"May I have your attention please. Train No. 2130 Howrah Pune Azad Hind Express is arriving on platform no. 23...."
Mr. Shashinarayan Singh woke up with a start, just in time to hear the announcement repeated in hindi. "Finally" he thought. Having reached on an hour before the scheduled departure of the train, he had been waiting for over six hours on the platform for the delayed train. That with Mrs. Singh and their one year old son Krishna constantly pestering him about the train timing and other stuff on the platform had left him worn out.
Usually he would have made this trip alone. But this time, Mrs. Singh had insisted on seeing her parents. He had to relent. Based at Jamshedpur, Mr.Singh worked with a local telecom company. And this was an "official" trip. But even the thought of having talking his wife out of her plans seemed daunting. Plus he didn't hate his in-laws. He only "disliked" them.
