Trains travel in India often come up with their share of surprises, from the picturesque landscape outside the window to the unexpected monuments inside the coach. One such moment has now become a viral after the photo showed that the upper berth is not used for passengers or luggage, but as a temporary stand to dry clothes.
Shared on the community R/Indiancivicfails Reddit, the picture shows that clothing neatly visited on the stand on the benefit attached to the bed. The headline is: “Only on Indian railways.” The user who traveled to Bangalore-Jaipur SuperFast Express joked that while they could not bird to the AC seat, they were treated “free laundry”.
Photos caused a lot of reactions online. Some social media users joked that the upper anchorage on trains is used for “everything except sitting or sleep”, while others criticized the lack of the basic civic meaning that the passengers said.
The user wrote: “It only happens in India.”
“Many people even abroad have problems with civic sense, but that’s something that happens only in India,” another user wrote.
“Tell him you don’t want to see his underwear on your side,” the third user wrote.
Previously, LinkedIn’s contribution became viral for all the right reasons and reminded the Indians that changes, especially when it comes to women’s safety, can happen quietly and constantly before we think.
In his post Jain, who traveled alone on a late night train from Bombai to Surrat, shared a small but powerful experience that deeply assured her feeling of the direction in which India moves.
Around 23 hours, two female police officers entered her section, looked around and asked, “Seat 38 – Purvi?”
Jain for a moment confused and confirmed her identity. What followed was unexpected.
“They stopped, checked if I was comfortable, and asked if I needed any help. Then they gave me the number of help to call if I ever feel dangerous,” she wrote in her post, now thousands of likes and sharing across platforms.
Officers, as she later learned, were checked for it because she was a solo traveler – a small but significant initiative of the safety of Indian railways and RPFs (rail protection forces) to ensure that women feel protected, especially on night trains.
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