Train Companions - I (Walk towards the Peak - 3)

The train ticket was booked by Isha and I was secretly hoping to have the entire compartment filled with Isha Meditators. Though, from chennai, on that day, total number of around 110 people were heading towards this Dhyana Yatra in TN express, they were all spread out across various compartments......as the booking had been made as and when people approached them.....

In my compartment, I had an old woman (must be around 55 - a simple housewife) who had joined this tour forcing her husband and her two sons that she wanted to visit North India vide this tour. Her hubby and one of the son had come to see her off and her husband was continuously giving her instructions ....(she told me later that it is the first time that she got the guts to leave her home all alone....and understandably her husband was feeling shaky)....Her son who must be max 27 - 28 was quite sweet to her mother but he was also equally tensed.....

The lady who talked to me quite nicely later - after the train left TN borders - was tight lipped in front of her husband and son...... perhaps as the family had a sort of "moral code" not to have any needless interactions with outsiders....When her son tried to smile at me in a particular moment looking into my eyes, I tried to smile back at the worried face of his father too....trying to pacify him but he was very clear not to entertain me or any one else ....a rude and frowning face...bringing more smile to me......

I was still waiting for some words of courtesy from this family considering their plight....a mother who has never left the home even to the street corner temple all by herself..... wanting to go on a tour which is going to last for 2 full weeks..... the meek request for help and support was not forthcoming....not even from the restless son who by himself would have definitely talked to me (like his mother who could not hold herself beyond Basin Bridge station.....!!) but dont know why the Father was such a forceful personality wanting to have a clear border for himself and his family from outsiders.......!!

When the train started to leave the Platform slowly, very slowly....... I closed my eyes and was sitting in cross legged position in my seat not willing to entertain any last minute courtesies either from the rugged father or his son.....from the window......!!

Let them be the way they want to be.....!!We should respect people's privacy and be consistent to their characteristics, right ??

suchoo