Saturday, October 07, 2006

scene in the ladies compartment

The train arrives, every one gathers around the door of the ladies compartment, I behave as if I am in no hurry to board the train and cunningly I grab the oppurtunity to board first. Timing is very important in this case,the one who finds a window seat is the queen bee; right before your eyes you see elegant n nice aunties turn vicious ,pushing their way through the crowd of pesky teenage girls.I meanwhile quickly open my book and appear 2 study as if my life depended on it-first impression matters u know and nobody bothers a bookworm.
A woman sits next 2 me n just when I think that she looks neat she opens her purse n out comes the –wait a minute hold ur breath- a nailcutter.she starts cutting her nails and as I stare at her slaughtered nails a chilling thought comes 2 me- what if a nail fell on my lap, I would be under such trauma that no psychiatryst will be able 2 treat( no no not even oprah’s).As if this grooming session wasn’t enough the girl sitting in front of me starts coming her wet hair, n what they say abt hair falls the most when it is wet proved true.In no time her hair strands start floating in the air n fall on me., hey even my hair looks like I have just used mehenga conditioner when I board the train and till I reach my station my hair becomes Afro style, but I don’t comb my hair in public.i spare people of the ordeal of removing my blowing hair from their noses.
I stared at her angrily and just as we made eye contact she smiled at me.shuks man , now I am bonded 2 her by the thin thread(hair in this case) of some weird sisterhood cult stuff. Yes, relationships r made in the ladies compartment in a matter of nanoseconds.which means that if I dare 2 speak againt this torture, eyebrows will be raised, I will be called an outcast.yes, silence is golden,in this case even diamondish .The next station arrives, more women.The thing abt ladies compartment is that even within a millimeter of space between 2 people, women manage 2 squeeze in( stuff in 2 be particular).
The enuch arrives, I quickly pretend 2 have fallen asleep, but he-she is very gud at the job, he-she notices the subtle signs of consciousness n tries 2 trap me by speaking in weired hinglish. Someone ought 2 tell them this strategy is preety old. Anyways, after a while the earring wali arrives ,time slows down, everyone looks at her with grateful eyes as if she is the angel, the messenger of materialistic bliss and grabs her earring box .they all look like starved kids grabbing food. No points for guessing who is on everyones popularity list.women=accessories. Enough is never enough for us.
Then there is a group of anorexic college students who constantly pinch , slap and punch each other n then giggle.seems like they were constantly bombarded by wwf visuals when they were kids, messed their minds big time.Then there is this this female,who spies on everyone and notes down something, it is heard that she writes abt these things…………………..

17 comments:

rota said...

hey nice and interesting to read...

gayatri said...

gee thanx

Ganesh Hegde said...

Nice.
Do you intend for your blog to be a diary or do you plan to write formally?

PG said...

Good sense of humour.

Sumeet Sahu said...

are you studying in NITK???

Unknown said...

HEY WHT A NICE.

Unknown said...

damn good. Craft shows crafmanship. Unique visualiztn.

Unknown said...

Nice one Gayu :P

Anonymous said...

Nice ..........Nice .........Nice...& Interesting with good sense of humour . best of luck for your next BLOG

Unknown said...

interesting....

Unknown said...

mysteries are being unfold.gal you have so many feathers in your cap.i must say you have a good narration,interesting plot and an ability to keep the readers glued.you rock,as i always say.

Unknown said...

A practical insight into the thoughts of a traveling woman crafted beautifully.. Great work Gayatri.. keep it up

anshul said...

nice discription :D

anshul said...

and the way things are discribed :Dits more cool :D

Sambitesh said...

Thanx, I wud have never what goes inside there :P

Loved the last line :D

shastri007 said...

Adu yavagloo attemanege hodmele Snana madi batte change madode agittu :)

Achin said...

Very acute observer indeed.one may live thousand years and cant give words to own feelings. she have mastered this art ages back i believe. Even a movie made on women compartment cant portray so much. very nice..keep adding up :)