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The lanes & by-lanes of the City of Joy !

When the air hostess announced that our flight would land 20 minutes before time, her voice was like music to my ears. Reaching before time is always a pleasure and this time it was particularly reassuring as I had a connecting train to catch. While being hauled in the airlines bus, I casually gazed at the airport building and couldn’t stop appreciating its swankiness. By normal standards, my luggage also arrived quite quickly, adding to my pleasure. I didn’t mind the old luggage wheel carts still being used, after all some things never change? I was getting more & more impressed with the surroundings and while doing so, joined a small queue to wait for my turn for getting a prepaid taxi ticket to the train station. Since I was well immersed in my thoughts, it took me a while to realize that the queue was not moving. As I looked behind, I found the queue to be growing like a serpent. There were more counters but there was only one queue. A few people, who were reluctant join