A faster way to travel (In India)

When youv been staying in one place for quite some time, 4 months in my case, you get accustomed to pretending that you have unravelled all the mysteries which the place has to offer and you cant help not being constantly on the lookout for your surroundings to spring a surprise at you at every corner. After all, you try to go to a new place every sunday, and you went to an old spot last sunday only because you couldnt think of a new place to go.
So it was that wide eyed me that displayed itself on my imaginery mirror throughout my first journey aboard Chennais metro rail. What surprised me was not just that there existed such a system of commutation somewhere in India, but that every thing in it was novel to a self-proclaimed know-all like me.
To start with, I would never have believed that there exists such an organised arrangement to travel anywhere in India. Orgainised? Yeah, so what if the trains are running 17 and a ahalf hours late, as long as theres one every five minutes.
Ive never seen the front of a queue disappearing so fast, only to get replenished even faster. They literally throw the tickets at you. As if anyone cares, much less complains, when it is a question of catching a train already at the platform.
Next. okay, this may be due to the inelasticity of my memory, but the trains do look big. Dumb me. they run on broad guage. thats why. sorry about that!
But it is also spacious. theres enough room for me to walk about. Though again, thats subjective. Me walking about is an activity which ceases only with me sitting down, or even better lying down. Ever heard of someone walking around while taking a bath. God, I wonder when i will learn to stand up straight. Or should I join the military. And if I do, will they have to change their procedures?
There are these rings hung from the cieling that make you want to swing.
For the first time Im not complaining having to stand (not stand though per se). The journeys fun, atleast the first time.
If the queues were fast, the trains are faster. Granted, all trains are fast, and I cant compare there. But I never knew the hour I took to travel accross the city every weekend could heve been only 15 minutes.
Long live the rail raods of India. O! come to think of it. Who's our minister for railways? Hes known as the wisest man in India. Now the wisest students in India are going to listen to him. My views on Laloo taking classes at IIM-A and why I dont think he is not as bad as we make him out to be, later.