I MINUTE CARICATURES IN TRAIN : 19/10/2014

I MINUTE CARICATURES IN TRAIN : 
Palakkad-Ernakulam Amritha Express - 17.10.2014 (Friday, 10pm-2am)

Today was very special- hilariously so. For having drawn a sports team in full. The 11 self-declared freaky boys of my Siddani's age represented the Palakkad Tug of War team to tug at the State Meet at Kollam.

However, the sight of the collective malnutrition of the team kept on entertaining and saddening me at the same time at the definite prospect of a massive defeat in the wait ( I just got news that the Idukki team- the Tournament winners- with whom their first game was set with the pack of 11 mountain wolves with stone hard calves and crushing grip pulled the unsuspecting palakkadans in one less than average heave over to the Idukki side of the rope barely 5 seconds after the whistle blew.)

In any case, the boys had sensed immediate defeat but looked goddamn happy. Everyone had his share of old version mobile. One by one, the boys retreated into self-imposed ignominy and silence when their battery played truant while their seasoned elder brothers who gymnastically jumped over to the upper luggage racks while the train was a minute before pulling up at the Palakkad station, enjoyed watching rare selfies received on Whatsapp, lying on their stomach. The rugged rail-lines intuitively contributed just enough gyrations to their fantasies on the move.

The second last picture in this series is of Ebin, the team Manager.

The last picture is of the 20 year old lanky boy I met at the palakkad station, who accompanied 2 other boys. The stockIer boy showed me their caricatures I had doodled in his college notebook, 4 months back in the train. Felt happy to hear that this would be one of the most precious memories of their train travels.

That’s all, friends.... 
BEST !

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