Suburban train journeys

Sometimes u mite hav noticed how even a simple thing or event causes immense joy or pleasure in us. This cant be attributed to anything other than the euphoric state the mind is elevated to due to that event. Sometimes such events can also bring about a remarkable calm in the person. Suburban train journeys always puts my mind in a temporary but long lasting state of calm. I cant figure out if its due to teh train rattling along, the sights from the train or the people inside the train. I hav been on these trips at various times of the day but the magic created is always newer and always better.
Getting into a train at around 9 am : the entire station and train are congested with office goers and students. Yet a number of noises can be distinguished clearly among all the buzz. Rite from a baby crying to a vendor selling breakfast there, everyone puts forth their voices loud and clear. Also one can observe the shops being set up for the day somewhere in the railway stations.

Around 11.30 am : executives who hav to travel around teh city a lot can be found as usual. The train vendors get active and all sorts of things can be bought for 1/10th the prices outside. Blind men singing for a living, fruit sellers hawking their fruits and all other vendors advertising their wares is a common site.

Around 4 pm : a trickle of college students will be present along with those travelling to Central or Egmore to catch an evening train out of Chennai. Families going to the Central Chennai and relatives returning home after a grand lunch somewhere r regulars at this time. The hawkers and vendors r omnipresent.

Around 6.30 pm : The crowd returns again as office goers return home along with those travelling to Central or Egmore to catch a nite train out of Chennai. A myriad of colors and noises r present as the trains r packed till they burst.

Around 8.30 pm : the crowd slowly reduces but vendors still dont call it a day. The whole train becomes a lot quieter and the last stranglers for the day trudge home. The lighting, noises and visuals make it a breath taking scene creating its own creative beauty.