Back to home- 27th june 2008(Part 2)

It was 1 pm and i squinted at the nearby screen to check my status. At my second glance i observed no. 2203 which was the no. of train on which i was supposed to board. i wasn't able to note my platform no. as the message was replaced by other. Now my eyes stuck on that screen to get the platform no. of my train and fortunately i got that in a minute or so. ya the no. was 2203, garib rath express and suddenly by pupil got flared by the present status which indicated that train got cancelled and a terror of not getting another train struck me. i rushed to the reservation counter nearby to check if there is any vacant seats for today's trains like a man with a penny in his hand heading toward las vegas to become millionaire. I waited in line for 15 minutes and atlast i could see an obesed lady on the counter. she underlined one rule on my e-ticket that those tickets can't be cancelled on counter which even dumbest person on earth would have read. i don't know why these government officials are gifted with this type of inelegant, graceless nature which compell them to respond in rude manner before coustmers could say even one word. When i enquired her about any vacancies in trains from delhi to amritsar she gave me such a solid stare as if i asked wierdest question in this universe. I left immediately as i knew for sure that this will not work and now i have to search for another solution either bus or get one ticket in black. An agent offered me ticket of ac three tier at 1000 bucks which i refused without any bargain as bargain would end up price at 800-900 and i don't wanna pay such a huge amount just for the journey of 6 hours. With low spirit i collected my baggages and asked a lady assistant of waiting room, who was punjabi and might had some symathy toward me, about any train to amritsar and possibility of gettinng a seat. She told me that there is a train standing right now on platform no. 7 and will leaveto amritsar in sometime and i might end up with 1 seat if i could bribe TT of train. At this moment all your moral values against corruption fades away and you search for fastest way to reach home. By carrying three heavy baggages i reached platform no. 7 through stairs which rose my heartbeat to maximum one could ever achieve. Luckily there was a train standing over there but no trace of TT. I dragged my bags and my body to the end of train where i thought possibilty of TT was maximum. i encouter two TT and requested them for ticket but they told me that they were going on another train which made all my efforts in vain. Atlast i could spot one more TT and i thought he would be last to whom i am going to request so i asked him about vacancy as my train had been cancelled. He retorted that this will fetch me a fine of 200 buck and ticketof 120 rs. This was really cheap deal and i dragged my luggage on the seat no. which he gave me and the fine which he told me was just another term for bribe. now i was travelling in normal train which had its windows open to feel the outer beauty rather than just emotionless view which one encounter when one looks through glass of AC compartment. With fastmoving train my ideas started flowing fast which were related to humanity,GOD,religion etc.