Return to India, Part 10: The train to Pune, part 2: Sujitha by the window as a thin thread of her India flows by

Sujitha sits by the window on the train, watching a bit of India pass by...

...a stone fence... 

...overgrown, crumbling, stone fence...

...man and two structures that look to me to be some kind electrical boxes, plus trees...

...the fellow standing by the car looks like a cop to me... I'm not worried about getting a ticket, though... none of us are...

...this divided, six-lane, highway did not even exist the first time I came here in 2007...

...yes, she's talking to Manu again... that's brother Ganesh sitting beside her...

...a tall building, all by itself; apartments, it looks like to me - or maybe condominiums... back home, in Alaska, at this very moment, sled dog teams race down the Iditarod Trail...

...just like Bob Dylan used to always sing: "But right now I'll just sit here contentedly and watch the tracks flow... no matter what gets in the way and which way the wind does blow..."

...as the tracks continue to flow, Suji eats a cookie... called a "cracker..."

...thinking of something nice... it is nice just to be on this train... nice to be with Suji and family... seeing a sliver of India pass by...

...somebody across the aisle has caught her attention... maybe grampa Natarajan... a look of affection always seems to come to her when she looks at Natarajan...

Sujitha, riding the train to her wedding in Pune... more train ride pix coming... I was going to post every sequence before I went to bed, but that doesn't make any sense... traffic drops off to almost nothing in the overnight hours...

...this will put me one more day behind, but, oh well. It doesn't matter. It will get done and then it will be sitting here, in cyberspace, ready for any visitors who want to come and drop by, or to google the right word, and then stumble upon it.

Series index:

India series, part 1: With a little help from the Indian Air Force, I begin my India series without actually beginning it
Return to India, Part 2: Pain beneath the fan, a sprawling tree, monkey on a string; those I would soon join on a train ride; the garland
Return to India, Part 3: My Facebook friend, Ramz, her mischievous brother, her nationally recognized achiever mom, her dad at the wheel
India series, Part 4: When you overtake an elephant on the highway, be sure to pass on the right; birthday remembrance; In Wasilla, pass "oversize" on the left
Return to India, Part 5: I wander the cold, empty, streets of Bangalore
Return to India, Part 6: A cow, blessed and safe; Suji takes me to lunch, then goes out with Bhanu to do some wedding shopping
Return to India, Part 7-A: A three-snack outing as mother and daughter shop for Suji's wedding
Return to India, Part 7-B: On the painted holiday of the final full moon of winter, Sujitha and Kruthika go back to get a necklace
A spacer only - the Buddha and the glamour poster ad
Return to India, Part 8: henna, to highlight her beauty and deepen the love between bride and groom; a moment on the way to the train
Return to India, Part 9: A prayer and a blessing for Suji; we head for the train; three calls to Manu
Time for another spacer - the green man who showed up at the railroad station
Return to India, Part 10: The train to Pune, part 2: Sujitha by the window as a thin thread of her India flows by
Return to India, Part 11: On the train, part 3: Ganesh Ravi - Photographer: how we discovered his hidden talent
Return to India, Part 12: On the train, part 4: After dark
Return to India, Part 13: train ride, part 5: we click and clatter into Pune, take a perilous walk and step into a world beyond imagination
Return to India, Part 14: The groom his wedding suit; me in mine
Return to India, Part 15: A function to mark the final night Sujitha would spend with her family before the wedding
Return to India, Part 16: Inside the Biradar house: portrait of an elder woman - portrait of a young girl
Return to India, Part 17: We dine in the home of the groom's parents, then join in the Puja of Kalasha
Return to India, Part 18: Slideshow: Sujitha and Manoj at the wedding hall - Engagement and Haldi Night
Return to India, Part 19: The wedding band, in the visual style of Sgt. Pepper's (10 image slide show)
Return to India, Part 20: The groom rides a white horse to the temple, there is dancing in the street; Sujitha and Manoj are wed
Return to India, Part 21 - Benediction: Sujitha takes me to the sacred waters; fish dine - a crow flies

Comments

[Suji]

Just like Jobe n Granpa... Suji and Nats :)

[Mrs Gunka]

What a beautiful girl! Loving the trip with you. How far was your train ride?

[Suji]

The distance was 532miles. It took us 18hrs to reach the destination! :)