We somehow managed to get two seats in the sleeper class. After a few hours, when our compartment was a li'l less occupied, a couple urged for a seat and the young man sitting next to us happily agreed as we too had occupied someone else's seats...It was only aftr some tym that i realised that the bride sitting b4 me was just a girl of 15 or so. (younger than myself) and MARRIED !! i thought, what a pity. This girl was sitting quite carefully as if afraid of evry othr person present there. She asked her husband to play her fav. song frm DDLJ. The husband looked lyk a normal villager but to my surprise he was quite tech savvy and owned a nokia N-72 or its duplicate probably !! He was considerably curious about the technology the person nxt to him was carrying- a Blackberry. The guy with the blckberry was the same fellow who willingly let them sit. Later i gotta know that he was a management consultant ( who ofcrse was travelling in sleeper class cuz Shatabdi was cancelled) who also lykd to do some gud work. So he had also joined an NGO in support of "women empowerment". I reflexly pointed the "woman-girl" in front of me. He, in a try to cnvince me, said that she may not be that privileged but she is happy. I didn't agree but didn't oppose either.
Who is he to judge if she is happy? Does he even understand what she feels tied in the knots of marriage at such an age!! May be she is not traumatized, but she cannot be happy either. or may be she is used to it from her childhood...
The newly married got off the train at Basai, a small village near Jhansi.
Who is he to judge if she is happy? Does he even understand what she feels tied in the knots of marriage at such an age!! May be she is not traumatized, but she cannot be happy either. or may be she is used to it from her childhood...
The newly married got off the train at Basai, a small village near Jhansi.
