On a soggy evening of the rainy season, passengers are confined under the shelter of the Bhopal railway station. Trains are passing on their regular timings, despite heavy rainfall. Mohan*, Shyam* and Rohit* are waiting at the station for the train bound to the south(Kerala Express) .They are joined by their friends Amit* and Sonu*. Rohit's friend Manish* came to see him off. The group of five is ready to have a rocketing trip in the train.
Rohit did not have Mohan's new celphone number. Mohan gets a miss call on his number, and makes a move to the STD PCO center to make a call."Give me a miss call, when the train is about to reach, I will rush back", Mohan said, as he moved away to the STD PCO center. The gang busy in its talk, failed to notice his low voice. Mohan moved away. The correct time of arrival of the train is 9:35 PM. Its around 8:55 PM.
Vendors are shouting high to sell their products. A train bound to different place moves towards the platform. Mohan busy with his talk at STD PCO gets a miss call on his celphone.Thinking it as a reminder call from the gang, he assumes that this train is theirs and gets into it. He failed to notice the train details or see the whole gang sitting on the platform.The train starts moving. "Is it the train bound to Chennai", Mohan asked a passeneger inside the train. "No, its just going till Chattisgarh only", passeneger replied surprisingly. Mohan feared that he has entered the wrong train. He either needs to pull the chain or jump. He preferred the latter method. The train had moved out of the platform and the barren ground had started. Owing to the slippery surface, Mohan's jump turned out lethal and he hit a hard rock with his left knee. The cargo trousers were fully torned. Its around 9:15 PM in night.
With his rickety walk, Mohan moved towards the platform 1, where he had left his gang of friends. Mohan said, "Yaar thodi chot lag gayi thi... koi baat nahin. I will manage". Everyone was baffled by his torn half trousers on the left leg. Before anyone could speak or figure out anything, Shyam took him in search of medical facility on the station. The wound was deep enough to expose piece of flesh.There was no medical faicility available at the railway station and hence SHyam took him to the nearby hospital in an auto.
The clock hit 9:25PM. Just 10 minutes left before the arrival of train. Shyam called up Rohit and said to try pulling the chain in case they are not able to make it to the station on time. Rohit and Amit rushed to the station master's office to seek some help. Unfortunately, he was not there. Train arrived. Shyam talked to the Ticket Collecter Officer and he discouraged the step of pulling the chain."Hum kuch help nahin kar sakte, chain kheechoge to jail main daal denge", ticket collector replied in a harsh tone. Meanwhile, Manish escorted Sonu in stuffing everyone's luggage in the coach. Their coach was aound ten boggies behind the main central location In case, Shyam and Mohan are not able to return within 5 minutes, the will have to cancel the trip.
The gong of the train striked. Shyam, still on call with Rohit said just two minutes we will be right inside the station. Sonu and Manish at a far location in the backside of train were in a confused sate whether to move the luggage out of the train or let it be inside.Train started catching up pace. Rohit and Amit rushing with the train, unable to decide what to do. They could now see Shaym and bandaged Mohan rushing towards the train. As they got inside the moving train, Rohit and Amit also moved inside. Immediately, Rohit called up Sonu who is with the luggage many boggies behind to be seated. Mohan had got around six stitches for his wound.
Thus they were able to make inside the train by a very narrow margin.
* ORIGINAL NAMES CHANGED TO HIDE IDENTITY
Rohit did not have Mohan's new celphone number. Mohan gets a miss call on his number, and makes a move to the STD PCO center to make a call."Give me a miss call, when the train is about to reach, I will rush back", Mohan said, as he moved away to the STD PCO center. The gang busy in its talk, failed to notice his low voice. Mohan moved away. The correct time of arrival of the train is 9:35 PM. Its around 8:55 PM.
Vendors are shouting high to sell their products. A train bound to different place moves towards the platform. Mohan busy with his talk at STD PCO gets a miss call on his celphone.Thinking it as a reminder call from the gang, he assumes that this train is theirs and gets into it. He failed to notice the train details or see the whole gang sitting on the platform.The train starts moving. "Is it the train bound to Chennai", Mohan asked a passeneger inside the train. "No, its just going till Chattisgarh only", passeneger replied surprisingly. Mohan feared that he has entered the wrong train. He either needs to pull the chain or jump. He preferred the latter method. The train had moved out of the platform and the barren ground had started. Owing to the slippery surface, Mohan's jump turned out lethal and he hit a hard rock with his left knee. The cargo trousers were fully torned. Its around 9:15 PM in night.
With his rickety walk, Mohan moved towards the platform 1, where he had left his gang of friends. Mohan said, "Yaar thodi chot lag gayi thi... koi baat nahin. I will manage". Everyone was baffled by his torn half trousers on the left leg. Before anyone could speak or figure out anything, Shyam took him in search of medical facility on the station. The wound was deep enough to expose piece of flesh.There was no medical faicility available at the railway station and hence SHyam took him to the nearby hospital in an auto.
The clock hit 9:25PM. Just 10 minutes left before the arrival of train. Shyam called up Rohit and said to try pulling the chain in case they are not able to make it to the station on time. Rohit and Amit rushed to the station master's office to seek some help. Unfortunately, he was not there. Train arrived. Shyam talked to the Ticket Collecter Officer and he discouraged the step of pulling the chain."Hum kuch help nahin kar sakte, chain kheechoge to jail main daal denge", ticket collector replied in a harsh tone. Meanwhile, Manish escorted Sonu in stuffing everyone's luggage in the coach. Their coach was aound ten boggies behind the main central location In case, Shyam and Mohan are not able to return within 5 minutes, the will have to cancel the trip.
The gong of the train striked. Shyam, still on call with Rohit said just two minutes we will be right inside the station. Sonu and Manish at a far location in the backside of train were in a confused sate whether to move the luggage out of the train or let it be inside.Train started catching up pace. Rohit and Amit rushing with the train, unable to decide what to do. They could now see Shaym and bandaged Mohan rushing towards the train. As they got inside the moving train, Rohit and Amit also moved inside. Immediately, Rohit called up Sonu who is with the luggage many boggies behind to be seated. Mohan had got around six stitches for his wound.
Thus they were able to make inside the train by a very narrow margin.
* ORIGINAL NAMES CHANGED TO HIDE IDENTITY
7 readers commented:
well,this is been a lovely n unforggetable part of your life....hey u goota cheer up dude that u came up from such a hard face....n hats off for the MOHAN for his unawareness....n well done for shyam...he really did a great job...
Very well told!!!
Get well soon Mohan!!
hey nicely written...you could have used real names instead....
he he he. COOL one n memorable one! put * for supperscript and a footer for that, indicating real names r kept secret to hide the true identity, specifically of Mohan!
@boski
implemented. And surely ask mohan to check this out
wonderful.. sell this plot to mint some money.. ;)
@devil's advocate
ya dude, its a good idea :)
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