NAWA DAYS
Narrator
Dr.Bhagwati Prasad Sharma
Event Date
Approximately 30 years ago...
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Dr.Bhagwati Prasad Sharma
Event Date
Approximately 30 years ago...
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NOTE:The below lines have been narrated by Dr.B.P. Sharma and are not fictional. Till now, it is believed that nobody in the family know about his adventure in his teenage years...
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It has been like 30 years to that event, but it is still fresh in my mind like it happened yesterday,
(Flash Back)
My 10th class board results were out, and they have been printed in the newspaper. Now 30 years ago in Nawa, neither there was Internet, nor there were newspapers. So we used to go to the Nawa Railway Station, would get on a train going from Jaipur to Jodhpur, ask a passenger to lend us the newspaper so that we can know the results, and unmount the train before it would start.
As planned, Kailash and I went to the Nawa Railway Station and waited for the train to arrive. As soon as the train arrived, we mounted it and asked a passenger for the newspaper. We quickly browsed through the Newspages to know our results. The train stopped for only 2-3 minutes and we had to make it quick. By the time I confirmed my result, the train's whistle blew off, and it started. By the time we reached the gate, the train was running in speed.
What to do now? We had no money for a ticket and were too scared to pull the chain. It was getting really dangerous as we had only two options-
5 seconds after...We found ourselves laid on a sand dune. We were alright. The sand dune prevented even the most minute injury to us. We followed the Railway track back to Nawa and safely reached home. We promised each other not to tell this to anybody...
If Bapu Ji came to know about this, I would have been in a thick soup, so I kept this as a secret throughout my life, but finally Sharma Times has revealed it...
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"Your comments are most welcome, as always"
-AJ-Rox
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It has been like 30 years to that event, but it is still fresh in my mind like it happened yesterday,
(Flash Back)
My 10th class board results were out, and they have been printed in the newspaper. Now 30 years ago in Nawa, neither there was Internet, nor there were newspapers. So we used to go to the Nawa Railway Station, would get on a train going from Jaipur to Jodhpur, ask a passenger to lend us the newspaper so that we can know the results, and unmount the train before it would start.
As planned, Kailash and I went to the Nawa Railway Station and waited for the train to arrive. As soon as the train arrived, we mounted it and asked a passenger for the newspaper. We quickly browsed through the Newspages to know our results. The train stopped for only 2-3 minutes and we had to make it quick. By the time I confirmed my result, the train's whistle blew off, and it started. By the time we reached the gate, the train was running in speed.
What to do now? We had no money for a ticket and were too scared to pull the chain. It was getting really dangerous as we had only two options-
- To jump off the train
- To wait and pay the fine
5 seconds after...We found ourselves laid on a sand dune. We were alright. The sand dune prevented even the most minute injury to us. We followed the Railway track back to Nawa and safely reached home. We promised each other not to tell this to anybody...
If Bapu Ji came to know about this, I would have been in a thick soup, so I kept this as a secret throughout my life, but finally Sharma Times has revealed it...
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"Your comments are most welcome, as always"
-AJ-Rox
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