Rail India Rail!!

            Two days and two nights;

It was night when we began,

And it was night when we ended.

Two days and two nights;

It was there we slept and ate,

And it was there we sat and shat. 

Two days and two nights;

It was when the strangers became friends,

And unity prevailed in utmost diversity.

Two days and two nights;

It was where I played sudoku and read,

And others played cards, chatted, and time-passed. 

Two days and two nights;

It was where chaiwala, coffewala, 

                           and paniwala earned their bread,

And sweeper, begger, hijra, and acrobat earned his too.

Two days and two nights;

It was when some earned their bread by labour 

                           (selling or singing or sweeping),

And others with no such sense of dignity at all 

                           (begging or resonant-clapping).

Two days and two nights;

It was when taps went dry and toilets stank,

And the phones batteries too went low and dead.

Two days and two nights;

It was when the heat of Andra got into us for long,

And became cooler and eye-pleasing when reaching the North.

Two days and two nights;

It was the longest journey I have ever traveled,

And we took the train from Chennai to NJP.

Two days and two nights;

It was when  the Chennai-Guahatti Express wheeled on the rails,

And so marked the beginning of our ALL INDIA DREAM TOUR 2012.