There is something about Indian train journeys that make you want to wear pants that are a feet up from your ankle, sleeves that you can roll up and shoes which are made of plastic! And i am going to embark on one such journey down south from New Delhi tomorrow...
Indian junta on trains eat and throw fruit peels, shells of peanuts, tissue papers..(worst of all ) empty packets of wafers and chips around and inside the boogies ... right next to where they are seated as though they and everybody else traveling with them are part of a moving dust-bin!
The toilets are in a state that disgusts me even while typing here and i am sure it would to you while reading!.. In simple terms it is YUCK! People don't flush, many trains do not have sufficient tankers with water for this purpose, there is nothing called hand-soaps available, many doors don't lock, the mugs in the toilets are not really touchable. The waste lands on the train tracks!!! eeeeeeeeeesh! A country with countless sharp brains just cannot, it seems, find a way towards effective waste management!
So, well... hmm.. i know being a native i should think up of a solution! Join in the politics and work for rail development etc etc... But that road is filled with filth as well! - That, under all circumstances is an understatement!
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