had many clusters of examinees and that too mostly from places near to patna or patna itself, so everyone was doing fun. In the course of time, that chap started telling some non veg jokes. I was not used to such jokes but those jokes were funnier enough to make me and other co-passengers laugh. A station came and to my worst luck and greatest fear, I found a couple TTE's coming inside our compartment,I couldnot understand what to do ? I was shivering with the fear but that guy, still relaxed, told me,"Why are you afraid ? Nothing will happen. Just follow me." He boarded off from the train from the other gate and told me to roam about the station as if you are waiting for some train to arrive. I tried to do the same way but my eyes were fixed on the gates thinking what would happen if TTE wont come out of the gates. But to my luck, TTE came out of the other gate and went to the adjacent compartment. Seeing TTE coming out of the compartment we again came inside the train. After that, the entire journey till patna was great as no TTE came to interrupt our fun fare and also everyone was in a mood to do his share of fullest masti.It was around 2'o clock when we reached patna. By then we had already formed a group of 6-7 fun loving persons. When we were coming out of the platform, we were trailing behind some guardians who came with their wards till the examination center. We heard some noises from the downstairs and as we came closer we saw TTE was in grip of those guys behind whose parents we were coming. I was shocked and I told that guy ,"Ab to gaye kaam se. TTE ke haathon hum saheed ho gaye ab". That guy told, "dont worry". Before we could sense more and he could do anything, those guardians were shouting on the TTE's for their misbehavious/misconduct with their wards(TTE thought those were the guys who traveled WT and they were lying when they told that the tickets were with their parents who were coming behind. In the course of all this, TTE also used some abuses.). TTE was so much shocked after the verbal onslaught of those parents that he didnt even ask us of our tickets. Huh !! we in our hearts said thank to those parents and now we were out of the station. Now it was late night. Some of us had to catch bus which would leave in the morning and some had no means to go their place at that time. So everyone of us agreed to do bc(BC..I came to know of this word only in IIIT ) till the morning outside the station itself. Everyone of us shared our telephone numbers and addresses. This was my first meeting with that chap whom we now call popy or pushpam or puspendra.
Then I again came to find him on my examination center of IIIT's exam.After that day we didnt meet. And when the IIIT's results were published, he called me. And to our surprise our ranks were also closer to each other.(His was 278 and mine was 285).
Well !! The first impression which I got on the train itself, of him was that he was a very tough and also rough guy. But later on after being with him for the past 4 years, i can say it for certainty that i was wrong. He is definitely one of the most sensitive and the purest soul i know of. He rather doesnt show his feelings to other and always tries to show how rough and tough he is. But he always try to cheer up others. And that's the reason why he can make friends very easily. This is the reason i tell it to everyone that you can find many "pankaj" everywhere but it is always rarest to find even a single "puspendra" out of the oceans of humans residing in this world.
One thing i feel really bad about him is his habit of hiding his pains. He can share his happiness with you but he always tries his best to hide his griefs with even his friends.
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