8:30pm in winter, station churni road of mumbai's western railway line. A family boards train toward borivali. Children soon reaches to window and stands there in awe for city and train. Train is moving fast, cutting the darkness and creating its unusual sounds.
Elder one exclaims to younger one "Hey, Now we are underground and train is below earth now!"
Small one looks at him with utter surprise, like he has no sense and heard this word first time. explanations begins, like a sermon and soon again. "Look, we are underground again!!!" "Yes and now we are out!"
Passenger around them looks at them with smile.
Soon a station comes, train halts.
"look this is an underground station." elder one explains while looking out of the window till eyes can stretch. "Yes, you are right" nodded younger one. "Have you seen lighting arrangement? Wasn't it bright?" asked elder and just got a smile from younger one. who is still trying to understand what that means.
Elder one must be 8-9 year old and 3 year elder than younger ones.
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8:30pm, elder one takes a train from Churchgate station. Accompanied by a friend who has come from delhi. showing local train and story of city of dream. Elder one has got this image of crocodile tail city from one of the poem, read during school days. While explaining map of city to friend. Train halts at station and something dawns in mind.
Eyes are now looking out. Searching for something. Simple candid joy comes to heart. smile on face. Unable to believe what is been seen and what was seen.
"Mumbai doesn't have underground train, stupid." Elder one said to himself. Younger one is not along today. At age of 28 now, Elder one recalls those days and wonders what imagination was? Hopes imagination could have grown more bigger. Can it become true? Mumbai with underground trains.
passing and cutting through Arabian Sea. What a sight it would be? Will it be done in this lifetime or by end of century?
Ohhh!! Imagination...Can we get an underwater rail...
What do you think, Can India go for it...?
What do you think, Can India go for it...?
underwater train hoax image from internet |
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