Well, the travel was a nice change, after a long time. Almost after six years! This gave me a good opportunity to note various kinds of people and their behavior under varied circumstances.
At a "romantic" night a newly wed couple who were on their honeymoon and having dinner on a beach side restaurant I observed the young wife, neatly dressed and her husband. The look on the wife's face was so strange. It was almost blank. The way she held the pizza-triangle in her left hand and munched on a small bit, forcing her lips to remain closed, made the entire scene so mechanically romantic. I hope, I am proved wrong in my analysis. Honeymoons should mean excitement and fun and laughter all through. On the contrary I had the opp. to get acquainted with two middle aged couples. Boy! they had a gala time on the whole trip, their tiny toddlers along with. No doubt, I vouched for the plan, that it is a good idea to go for one's honeymoon, after a certain period of time, say an year or so after the marriage, especially in cases of "classical" arranged marriages in India.
Another individual who left an impression on my mind. This time in the dirt filled road leading to "Traimbakeshwar" temple on Maharashtra's state transport bus. I observed the lady bus conductor. Now, for someone who has ventured not much out of Delhi, a lady bus conductor is in itself a "big thing". But what I noticed, was her smart, middle aged matured look and the way she carried herself during her duty. I really admired her professionalism and efficiency of work.
Just wondering, how it would to have a lady bus conductor on Delhi's blue line buses :). Just contemplate the situation that she is asking an elderly man to step back from the gate. "Arrey taaoo....paache na holey..."
ah so you've been travelling! good good!
ReplyDeleteAbout the female conductors, its not that uncommon in bangalore, specially on its "luxury" buses, and they're usually as good or bad as any other conductors.
Interestingly, I think an experiment was once made to have lady conductors in Delhi, and it failed miserably, because soon they had to add one helper for the female, to protect her, or some such thing!
I also saw a female auto driver recently, that was a first. And I was disappointed/relieved ( don't know what) to see that she was as hopeless and aggresive as most of the other drivers I've seen here.
Kahaan ghoomne gaye the aap???
ReplyDelete@Priyesh
ReplyDeleteNew Delhi -> Goa -> Mumbai (1 night) -> Shirdi -> Nashik -> Traimbakshwar -> Back to Nashik - > Mumbai (3 nights)-> New Delhi
:)