Nurungukal...3..

Ichirivettam..4..This incident happened many years ago,  at Nagpur railway station. The bright Nagpur oranges tempted me to purchase a few from a hawker. It was very cheap when compared with the price in Kozhikode. I gave him a fifty rupees note . He had no change to return the balance. Requesting  me to wait he disappeared into the busy crowd in the station. The time ticked past and there was no sign of him. The final whistle was blown and the train with a hoot started moving. I jumped into the compartment at the last moment and, standing at he door scanned the entire stretch of the platform. There was no trace of him. As the train was passing the name board I caught a glimpse of him happily enjoying a joke with his friends, confirming my apprehension..dum dum dum pi pi pi….