Train Travel

 Each and every mode of travel has its own fascination. The flight, for example, is hyper sophisticated, spic n span, trendy. It is so fast, moreover. Treats you like Alladin's jinny. Literally in minutes you can be from here to there. The Pune-Mumbai flight, for instance, is shorter than the journey to the airport! 

For me, however, a flight in its extreme neatness, with the hyper serious faces of all the passengers, appears more like a hospital! A bus journey is fine, too. It is too restricting, however. It is the train travel that is the best in my opinion. 

On a train, you can stretch, you can rest, you can even go for a midnight mile long walk. In fact, the goofy going gives you the feel of being a sailor balancing himself (these days herself, too!) despite the pitch n roll. 

The train travel has its own clickety-click rhythm. You almost feel as if you are a baby being rocked in a cradle. That rhythm is so unmistakable that you like it even in Mumbai's local trains that treat you like sardines in a tin, that is, packed to capacity! 

On the train, if you are the chatty type, you could win yourself travel buddies. If you like the silent treatment, the train allows you that as well. Most often, it is on time, too. It is less costly than a flight; it is more comfy than a bus ride. Long live the train travel!

Pratima@ During my Ph.D. period, I enjoyed the train travel to surfeit as I would be travelling to n fro at least four times annually! 

Quote of the day:                                                          "I have always felt that," argues Haruki Murakami, "the train is the perfect place to dream ." 

Word of the day: arduous.                                    Aften associated with the tandem term, that is, journey, it refers to a process involving or requiring strenuous effort, and is difficult and tiring.

Let us learn grammar:                                              Nouns can be proper, abstract and common. A common noun is city, a proper noun is Pune. A common noun is actor. A proper noun is Akshay Khanna. Intelligence, brilliance, wisdom, kindness are abstract nouns.                                                                                Next, nouns can be countable or uncountable. Oil, ink, water, rice, bread are uncountable, for instance. We can count    slices/loaves of bread, but not bread as such.                                                                                   Nouns, moreover, can be singular or plural. Countable nouns can be pluralised,   but not non-count nouns. Similarly, group nouns also are not pluralised.                                                         All such categories matter when it comes to article usage.