Karnataka Sampark Kranti

This should have been posted 5 days back now it'll just sound stale.

Circa June 8th 2005 : I packed up all my bags n said goodbye to Delhi, the occasion was completion of my B.E, had a tough time carrying 7-8 pieces of luggage, with the scar of the previous journey when i had boarded the wrong train instead of this one still fresh in my head i was hoping for an uneventful journey. Alas! it was not to be... the train hit a tractor on the tracks and 2 ppl sitting on it were killed.
I thought the villagers will set fire to our train, our sturdy engine managed to pull the train to the next station, we kept a watch for irate villagers who might storm the train and turn my worst fears into fruition.
Somehow all went well and our train rolled into b'lore city station safe n sound. A long wait awaited me at b'lore waiting for my next assignment i.e joining at infy.





Jumping to 1st April 2010: Packed all my bags n said goodbye to Pune, this time after my MBA, again travelling by the same train Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express. Apparently this train has two routes, one via Pune takes in-toto 44 hours from Delhi to B'lore, the other via nagpur-hyd, takes around 38 hrs for the entire journey. Earlier the SK Express(as announced on the PA system) had an awesoem pantry and lip smacking food but this time it was a huge disappointment, the pantry was only forcing biriyanis down our throats, me with my voracious appetite had to venture out to get delicious vadas n idlis from the platform, short journey but the recall value and coincidence feeling was awesome. Enjoyed every bit of it.
Last time i was totally alone but this time, friends had come to see me off, my bro had come down from b'luru to make himself useful with the heavy luggage, there were no boring moments this time.
But again a long wait ahead... dunno wat i'll do