3 Unwanted Journey....

he will go to Mumbai.... no other option... "some hard words were used by my dad as he was adamant on sending me to Mumbai for further education after high school.... and me a poor child of her Mom was not ready.... I cried so much and pleaded to him not to send to Mumbai but in vain... I got high fever that night.. and next day at 5am was my train from Jhansi...mom also requested to reconsider the decision but Indian Culture.. Men Rules.... (at least that time in 1997 was the case..)... with 100rs in my pocket I left my home alone at 430 in the morning of 7th June and I still remember my first crush Sugandha had come to see me off on terrace... we used to call it "Chhat Wala pyar".....She waved at me and promised to write a letter... every 15 days.. til now not a single letter came... but feelings were so strong that she got married to a guy named Vaibhav only"...he doesn't resemble me though....

I came to Jhansi station.. my train was on time.. boarded a sleeper class.. my seat was upper berth... I went up n slept for 6hours till Bhopal came.. cried a lot and slept.... had my mom given dabba n slept again due to high fever... n woke up at Bhusaval at 8pm...thats when first encounter with a gay uncle happened... but stopped him n shouted at him... he went away.... slept again after having food...

woke up at 3 am when Thane station came... with loads of luggage.... and walked up to a rickshaw Wala...."Vrundavan chaloge"..? He looked at me and asked "paise hain.??"

I showed him 50rs note with pride... as 50were spent know train... India Today,Tea and Omelette... we used to get so many things at that time... in 50rs...

got down at Vrindavan society. walked up to 3 floors... and rang the bell... my uncle with a monkey cap on opened the door n showed me the way to my room n slept again... I got scared looking at him with monkey cap... and went inside... I was hungry so had lots of water.. and slept again...

next day at 9 am.. fan was off..... I thought electricity is gone... but it was my uncle who used to do this trick to wake anyone up and he continued till I stayed at his flat for 5 years....

to be continued.....