THE YATRA TO GHAZIABAD.

So, As the national weekend approached everybody and everything seemed to be putting up the same question क्या प्लान है ?किधर को?
And every time I told myself,nah,I would go some(any) where but not remain stranded in the rented rooms of lane 4 model colony.And then I thought lets make a trip to NCR.Will meet CHACHA.So,planned to go along with my very good friend GEET.No,no,hang on You will not have to wait till bibliography for familiarity with these people.Some common characters in my life have been taken up in the prologue itself........

Moving on,decision was made.CHALO DILLI.

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2000 hrs LANE 4,MODEL COLONY,RUDRAPUR.12/08/2011.

But there was a small problem.In the early days that THE question was making rounds I had said yes to DHILLA for shimla trip.Which 2 days before materialised into dehra dun trip.I had said yes to him and now the road trip stood cancelled.Anyway,Packed up the bags and hired a cycle rickshaw for Rudrapur Bus Stand.We would've just crossed the rudra hotel ( TANGAALI's hideout) that geet got a call from RAHUL,my 4th roomie,he had lost his wallet in an attempt to board a bus for agra.I immediately responded by shifting my wallet from back pocket to front pocket of my Jeans.National weekend hai,bheed to hogi hi.

Koi Load  nahin.While munching mouthful of wafers reached Bus stand,Roadways as everybody calls it, & saw it crammed with people.I thank Uttarakhand government for not placing any lights as it would have been disgusting to see drunk people peeing all over the place.

And arrival of bus would not have been this grand had there been any lights.

The entrance and exit(for buses,humans that night only entered)were on opposite ends of bus stand and the grace with which the buses traversed this distance was breathtaking.Except for those who were clinging or scampering by sides of the bus the moment they saw the headlights.They found it hard to catch their breaths and took a deep breath when saw their chase run futile.
I said to myself,not to worry.This crowd is for Dehradun.By the time AC buses will arrive there would hardly be anyone competing for seats with us.
But this was not to be.I had hardly imagined myself cosy and cuddled in the bus,that a honk disturbed my thought.I turned round to see a volvo, almost full entering bus stand.The conductor was already out and shouting a couple of seat nos which were booked from Rudrapur.That was the final nail in the coffin.Some one shouted in my head 'look for private buses '.Immediately got out and saw a Hina transport bus.जगह नहीं है ,केबिन में ड्राईवर के बाजू में बैठ जाओ .Get lost And then I moved on.Next one was a sleeper bus.चार लोग आयेंगे एक सीट पर ,एक आदमी का ढाई सौ लगेगा.साढ़े तीन सौ  दे दो तो और किसी को नहीं बैठाएंगे.Suits me.Done.And that day I got to know that everybody in that bus had paid different fare to travel same distance.
At least government ,for bus fares, is fair;I took solace from this fact.
2330 hrs ROADWAYS,RUDRAPUR.

An hour had passed since half sitting half lying in the bus and it was taking U turn around roadways.Someone enquired to Rampur?And the next moment aisle was jam-packed with workers for Rampur,40 rupees each.Another 1.5 hours of excruciating sleeplessness .The 4-5 hours of standing had took its toll.After Rampur passed, slept with cool air rushing in through the window.Maybe it will rain tomorrow morning in Delhi.

Lets see.