To Chennai (once again)!

Well here I am, beginning my last domestic journey in India. Over the past three months, I have not travelled as much as I would like to due to personal problems. However, in the past 3 months, I sincerely believe that I have emerged as a stronger, resilient and braver individual. The circumstances by which this has occurred still go on and hence I do not wish to dwell on them too much. Today is a day I enjoy my love for Indian Railways, and feel proud to procure services from the world’s largest employer.

As I write this, I am currently en-route to Chennai via the 2760 Charminar Express. I had boarded at Hyderabad Station, and fulfilled another little personal milestone, that is to board a train at Hyderabad Railway Station. All I have remaining is to alight at Hyderabad station, before I can claim to have boarded and alighted at all the 3 important stations in Hyderabad, namely Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Kacheguda.

Tomorrow evening I shall board a train from Chennai Egmore to Tirunelveli, the 2nd time I have done so in the past 3 months, and a record which I am not completely proud of. Once again, this is due to an extremely personal issue and I shall blog at length when I feel ready to. Today (18 th March 2009) also marks the fact that I have 16 days left in the Republic of India, before I leave for Australian shores. I shall write about this in detail.

This is a rather short piece, and so I shall take leave.

Before I do, some pictures. The first is of my face, after celebrating my first holi in India in almost 16 years, and the second is indicative of the snacks on offer on the Hyderabad - Chennai route!