I like sharing the stories that I come across while travelling in Mumbai local trains, maybe because every day there is something new and unique to witness.
Today I would like to share a experience that thought me a lesson and I would surely not forget this day ever.
Normally I am a person who draws quick conclusion, be it any important decision or views about human beings. Guessing about a person character is very mysterious and interesting thing. This guess work helps us out at most places, sometimes giving us wrong illusion too.
The incident starts: I was travelling home from office and it takes me an hour to reach my home from office. I prefer going office by train as its quick transport, and cheap too as compared to the bus service, but one thing that I really hate is the crowd as I travel during peak hours and getting into a train is not less than winning a battle.
I prefer staying at entrance near the foot-board as it isn't that hot at the entrance once the train moves. Many people fight to get a place on the foot-board, but trust me its so risky that every day many people hit pole and incur major injuries and sometimes death too.
When I was about to reach my destination, there was a OVER-SMART guy standing at the foot-board. He seemed very much talkative and very much annoying too. Let call him Mr X as I dint knew his name. Two guys were fighting verbally, and suddenly Mr X intervenes them and try to act smart. But later I realized that Mr X was the reason because of which the two guy stopped arguing.
After 5 mins, he got hold of a place on the foot-board and there were more 3 people hanging on the foot-board. A maximum of 4 guys can stand on the foot-board comfortably, and so there were 4 guys. One guy standing ahead of Mr X was very flamboyant, and was doing stunts. Mr X gets angry and shout at the guy who was doing stunts and he was logically sound as if the guy ahead of him hits a pole then he would even take Mr X also along with him. Mr X meanwhile keep asking me whether I would get down the stations that comes on the side that he was hanging.
After sometime he starts discussing about the whether as how hot it has been past few days, and all the people around him get into a healthy conversation. All of them start talking with a smile on their face and seem a happy bunch.
Now comes the destination, and from here the fun begins.
I get down and start walking, to my surprise I see even Mr X getting down. I better walk fast or else he will get hold of me and start annoying me was what I said in my mind. As I am very reserved, I prefer walking alone with my head phones on. After few steps Mr X walks besides me, I slow down my steps so that he moves ahead, but suddenly he greets me HELLO, not being rude even I said hello thinking it would just be one hello.
And then he went on and on, he started asking me where do I stay, what am I currently doing, etc etc
He just started bombarding me with list of question and I kept on answering them one by one.
Mr X: Hello
Me: Hello
Mr X: Isn't it very hot these days?
Me: Yeahhhh..
Mr X: Where do you stay?
Me: XYZ is my address.
Me: Where do you reside?
Mr X: I stay at XYZ, have you ever been there?
Me: At times I come to the place where you reside.
Mr X: What are you doing?
Me: I am working done with engineering, What are you doing?
Mr X: I am a illiterate and working as a gold-smith, I felt like talking to you because u seemed very quiet so I was thinking whether your not well or something like that.
Now even I start liking the conversation.
Me: Good yaar, is the earning good or ok?
Mr X: Its good, at least I can afford 2 times meal a day. Do come over my place so that we can meet.
The happiness that Mr X possessed was way more than what I possessed.
He went on with his question and I kept on answering them.
He was a guy with a heart of gold. On his way he met around 4-5 different people, all knew him, maybe the same way as how I knew him but he was one character who was special.
At a time he got so comfortable with me that he started asking me personal question, but trust me I never felt like not sharing with him personal things too. Maybe he would not meet me further on, or maybe he was too like-able personality, I don't know what was the reason but he seemed like he was my best friend at that moment of time.
In this world of ignorance, a stranger comes up to you and makes your day was something that was something unique. Hope to meet you again some day and this time I would upfront talk with you.
One thing that I learnt that day was that Never judge a person on the basis of external looks or behavior, but its the internal beauty that really matters!!!!!!
Hope you loved reading this and would like to come across such a scenario too!!!!!!
Keep smiling cheers!!!!!!
Nidhinpp
