'Seen Countanence'
Chapter Two- What a Coincidence!

Surekha Ganguly was born and brought up in the city of Bhopal that is in Madhya Pradesh. She had completed her graduation in Bachelor in Arts from Bhopal University. Her father got her married the very next month after she completed her graduation to an Engineer who was settled in Mumbai. His name was Prakash Ganguly. Surekha settled in Mumbai with her husband and was put up at Chembur Sindhi Colony and got herself a Job at Dadar West in a School as a History Teacher. As a Child She had always dreamt of winning a beauty Pageant and getting into Hollywood Films. It was not that she was capable. She was pretty and well to do it was just the middleclass values of her family that came as a barrier between her and her dreams and aspirations.
For Surekha it was indeed another Manic Monday and she was still getting adjusted with the intensity of the crowd in Mumbai. She used to often think of her hometown and used to miss the warmth in the people's behavior. Surekha used to board the 937 local at harbourline from Chembur Station and get down at Kurla and catch the 9.52 Slow local to Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus. She always preferred the slow local from Kurla rather than catching the overcrowded Fast local where the People traveling enjoyed to live life at its edge by hanging out of the compartment entrance, People inside were almost physically molested getting cramped amidst the crowd. Today when she was waiting at the kurla station she came across a pauper-playing Harmonium, the tune that he was playing was very familiar to her. It reminded her of her neighbor 'Shubho'. Shubho was her childhood friend who was brilliant in studies and had got through the Entrance Exam for IIT with flying colors, had got an admission for B-Tech at IIT Powai and has been residing in Mumbai Since last Two years. Though they both were in the same City they were not in contact. Surekha was married since last six months and had been residing here in Mumbai since then, though they were great friends Subho couldn't attend her marriage because of his busy study schedule. Surekha knew that he was staying in a student's hostel at Kalina but never bothered to get the address from Shubho's parents. While the Harmonium tune reminded he of Shubho she kind of started missing him and the his silly pranks on her, for which Shubho was punished several times by his parents but that could not stop him from continuing with the pranks.
As the Local arrived at the platform she just gathered herself and got into a ladies compartment. She managed to stand comfortably resting her back on one of the anterior of the Seats, the thoughts started running in her mind once again. She remembered the incident when Shubho and herself with a few other kids had once hired a taxi during 'Durga Puja' and had traveled through out Bhopal Hopping Puja Pandals. As she was thinking of those days she suddenly realized that the train had just left the Matunga station and is about Reach Dadar. She got ready to get down, she dint had to do too much as she knew she need not move, the crowd will take her through. As she got down at the platform she hurried towards the steps leading to the over bridge the place was jam-packed and all she was worried about was of the Mobile Flickers. She had already lost two in the past. It took her ten minutes to get on to the Over Bridge when she looked down towards the railway tracks suddenly saw a familiar face Trying to cross the railway tracks to get in to the Western Side of the station from the Central side. "Is that Shubho?"