Two lessons learned in a single day
The last time I checked, people took platform tickets from the counters and went in to receive their guests in a Railway Station. A few days back I went to New Delhi Railway Station to greet my cousin who was coming from Tripura. Being a responsible citizen, or may be because of the fear of the fine which will be imposed if caught without a platform ticket, I went to the counter to get one. The most irritating part is to stand in the huge queue just to get a ticket, but the counter was closed to my relief. An important noticeable incident was that I went to Old Delhi Railway Station few days before this incident and we went inside without any tickets and got out too. So, I thought Railway Dept. has stopped this rule and I went on to platform 12 waiting for the Guwahati - Rajdhani Express. As usual, as with all the trains in India , it was delayed. There was no clue as to how much delay I have to encounter, so I went on to a book store and bought a cheap paperback novel by a...