After first week of April, I was relieved. I was back to my normal schedule of leaving the office at 5:30 p.m. I used to get Saurashtra Express at 5:45. There was Express in the name of the train but…
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I was doing the overtime in the first week of April due to accounts closing work. During those days, I used to get Gandhinagar memu at 7:30 p.m. from Anand. Gandhinagar memu is the train for those commuters who work till…
“Rishi, you are falling ill quite often now a days.” Dharmendra Sir quoted after noticing my red eyes and coughing for a while. Since I started commuting, there was a huge fall in my immunity. Dharmendra Sir was right. I…
In January cold in Ahmedabad was at its peak. In winter, it gets difficult to leave the bed early in the morning. The temperature gets as low as 10° C or even 8° C. And one gets sound sleep between…
After the transfer of Rakish Sir, I started making new friends in the train. First one among them was Nikesh. He was working with Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB). Dharmendra Sir introduced me to Nikesh. Dharmendra Sir and Nikesh used to…
In the second week of December, Rakish Sir was transferred to Ahmedabad. His transfer letter arrived in the branch in the last week of November only but our branch manager was not relieving him. He instructed Rakish Sir to teach…
In the last week of November, transfer letter of Rakish Sir reached divisional office. “Dharmendra, today tell your boss to sign my letter and send it to the branch immediately,” Rakish Sir was in a hurry to get the transfer….
In India, there is one common color of trains. Most of the trains will be seen in light blue color with yellow stripes and yellow plates on it. Thus, it gets really difficult to find the right train on the…
It was the last week of September, 2014 and It had been over ten days of me doing the up down. Rakish Sir was happy that he is finally going to get transfer to Ahmedabad as I joined the company…
“May I have your attention please! Train no. 69108 Anand memu is arriving shortly on platform no. 2,” It was an alarm for me. I was taking a nap on one of the seats at platform no. 2. I woke…