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Sunday, 2 September 2012

In the Metro

 I arrived in Delhi during the period when the preparations for the Commonwealth Gamer 2010 were going on at full pace and the roads in Delhi were either dug-up or restricted entry for practice etc. Thus, the most convenient mode of transport was METRO....... one of the greatest examples of Indian system of project management........
My experience of Metro has made me a fan of it.......

In the Metro

Next station is ........
Doors will open on the left,
Please mind the gap;
The melodious voice untiringly goes on,
Next station is .........

Men, women and children;
Fracases without faces,
The stream of humanity flows on;
The melodious voice untiringly goes on,
Next station is.........

Back to back, neck to neck,
Wrong and right rubbing together,
Pent-up heat in hearts grows on;
The melodious voice untiringly goes on,
Next station is.........

Bridal bangles full on wrists,
Jeans holding on the hips,
Draw hundreds of curious brows on,
The melodious voice untiringly goes on,
Next station is........

Earphones packed in ears,
Hands clicking the mobile keys,
The young man's time of life stows on;
The melodious voice untiringly goes on,
Next station is............

Men on seats, women on feet,
Eyes meet without a greet;
The blinker on the route-panel glows on;
The melodious voice untiringly goes on,
Next station is..........


Hope of home or of hunt,
Freedom from fret and fad,
A breeze of faith and relief blows on.
The melodious voice untiringly goes on,
Next station is...........

Doors will open on right,
Please mind the gap;
The melodious voice untiringly goes on.
Next station is...........

2 comments:

  1. Nice observation and good choice of words... Hope to see such thought provoking lines from you...

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  2. Wow! A thinking personality among automatons.

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