I was sleeping in one of the general compartments of a train on the way to Bangalore.Even being in my dreams I overheard a man singing with a sweet voice.The voice of a girl and the music from an old harmonioum accompanied it.I was still in my dreams and they continued to sing.
After a while, the girl came near to me and tocuhed on my left knee.My heart woke up.I opened my eyes and saw a little girl of about 6 or 7 years standing before me looking to my eyes.She stretched her hands towards me and begged for money.I just looked to her eyes.I could see a tear drop inside her eyes, struggling to come out.I saw hunger,tiredness and frustration in her face.While I was staring at her, she moved to someone else and stretchd her hands.That good fellow gave her some coins and she moved from there too.
The man looked like a Gujarathi and I heard him singing...
"Thujhe Dhekha to ye jaana Sanam,
Pyar hotha he deewaana sanam,
Ab yahaan se kaha jaaye hum,
Theri baahon mein mar jaaye hummmmm...."
While singing this in a sweet tone his throat became red and his veins stretched.But he was singing by keeping his eyes on the ceiling.They stayed there singing for a little more time and left the compartment.Before leaving, that little girl looked straight to my eyes silently for a moment and left.
I started to think about that girl.What would have made her to go for begging?But soon I fell asleep.
Around half past midnight I reached Selam and I got down there.Because I had reserved a sleeper ticket in a special train from there to Bangalore.When the train came I entered to my compartment and sat on my reserved seat for some time.
That little girl with a frustrated face again came to my mind.I was asking so many questions about life to myself while a lady in mediocre looks came near to me and sat on the floor.She too was a beggar and was travelling in the train without ticket.Soon a policeman came there and asked that lady to go from there and abused her a lot.While hearing all the rubbish words from that officer she looked at me, that again straight to my eyes,into my soul, like asking me to help.But I took my eyes from her and sat there as if I was least bothered .That lady changed her place and sat some feet away from me.
After a while I got up and lied down on my upper berth and prepared to sleep.I hold my bag tightly so that none can snatch it from me.I was really scared of that lady and thought that she will try to steal something from me.I was tired by the journey and so fell asleep soon.After one or two hours I woke up and looked down to my seat.I saw the policeman sitting on my seat and sleeping by keeping his head by the side of the window.Then I looked for the lady, but I didnt find her.I felt safe with the policeman near me and the lady gone.So I lied down there and slept again till the daybreak.
It was about half past 6 when I woke up and found that I was about to reach Bangalore city railway station.I got up from the berth and looked down to my seat to get down from the berth and...Oh hell the scene I saw there was terrible.
I saw the lady lying down on my seat as half or more dead.I understood that she attempted suicide by taking some poison.She was vomiting some sort of white fluid with bubbles and was about to die.By seeing this I was shocked like anything.I stayed on my berth for a few more moments and looked at everyone but none was caring about it.I was confused about what to do.
By this time the train had reached the station where I had to get down.I took my bag and got down the berth.Everyone was rushing to the door to get down and they spent a look at this lady while getting down.When I got down some officers entered the compartment and came out carrying the body of that lady.Everyone crowded near there and murmered somehting about it.Me too stayed there for some minutes looking at this and turned back and headed to my direction.While moving I heared somone saying something like this...
" Every God has a relegion,
And every relegion has a God,
But these poor people's God...
Where is He???"
