Northern Sojourn: Day 7

Everyone is wary of the fact that in spite of having travelled for about 12 hrs, we seem to have reached nowhere. The train is apparently running 4.5 hrs late, and that, approximately, puts our arrival time at somewhere aroundd midnight. We're all agitated and after 7 days away from home looking at the same 7 faces time and again, we don't blame each other.
Finally, we reach Ratlam. We jump off the train and buy some junk to chomp on the train. As soon as we'r back on, an old beggar comes up. In our agitated states, we simply told the beggar to move ahead. The beggar came up with an astonishing observation and here I quote "Aaj kal ke bacchon ko charbi chad gayi hai!"
(meaning today's generation is too irreverent)
Another short nap after that and by the time it was evening, everyone was prepared to go home. To pass the final few hours, Yash confronted Arvind about a certain "acquaintance" of his with whom he conversed for approximately an hour under roaming charges when at times, he wouldn't answer our calls citing the obscene roaming charges as an excuse. The rest of the time was spent in trying to weed a confession out of Arvind. Time fruitlessly wasted, if I may add. "Nippa" baba was at his adventurous best, trying out each bathroom turn after turn, filling each one with the heavenly aroma of Classic Milds. Finally at about 9.21, me, Kunal and Parag got off the train at Borivali and thanks to dad, got a ride back home which was much more comfortable than anything we'd had for the last 7 days.
Peace.