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Travelling in a Train - By Akshat Rassay

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Image Source : Google Misery of a sensitive rail passenger Stinky toilets, body odours, disturbing loud perfumes And to make you suffer more, the repulsive lingering smell of cigarettes consumed Even with the carriage oscillating, which soothes, and earphones masking some horrible sounds... There's much to put up with. Blatantly people encroach your space, shocking to see... It's hardly tolerable - every now and then, having random feet brushing one's knee! My friends with sensory needs, perhaps would agree One has to be really, really  desperate, and choiceless To bear a train journey. By, Anagha Jwalekar A few months ago, while watching the music videos, Akshat stumbled upon some train videos and began watching them. These videos, like others, played repeatedly, but I was glad to see his interest in something new. In the next few days, whenever I had spare time, I would sit with him, watch various train videos along with him and recount our own train journeys. Each time,