7G,
Rainbow Colony,
M.G.Road,
Dharavi,
Mumbai-17.
10th
December 2011
My
dear Raj,
As
usual, you have described your experiences on a train journey very well. But if
you thought that was something, just read about my experience in an overcrowded
bus. It is because of this bus journey that I am now lying in bed with a
sprained ankle. In fact this letter comes to you from the sick-bed. This is how
it happened.
This
morning I got up late. After a hurried wash and breakfast, I am down to the bus
stop to get to school in time. There was quite a crowd, the bus arrived and I
pushed my way towards the door of the bus along with the jostling crowd. I managed
to get one foot on the footboard while with my free hand, I caught the side rod. In this
‘half-in-half-out’ dangling manner I reached the next stop somehow. Here the
crowd was less sympathetic. They pushed me right out of the bus and as a result
I badly twisted my ankle. I limped to a waiting autorickshaw and came back straight home. Our family doctor said I had
sprained my ankle. So it’s going to be at least one week in bed for me! You can
safely expect another letter from me in two days’ time- I’m so bored!
Your
loving friend,
XYZ
