Generation & Patience
The occasion was release of the movie MI -The last reckoning, which i wanted to watch in the renovated IMAX screen at Mirage cinemas Mumbai. It was after a long time that i was required to travel alone by train, a journey of approx 3 hours. I had done this in past in my college days & it did sound crazy to travel to Mumbai from Nashik (my home town) 'just' for a movie, but then i convinced myself that its something like this, that keeps you young!, so here i was on Panchvati express travelling to & fro on the same day. Frankly speaking, i always think that travelling by train (as against driving yourself) gives one a leisure time to Introspect, observe & sometime learn a lot. As soon as i settled down in my seat, a family of 7 started settling around me. One small girl of 10 years and her grandmother seated themselves next to me. The father had seats on the backside of the bench & he requested if i could switch seats, i sheepishly declined as i had the 'w...