The Pristine Valley: Silchar: India's Last Railway Station in the East

An Ode to India's Frontier Railway Station in the EastNo longer do I hear the crowds gather,
busy, smiling and the swagger,
my gait lies forlorn, torn asunder
in the sands of time yonder!

No longer does my whistle blow
Children run through fields as I flow,
A morose I wait for time endless,
Wonder was I anything less!
A little naive soul I was
Forgot time never was mine! Alas!

The Silchar Railway Station: A Glory battered by modernity
Time has elapsed, modernity and technological era dawned by Silcharities have forgotten the days of scarcity, days that bought the best out of us. Inexplicable fun, untold freedom, sweet memories are are but dead.

Forlorn like a dumped thought
Today the Silchar Railway station lies waiting for a rebirth as the broadgauge construction hangs on edge. Perhaps no sane being could look into the fact that by obstructing the boradgauge work the so-called militants are chopping off their own legs, forcing countless masses into deprivation and penury. Developed, the broad gauge could have opened new vistas of employment and trade.

Inside the Cachar Express: The vestige remains of the what was once a pride we cherished.
The cabins where families could lock themselves in even while the iron horse trudged through the pitch dark dense jungles at night perhaps inspire very few now. The old has been dumped for the new. But whether that has made any difference is a question that looms.

The Railway Track near Ramnagar: I bought you here countlessly, time and again.

As you stood in Rly 2nd Gate, all you can see is the track dissappearing into eternity. This stretch housed a few thousands of people during floods. Its was a succour out of nowhere.

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Comments:

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Debasish : 9:42 PM

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Silchar: India's Last Railway Station in the East