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The Train Not Taken

   The railway clock struck 20:00 Venky missed the train.The train that was heading to Chennai from Madurai carrying Venky's fate. A fate which could have landed him a job at the MNC where he was supposed to attend an interview. It stretched along the rails like a rattling snake and disappeared right before his eyes among the commotion inside the railway station .He cursed himself wondering if this was a play of fate. Wasting no time , he started thinking of the alternatives to travel to Chennai. And at this moment time stood still. The Train to OO-la-la                             How could time freeze? The shock tested Venky’s vanity. Before he could react , another train crawled towards him on the same tracks he missed his train. The train looked exactly the same as the one he missed except that its destination was labelled “OO-la-la". As the train stopped, the driver stepped out and came towards Venky. He looked like the tamil poet Thiruva