A TRAIN COUGHS <br /> <br /> <br />A travel by train is always <br />a pleasure - that too, <br />under concessions at reduced rates <br />as allowed to the senior citizens <br /> <br />I find only old couples in every train <br />on distant journey to all directions <br />unmindful of their age and in-built sicknesses <br />mobility has improved with aged passengers. <br /> <br />reserved coaches are now, as silent as reading rooms <br />no chit chat, loud jokes nor playing of cards <br />egoistic postures and iron rigid old faces <br />occasional coughing, ready medicines in special pouches <br /> <br />seldom they speak out and mostly in deep sleep <br />rounding and rounding on small trivial pretexts. <br />Railways are rendering a very great service <br />to the nation's spent force - senior citizens <br /> <br />by keeping the fares stagnant for decades <br />and with the increasing concessional categories <br />unchecked unauthorized travelers, roof-top boarders <br />cash-in passengers number gets vastly dwindling <br /> <br />yet, profit reported runs in 5-digit crores <br />In Rail Budget next year, the Minister is so kind, <br />will consider attaching an Ambulance Coach in <br />every super fast, just in line of a Pantry Car <br /> <br />to be in service to the traveling concessionaires <br />as old are nowadays not resting at homes, <br />but prefer to be on the move at state's expense. <br /> <br /> <br />Louis Santhana<br /><br />santhana louis<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-train-coughs/
